With his potent gift for clearly explaining technology, networking guru/author Nathan J. Muller presents a powerful set of tools for making the right decisions, the best moves, and extracting maximum benefits from WiFi in the workplace. In WiFi for the Enterprise, he shares his expertise on equipment, configurations, and features for business environments.

WiFi—WHAT, WHY, AND HOW

If you're among the 44% of businesses planning on integrating WiFi, you've found the best source for solutions. WiFi for the Enterprise helps network managers, integrators, and other interested parties drill down to:

• Authoritative and readable answers, without wading through “engineeringese”
• Business-boosting potentials of different flavors of WiFi
• Choices in product classes that yield performance, security, and scalability
• Coping strategies for a market that features more than 300 certified WiFi products
• Interoperability solutions for WiFi integration with technology you already run
• Design, configuration, and security answers for your WiFi network
• WiFi network troubleshooting, monitoring, and management strategies
• Selecting a WiFi service provider for Internet access

DYNAMIC, WORKING ANSWERS ON THE MOST EXCITING DEVELOPMENT IN NETWORKING

Contents

• Chapter 1: Wireless in Perspective
• Chapter 2: Wireless Network Components
• Chapter 3: Setting up the Network
• Chapter 4: Preparing for Wireless Deployment
• Chapter 5: Access Points and Clients
• Chapter 6: Wireless Bridges
• Chapter 7: Wireless Security
• Chapter 8: Troubleshooting the Wireless LAN
• Chapter 9: Network Management
• Chapter 10: Selecting a Wireless Internet Service Provider

• Acronyms
• Appendix
• About the Author