Building Wireless Community Networks, 2nd Edition
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.35 (958 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0596005024 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 176 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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He is the author of two other O'Reilly books: Linux Server Hacks and Wireless Hacks.. His current professional project is Metrix Communication LLC, which provides wireless hardware and software that embodies the same open source principles he rants about in his books. and various international organizations to bring these ideas to places where communications infrastructure is badly needed. Rob enjoys spreading the good word of op
Certain cities--Singapore is one example--have begun to outfit gathering places like airport lounges and downtown coffee shops as "hot spots" that are served by wireless Internet antennas. It's possible for anyone with an IEEE 802.11b card in a laptop to sit down in one and have Internet access immediately. He's written this small, thin volume to explain to readers why wireless networking is a community asset, and to bring them up to speed on the technologies available for creating wireless hot spots. Community here means a collection of people, as in a town or neighborhood. Flickenger's tre
Once that is set up, any computer with a wireless card can log onto the network and share its resources.Rob Flickenger built such a network in northern California, and continues to participate in network-building efforts. Building Wireless Community Networks is about getting people online using wireless network technology. Today, with WiFi-enabled computers almost as common as Ethernet, it makes even more sense to take the next step and network your community using nothing but freely available radio spectrum.This book has showed many people how to make their network available, even from the park bench, how to extend high-speed Internet access into the many areas not served by DSL and cable providers, and how to build working communities and a shared though intangible network. All that's required to create an access point for high-speed Internet connection is a gateway or base station. His nuts-a
A Customer said Wireless Networks LITE. This thin (1"Wireless Networks LITE" according to A Customer. This thin (12Wireless Networks LITE A Customer This thin (124 page) book is a reasonable quick introduction to the topic of Wireless Community Networks. But don't expect the usual in-depth O'Reilly detail of many of their 600 page Unix or even Windows tomes.A better title for this book might be either:a) Here's What You Could Find on the Internet in an Afternoon,b) A Preliminary Introduction to the Topic,c) I've Played Around A Bit with Wireless Networks, ord) My Grassroots Experience in Learning About Wireless NetworksThe author admits to learning a bunch of stuff attending Seattle Wireless meetings, BAWUG (San F. page) book is a reasonable quick introduction to the topic of Wireless Community Networks. But don't expect the usual in-depth O'Reilly detail of many of their 600 page Unix or even Windows tomes.A better title for this book might be either:a) Here's What You Could Find on the Internet in an Afternoon,b) A Preliminary Introduction to the Topic,c) I've Played Around A Bit with Wireless Networks, ord) My Grassroots Experience in Learning About Wireless NetworksThe author admits to learning a bunch of stuff attending Seattle Wireless meetings, BAWUG (San F. Wireless Networks LITE A Customer This thin (124 page) book is a reasonable quick introduction to the topic of Wireless Community Networks. But don't expect the usual in-depth O'Reilly detail of many of their 600 page Unix or even Windows tomes.A better title for this book might be either:a) Here's What You Could Find on the Internet in an Afternoon,b) A Preliminary Introduction to the Topic,c) I've Played Around A Bit with Wireless Networks, ord) My Grassroots Experience in Learning About Wireless NetworksThe author admits to learning a bunch of stuff attending Seattle Wireless meetings, BAWUG (San F. page) book is a reasonable quick introduction to the topic of Wireless Community Networks. But don't expect the usual in-depth O'Reilly detail of many of their 600 page Unix or even Windows tomes.A better title for this book might be either:a) Here's What You Could Find on the Internet in an Afternoon,b) A Preliminary Introduction to the Topic,c) I've Played Around A Bit with Wireless Networks, ord) My Grassroots Experience in Learning About Wireless NetworksThe author admits to learning a bunch of stuff attending Seattle Wireless meetings, BAWUG (San F. The format is a mess I_HATE_THIS Please note that the 1 star tha I give is for the kindle version, not the book itself. I cannot rate the content of this book, because the format of this book is so mess up, it made reading very difficult. I never notice that how important the layout and formatting of a book to the reading experrience. Don't buy it.. Wlans in one night Excellent. Short and useful. I recommend it to my students as a quick introduction to Wlans. You can read it easily in one night or a weekend. Yet, don't let this claim fool you. Even if concise, the book covers all the essential information to give you a very good understanding of Wlans.