Wireless All In One for Dummies (ISBN - 0470490136)

507 Pages·2021·22.53 MB·English

Sean Walberg
Loyd Case
Joel Durham Jr.
Derek Torres

8 IN 1

BOOKS
BOOKS

• Pulling the Plug
• Planning Your Network
• Configuring Networks
• Security and Troubleshooting
• On the Road
• Networking Technologies
• Home Technology
• Global Positioning Systems

Wireless

A L L - I N - O N E

2nd Edition

Making Everything Easier!™

Open the book and find:

• What you can do on a wireless
network

• Tips for planning a network
without going broke

• How to play music with a media
server

• Internet threats and how to foil
them

• Ways to balance your wants with
your budget

• All about wireless cards

• Why you should consider a DSS
phone

• Cool ways to use GPS

Sean Walberg manages the national network of a financial services
company. Loyd Case is Editor for the ExtremeTech technology Web site.
Joel Durham Jr. is a freelance writer and former tech editor of PC Gamer
magazine. Derek Torres is a technical communicator, author, and
Microsoft registered partner.

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Declare your independence
from wires! Here’s what
you need to make it happen

All types of personal electronics have wireless capacity
these days — you just need to know how to take advantage
of it. The minibooks in this handy guide help you choose the
right networking hardware, configure printers for wireless
access, synchronize your smartphone with your wireless
network, plug security leaks, and even get into GPS!

• Yank the plug — discover the hardware you’ll need and consider
the pros and cons of being “always on”

• Plan the network — decide what to include and make your
shopping list

• Configure — learn how Windows facilitates wireless networking
and how to create a bridge between wired and wireless

• Feel secure — get the rundown on wireless vulnerabilities and
how to lock them down

• Hit the road — know how to preserve your laptop battery, watch
TV from anywhere with SlingBox™, and use hotspots

• Network everything — explore cell phone services, cordless
phones, FRS radio, Bluetooth®, and other technologies

• Entertain — expand with wireless home entertainment, streaming
audio and video, and Amazon’s eBook service

• Find yourself — get the scoop on wireless GPS units and what to
do with them

Pulling the Plug

Planning Your Network

Configuring Networks

Security and
Troubleshooting

On the Road

Networking Technologies

Home Technology

Global Positioning Systems
Wireless
A L L - I N - O N E

Walberg,
et al.

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Sean Walberg, Loyd Case,
Joel Durham, Jr.
and
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Dedication

To Rebecca, my wonderful and supportive wife — Sean Walberg

To Pablo, Victor-Emmanuel, and Anne-Claire — Derek Torres

I dedicate my portion of this book to Matt Firme — Joel Durham

About the Authors

Sean Walberg has been a network engineer for nine years. He’s been in the
information technology field since 1994 and has worked on development,
technical support, systems administration, and network engineering.

When not working, you can find Sean playing with his three energetic sons or
in the kitchen cooking.

You can find Sean’s contact information and links to other writing at
http://seanwalberg.com.

Derek Torres is an author and technical communicator. He has extensive
experience working for software companies in the United States and in
Europe. He has authored or coauthored several books on Windows operating
systems and, most recently, BusinessObjects XI Release 2 For Dummies. He is
currently based in Paris, France.

Joel Durham is passionate for all things technological. Whether it’s a multimil-
lion transistor integrated circuit or a really cool mouse, Joel has a deep desire
to check it out. This personality trait at various times delights, amuses, and
sometimes even infuriates Joel’s wife and two children, with whom he lives in
upstate New York. Joel worked on this particular book for the simple reason
that wires infuriate him. The battle to clear out and ultimately eliminate the
nests of thin, black, metal-wrapped-in-rubber snakes behind the desks and
tables in Joel’s house has become a top priority. The mice that drive the cur-
sors of Joel’s computers are wireless, as are the keyboards. Joel’s PDA and
MP3 players sync sans cables. If he could, Joel would also get rid of video,
audio, and even power wires—but that last one appears to be a long way from
becoming reality.

Loyd Case is a technology writer and analyst covering PC platform, graphics,
digital media and gaming technologies. He’s written extensively for a wide
array of publications, including Maximum PC, PC Magazine, PC World and
others. He began writing for Computer Gaming World back in the 1990s, when
no one wrote about technology for gamers. When not working, you can find
him playing board games, PC games or behind the viewfinder of his digital
SLR. Loyd is married, with two daughters.

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