Linux Unwired
Linux Unwired
ISBN: 0596005830
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 100
Pages: 100
- Linux Unwired
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Foreword
- Preface
- What This Book Covers
- Conventions Used in This Book
- Comments and Questions
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. Introduction to Wireless
- 1.1 Radio Waves
- 1.2 Connections Without Wires
- 1.3 Wireless Alphabet Soup
- 1.4 Bluetooth
- 1.5 Cellular Data
- 1.6 Infrared
- Chapter 2. Wi-Fi on Your Linux Box
- 2.1 Quick Start
- 2.2 Chipset Compatibility
- 2.3 Four Steps to Wi-Fi
- 2.4 Linux Wi-Fi Drivers in Depth
- Chapter 3. Getting On the Network
- 3.1 Hotspots
- 3.2 Wireless Network Discovery
- Chapter 4. Communicating Securely
- 4.1 The Pitfalls of WEP
- 4.2 The Future Is 802.11i
- 4.3 WPA: a Subset of 802.11i
- 4.4 WPA on Linux
- Chapter 5. Configuring Access Points with Linux
- 5.1 Linux-Friendly Wireless Vendors
- 5.2 Commercial Wireless Equipment Overview
- 5.3 Configuring Access Points
- 5.4 Flashing Your Access Point
- Chapter 6. Building Your Own Access Point
- 6.1 Hardware
- 6.2 Software
- 6.3 Linux-Powered Off-the-Shelf
- Chapter 7. Bluetooth
- 7.1 Quick Start
- 7.2 Bluetooth Basics
- 7.3 Bluetooth Hardware
- 7.4 Linux Bluetooth Support
- 7.5 Installing the BlueZ Utilities
- 7.6 Basic Configuration and Operation
- 7.7 Graphical Applications
- 7.8 Cool Bluetooth Tricks
- Chapter 8. Infrared
- 8.1 IrDA in the Kernel
- 8.2 PC Laptop with Built-In IrDA
- 8.3 Infrared Dongle
- 8.4 Sharing a Network Connection over IrDA
- 8.5 Connecting to the Internet with a Cell Phone
- 8.6 Transferring Files with OpenOBEX
- 8.7 Synchronizing with a Palm
- 8.8 Pocket PC
- Chapter 9. Cellular Networking
- 9.1 Cellular Data
- 9.2 Some Cellular Carriers
- 9.3 Phones and Cards
- 9.4 Sending a Fax
- 9.5 Text Messaging
- 9.6 Acceleration
- Chapter 10. GPS
- 10.1 Uses of GPS
- 10.2 A GPS Glossary
- 10.3 GPS Devices
- 10.4 Listening to a GPS
- 10.5 Mapping Wi-Fi Networks with Kismet
- 10.6 GpsDrive
- 10.7 Other Applications
- Colophon
- Index
- index_SYMBOL
- index_A
- index_B
- index_C
- index_D
- index_E
- index_F
- index_G
- index_H
- index_I
- index_J
- index_K
- index_L
- index_M
- index_N
- index_O
- index_P
- index_Q
- index_R
- index_S
- index_T
- index_U
- index_V
- index_W
- index_X
Linux Unwired
ISBN: 0596005830
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 100
Pages: 100