802.11 Wireless Networks The Definitive Guide 

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• 1. 802.11 Wireless Networks The Definitive Guide

  1. 802.11В® Wireless Networks The Definitive Guide By Matthew Gast April 2005 ISBN: 0-596-10052-3

• 2. Table of Contents

• 3. Copyright

• 4. Foreword

  Foreword

• 5. Preface

  Preface

• 6. Prometheus Untethered: The Possibilities of Wireless LANs

  Prometheus Untethered: The Possibilities of Wireless LANs

• 7. Audience

  Audience

• 8. Overture for Book in Black and White, Opus 2

  Overture for Book in Black and White Opus 2

• 9. Conventions Used in This Book

  Conventions Used in This Book

• 10. How to Contact Us

  How to Contact Us

• 11. Safari Enabled

  Safari Enabled

• 12. Acknowledgments

  Acknowledgments

• 13. Chapter 1. Introduction to Wireless Networking

  Chapter 1. Introduction to Wireless Networking

• 14. Why Wireless?

• 15. What Makes Wireless Networks Different

  What Makes Wireless Networks Different

• 16. A Network by Any Other Name...

  A Network by Any Other Name...

• 17. Chapter 2. Overview of 802.11 Networks

  Chapter 2. Overview of 802.11 Networks

• 18. IEEE 802 Network Technology Family Tree

  IEEE 802 Network Technology Family Tree

• 19. 802.11 Nomenclature and Design

  802.11 Nomenclature and Design

• 20. 802.11 Network Operations

• 21. Mobility Support

  Mobility Support

• 22. Chapter 3. 802.11 MAC Fundamentals

  Chapter 3. 802.11 MAC Fundamentals

• 23. Challenges for the MAC

  Challenges for the MAC

• 24. MAC Access Modes and Timing

  MAC Access Modes and Timing

• 25. Contention-Based Access Using the DCF

  Contention-Based Access Using the DCF

• 26. Fragmentation and Reassembly

• 27. Frame Format

  Frame Format

• 28. Encapsulation of Higher-Layer Protocols Within 802.11

  Encapsulation of Higher-Layer Protocols Within 802.11

• 29. Contention-Based Data Service

• 30. Frame Processing and Bridging

  Frame Processing and Bridging

• 31. Chapter 4. 802.11 Framing in Detail

  Chapter 4. 802.11 Framing in Detail

• 32. Data Frames

  The BSSID Data Frames

• 33. Control Frames

  Association ID (AID) Control Frames

• 34. Management Frames

  authentication algorithm number vendor specific cisco wireless association request frame WPA book 802.11 Authentication rejected due to duration exceeded Incorrect frame type or subtype received from unauthenticated station If a Data Rate is Mandatory to join a BSS, what name is used to describe it? What element in a Beacon Management Frame alerts dozing stations that they have traffic buffered on the AP? 802.11 Quiet element implemented in Wi-Fi

• 35. Frame Transmission and Association and Authentication States

  Frame Transmission and Association and Authentication States

• 36. Chapter 5. Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)

  Chapter 5. Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)

• 37. Cryptographic Background to WEP

  Cryptographic Background to WEP

• 38. WEP Cryptographic Operations

  WEP Cryptographic Operations

• 39. Problems with WEP

• 40. Dynamic WEP

  Layered Security Protocols Dynamic WEP

• 41. Chapter 6. User Authentication with 802.1X

  Chapter 6. User Authentication with 802.1X

• 42. The Extensible Authentication Protocol

  The Extensible Authentication Protocol

• 43. EAP Methods

  EAP Method Filtering EAP Methods

• 44. 802.1X: Network Port Authentication

  802.1X: Network Port Authentication

• 45. 802.1X on Wireless LANs

  802.1X on Wireless LANs

• 46. Chapter 7. 802.11i: Robust Security Networks, TKIP, and CCMP

  Chapter 7. 802.11i: Robust Security Networks TKIP and CCMP

• 47. The Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)

  The Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)

• 48. Counter Mode with CBC-MAC (CCMP)

  What Is WPA? Counter Mode with CBC-MAC (CCMP)

• 49. Robust Security Network (RSN) Operations

  Robust Security Network (RSN) Operations

• 50. Chapter 8. Management Operations

  Chapter 8. Management Operations

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