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Book SynopsisFrom passive network scanning to aligning long-distance antennas, beefing up wireless network security, and beyond, this book answers real-life networking needs with direct solutions. It includes coverage for important changes in specifications, hardware and software, and delve into cellular and Bluetooth technologies.
Table of ContentsForeword Credits Preface Chapter 1. Bluetooth, Mobile Phones, and GPS 1. Set Up Bluetooth on Linux 2. Set Up Bluetooth on Windows XP 3. Connect Mac OS X with a Bluetooth Phone 4. Connect Linux with a Bluetooth Phone 5. Connect Windows XP with a Bluetooth Phone 6. Use Your Treo as a Modem 7. Send SMS from a PowerBook 8. Remote Control Mac OS X with Bluetooth Phones and PDAs 9. Remote Control Linux with a Bluetooth Phone 10. Control XMMS with Bluetooth 11. Liven Up Parties with a Participatory Slideshow 12. Send SMS from Linux 13. Remote Control Windows with Bluetooth Phones and PDAs 14. Control Your Bluetooth Phone with FMA 15. Control Your Computer from Your Palm 16. Control Your Home Theater from Your Palm 17. Choose a Cellular Data Plan 18. Blog from Your Mobile Phone 19. Get Google Maps on Your Mobile Phone 20. Share Your GPS 21. Broadcast Your GPS Position 22. Map Wi-Fi Networks with Kismet and GPSd Chapter 2. Network Discovery and Monitoring 23. Find All Available Wireless Networks 24. Discover Networks with NetStumbler 25. Detect Networks with Handheld PCs 26. Find and Join Wireless Networks with AP Radar 27. Detect Networks on Mac OS X 28. Scan Passively with KisMAC 29. Detect Networks with Kismet 30. Monitor Wireless Links in Linux with Wavemon 31. Analyze Traffic with Ethereal 32. Track 802.11 Frames in Ethereal 33. Watch Network Traffic 34. grep Your Network 35. Check Wi-Fi Network Performance with Qcheck 36. Estimate Network Performance 37. Get Real-Time Network Stats 38. Graph Your Wireless Performance 39. Find Radio Manufacturers by MAC Chapter 3. Wireless Security 40. Stop Moochers from Stealing Your Wi-Fi Bandwidth 41. Visualize a Network 42. Secure Your Linux Network with WPA 43. Control Wireless Access by MAC 44. Authenticate Wireless Users 45. Forward Ports over SSH 46. Proxy Web Traffic over SSH 47. Securely Connect Two Networks 48. Generate a Tunnel Configuration Automatically 49. Poll Wireless Clients 50. Interrogate the Network 51. Track Wireless Users Chapter 4. Hardware Hacks 52. Add an External Antenna 53. Do-It-Yourself Access Point Hardware 54. Boot from a Compact Flash Hard Drive 55. Increase the Range of a PowerBook 56. Send Power over Your Ethernet 57. The NoCat Night Light 58. Upgrade the Linksys WET11 59. Scan for Wireless Networks Automatically 60. Backlight Your Zipit 61. Unwire Your Pistol Mouse 62. Mobilize Your WRT54G with the WiFiCar Chapter 5. Software Hacks 63. Build Your Own Access Point with Linux 64. Bridge Your Linux AP 65. Protect Your Bridge with a Firewall 66. Filter MAC with HostAP and Madwifi 67. Upgrade Your Wireless Router 68. Set Up an OLSR Mesh Network 69. Extend Your Wireless Network with WDS 70. Pebble 71. Wall Off Your Wireless 72. Run Your Mac as an Access Point 73. Run Linux on the Zipit Wireless Messenger 74. Capture Wireless Users with NoCatAuth 75. Capture Wireless Users on a Small Scale 76. Build an Online Community in Your Offline Neighborhood 77. Manage Multiple AirPort Base Stations 78. Advertise Bonjour Services in Linux 79. Advertise Any Service with Bonjour in Mac OS X 80. Redirect "Brought to you by" Bonjour Ads 81. Use a Windows-Only Wireless Card in Linux 82. Use Your Orinoco Card with Hermes AP Chapter 6. Do-It-Yourself Antennas 83. Make a Deep Dish Cylindrical Parabolic Reflector 84. Spider Omni Antenna 85. Pringles Can Waveguide 86. Pirouette Can Waveguide 87. Primestar Dish with Waveguide Feed 88. Primestar Dish with Biquad Feed 89. Cut a Cable Omni Antenna 90. Build a Slotted Waveg Appendix B. Wireless Hardware Guide Index
