This new edition the bestselling Wi-Fi guide provides everything Wi-Fi users need to design, build, protect, and extend Wi-Fi wireless networks! Best-selling author Jeff Duntemann provides practical techniques for setting up and using Wi-Fi gear and software. This second edition is expanded and brought fully up-to-date, covering more on setting up hotspots, community networking, security, Wireless Protected Access (WPA), new Wi-Fi standards (802.11g), and more.

The first edition of this book has quickly become the best-selling guide for Wi-Fi users around the world. Master technical author, Jeff Duntemann, makes tangled Wi-Fi technological issues very comprehensible. Jeff explains the blizzard of Wi-Fi concepts and standards, including the new 802.11g, the complex and fluky security issues, and shows users how to protect themselves from both obvious and non-obvious threats. He also covers the human element in the Wi-Fi movement, including hacker threats and Wi-Fi communities. Jeff's coverage of wardriving has been highly praised by many Wi-Fi experts and the top Wi-Fi Web sites. Many technical drawings clarify difficult concepts, with abundant Web pointers to further information. The book features numerous hands-on projects that can dramatically increase the performance of home and small business Wi-Fi systems. Some of the important and new topics covered in the book include:

• Money-saving Wi-Fi network design and implementation techniques
• Wi-Fi communities
• Access points and gateways
• Security and privacy
• Wireless security auditing with WarLinux and Kismet
• The art of wardriving
• How to create powerful low-cost antennas
• How to protect yourself against clever hackers