1. Chapter 1 The Standards

   1. Hacks #1-12

   2. 802.11: The Mother of All IEEE Wireless Ethernet

   3. 802.11a: The Betamax of the 802.11 Family

   4. 802.11b: The De Facto Standard

   5. 802.11g: Like 802.11b, only Faster

   6. 802.16: Long Distance Wireless Infrastructure

   7. Bluetooth: Cable Replacement for Devices

   8. 900 MHz: Low Speed, Better Coverage

   9. CDPD, 1xRTT, and GPRS: Cellular Data Networks

   10. FRS and GMRS: Super Walkie-Talkies

   11. 802.1x: Port Security for Network Communications

   12. HPNA and Powerline Ethernet

   13. BSS Versus IBSS

2. Chapter 2 Bluetooth and Mobile Data

   1. Hacks #13-19

   2. Remote Control OS X with a Sony Ericsson Phone

   3. SMS with a Real Keyboard

   4. Photo Blog Automatically with the Nokia 3650

   5. Using Bluetooth with Linux

   6. Bluetooth to GPRS in Linux

   7. Bluetooth File Transfers in Linux

   8. Controlling XMMS with Bluetooth

3. Chapter 3 Network Monitoring

   1. Hacks #20-42

   2. Find All Available Wireless Networks

   3. Network Discovery Using NetStumbler

   4. Network Detection on Mac OS X

   5. Detecting Networks Using Handheld PCs

   6. Passive Scanning with KisMAC

   7. Establishing Connectivity

   8. Quickly Poll Wireless Clients with ping

   9. Finding Radio Manufacturers by MAC Address

   10. Rendezvous Service Advertisements in Linux

   11. Advertising Arbitrary Rendezvous Services in OS X

   12. "Brought to you by" Rendezvous Ad Redirector

   13. Detecting Networks with Kismet

   14. Running Kismet on Mac OS X

   15. Link Monitoring in Linux with Wavemon

   16. Historical Link State Monitoring

   17. EtherPEG and DriftNet

   18. Estimating Network Performance

   19. Watching Traffic with tcpdump

   20. Visual Traffic Analysis with Ethereal

   21. Tracking 802.11 Frames in Ethereal

   22. Interrogating the Network with nmap

   23. Network Monitoring with ngrep

   24. Running ntop for Real-Time Network Stats

4. Chapter 4 Hardware Hacks

   1. Hacks #43-69

   2. Add-on Laptop Antennas

   3. Increasing the Range of a Titanium PowerBook

   4. WET11 Upgrades

   5. AirPort Linux

   6. Java Configurator for AirPort APs

   7. Apple Software Base Station

   8. Adding an Antenna to the AirPort

   9. The NoCat Night Light

   10. Do-It-Yourself Access Point Hardware

   11. Compact Flash Hard Drive

   12. Pebble

   13. Tunneling: IPIP Encapsulation

   14. Tunneling: GRE Encapsulation

   15. Running Your Own Top-Level Domain

   16. Getting Started with Host AP

   17. Make Host AP a Layer 2 Bridge

   18. Bridging with a Firewall

   19. MAC Filtering with Host AP

   20. Hermes AP

   21. Microwave Cabling Guide

   22. Microwave Connector Reference

   23. Antenna Guide

   24. Client Capability Reference Chart

   25. Pigtails

   26. 802.11 Hardware Suppliers

   27. Home-Brew Power over Ethernet

   28. Cheap but Effective Roof Mounts

5. Chapter 5 Do-It-Yourself Antennas

   1. Hacks #70-79

   2. Deep Dish Cylindrical Parabolic Reflector

   3. "Spider" Omni

   4. Pringles Can Waveguide

   5. Pirouette Can Waveguide

   6. Primestar Dish with Waveguide Feed

   7. BiQuad Feed for Primestar Dish

   8. Cut Cable Omni Antenna

   9. Slotted Waveguides

   10. The Passive Repeater

   11. Determining Antenna Gain

6. Chapter 6 Long Distance Links

   1. Hacks #80-85

   2. Establishing Line of Sight

   3. Calculating the Link Budget

   4. Aligning Antennas at Long Distances

   5. Slow Down to Speed Up

   6. Taking Advantage of Antenna Polarization

   7. Map the Wireless Landscape with NoCat Maps

7. Chapter 7 Wireless Security

   1. Hacks #86-100

   2. Making the Best of WEP

   3. Dispel the Myth of Wireless Security

   4. Cracking WEP with AirSnort: The Easy Way

   5. NoCatAuth Captive Portal

   6. NoCatSplash and Cheshire

   7. Squid Proxy over SSH

   8. SSH SOCKS 4 Proxy

   9. Forwarding Ports over SSH

   10. Quick Logins with SSH Client Keys

   11. "Turbo-Mode" SSH Logins

   12. OpenSSH on Windows Using Cygwin

   13. Location Support for Tunnels in OS X

   14. Using vtun over SSH

   15. Automatic vtund.conf Generator

   16. Tracking Wireless Users with arpwatch

1. Appendix A Deep Dish Parabolic Reflector Template

2. Colophon

Our look is the result of reader comments, our own experimentation, and feedback from distribution channels. Distinctive covers complement our distinctive approach to technical topics, breathing personality and life into potentially dry subjects. The tool on the cover of Wireless Hacks is a wire cutter/pliers combo tool. It is typically used to cut or trim a piece of wire, and can bend it into an appropriate shape. In a pinch, it can also strip the insulation from heavy gauge wire, although a wire stripper is really the proper tool for that job. Its insulated handle provides a small measure of protection from electricity, but when using a wire cutter, be sure to first disconnect power from the wire you are cutting. Always wear eye protection when using a cutting device of any kind. Mary Brady was the production editor and the copyeditor for Wireless Hacks. Colleen Gorman was the proofreader. Brian Sawyer and Claire Cloutier provided quality control. Matt Hutchinson and James Quill provided production support. Ellen Troutman-Zaig wrote the index.

Emma Colby designed the cover of this book, based on a series design by Edie Freedman. The cover image is a photograph from the Stockbyte Work-Tools CD. Emma Colby produced the cover layout with QuarkXPress 4.1 using Adobe's Helvetica Neue and ITC Garamond fonts.

David Futato designed the interior layout. This book was converted by Julie Hawks to FrameMaker 5.5.6 with a format conversion tool created by Erik Ray, Jason McIntosh, Neil Walls, and Mike Sierra that uses Perl and XML technologies. The text font is Linotype Birka; the heading font is Adobe Helvetica Neue Condensed; and the code font is LucasFont's TheSans Mono Condensed. The illustrations that appear in the book were produced by Robert Romano and Jessamyn Read using Macromedia FreeHand 9 and Adobe Photoshop 6. This colophon was written by Rob Flickenger.