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Introduction..................................................................1
About This Book...............................................................................................1
Foolish Assumptions .......................................................................................2
How This Book Is Organized...........................................................................2
Part I: The Wonderful World of Wireless Fidelity ...............................3
Part II: Surfing the Net Unplugged........................................................3
Part III: Bridging the Wireless Gap .......................................................3
Part IV: Securing Your Information ......................................................4
Part V: Taking Care of Business ............................................................4
Part VI: Entertaining Electronics ..........................................................4
Part VII: The Part of Tens ......................................................................5
Conventions Used in This Book .....................................................................5
Icons Used in This Book..................................................................................5
Part I: The Wonderful World of Wireless Fidelity .............7
Chapter 1: Taking the Wi-Fi Highway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Why Wireless? ..................................................................................................9
Exploring the advantages ....................................................................10
So . . . what, no disadvantages? ..........................................................11
Examining your options.......................................................................11
Taking the plunge .................................................................................12
The Nuts and Bolts of Wi-Fi ..........................................................................12
CB radios for computers .....................................................................12
What the heck is a hotspot?................................................................14
Deciding on the Best Route ..........................................................................15
If you're a trucker .................................................................................15
If you're an RVer....................................................................................16
Chapter 2: Selecting a Standard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Matching Purpose to Standard.....................................................................17
Defining your primary purpose ..........................................................18
Identifying secondary goals ................................................................18
Focusing on the Front-Runners ....................................................................19
802.11a: Connecting over short distances ........................................20
802.11b: Opting for the basic standard .............................................20
802.11g: The speedier standard..........................................................20
802.11n: Looking to the future ............................................................21
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