Wireless Network
By Jonathan Zdziarski
With iPhone use increasing in business networks, IT and security professionals face a serious challenge: these devices store an enormous amount of information. If your staff conducts business with iPhones, you need to know how to recover, analyze, an...
[Publish Date: September 2008]
Linux in a Nutshell, 6th Edition
By Ellen Siever, Stephen Figgins, Robert Love, Arnold Robbins
Everything you need to know about Linux is right in this book. The latest edition of this popular reference offers a tighter focus on Linux system essentials, as well as more coverage of new capabilities such as wireless network management, DVD recor...
[Publish Date: September 2009]
Other Editions: 1st Edition, 2nd Edition, 3rd Edition, 4th Edition, 5th Edition
The Book of Wireless, 2nd Edition--New from No Starch Press: Getting the ...
Wireless networking is ubiquitous, but how many people really know how it works, or what to do when it doesn't? You plug in the router and your home network is set up, right? You walk into a coffee shop, open your computer and you're online, easy as ...
[Publish Date: January 24, 2008]
Take Control of Your 802.11n AirPort Network, 1st Edition
By Glenn Fleishman
Find real-world advice from Wi-Fi wizard Glenn Fleishman on setting up the 802.11n models of Apple's AirPort Express, AirPort Extreme, and Time Capsule, with full information about the simultaneous dual-band models introduced in early 2009. You'll ge...
[Publish Date: October 2008]
Hydra: A Wireless Multihop Networking Testbed: OSCON 2008 - O'Reilly ...
By Hyrum Wright, Robert Grant
Hydra is a wireless multithop networking testbed, created completely from open source components. Designed to be modular and easily expandable, Hydra allows networking researchers and enthusiasts to implement by physical layer and MAC protocols quickly, and cheaply, and test them over real wireless channels.
[Publish Date: July 21, 2008]
Five Things to Consider When Buying a Netbook - O'Reilly Broadcast
By Sara Peyton
People buy new gadgets for every imaginable reason. In J.D. Biersdorfer's case, an apartment renovation prompted her to purchase one. "I wanted to have an extremely portable PC with me when I was living out of a duffel bag and sleeping on people's couches while my own place was unlivable," explains the author of O'Reilly's Netbooks: The Missing Manual. "It turned out to be a great solution because many of my friends have wireless networks (or neighbors that have unsecured wireless networks), so I could stay linked to the Internet even while couch surfing all over the city." Based on her personal experiences and research for the book, J.D. offers five important things to consider when buying a netbook.
[Publish Date: September 02, 2009]
Rob Flickenger is a long time supporter of FreeNetworks and DIY networking. Rob is the author of three O'Reilly books: Building Wireless Community Networks, Linux Server Hacks, and Wireless Hacks.
[Publish Date: October 07, 2009]
Take Control of Your iPhone, 2nd Edition
By Ted Landau
Taking the Murphy's Law approach that if something can go wrong, it probably will, Ted explains how your iPhone figures out where in the world it is, how it connects to Internet and cellular data networks, and how it communicates with your Mac. You'l...
[Publish Date: February 2009]
Other Editions: 1st Edition
Speaker: Patricia Albanese: O'Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing ...
Pat Albanese’s extensive career has been one of exploring the intersection of information and technology. Currently Pat holds the position of Gannet Distinguished Professor in the School of Print Media, College of Imaging Arts and Sciences at Rochester Institute of Technology. Previously Pat served as the Chief Information Officer and Executive Director of Library and Information Technology Services for Mount Holyoke College. In her position, Pat oversaw all library and computing services and provided leadership and strategic direction for the College’s information technology programs. Among her accomplishments at Mount Holyoke College were the introduction of campus-wide wireless services, a content management system, a web site redesign, the introduction of an open source academic technology platform which includes student e-portfolio, institutional repository and digital course management systems and a campus-wide enterprise level system. Prior to Mount Holyoke, Pat led the...
[Publish Date: February 09, 2009]
Justin Clarke is active in developing security tools for penetrating web applications, servers, and wireless networks and as a compulsive tinkerer he can't leave anything alone without at least trying to see how it works.
[Publish Date: October 07, 2009]
Speaker: Hyrum Wright: OSCON 2009 - O'Reilly Conferences, July 20 - 24, ...
Hyrum is a graduate student studying Computer Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. He has been using open source software since 2001, and has been a regular contributor to Subversion since 2006. Hyrum's research interests include wireless networking and version control systems.
[Publish Date: July 20, 2009]
Ash Dyer is an expert in metro-scale, last-mile, and in-building wireless network infrastructure, applications, and business models.
[Publish Date: October 07, 2009]
