[...]... 10 9 Chapter 8: Staying Safe in the Wireless World 12 7 Part III: Wireless on the Go 14 7 Chapter 9: On the Road Again with 802 .11 14 9 Chapter 10 : Staying Safe on Any Wireless Network 16 9 Chapter 11 : Outfitting Your Car with Wireless 18 5 Chapter 12 : Operating Your Own Hot Spot 219 Part IV: Cool Wireless Toys .2 41 Chapter 13 : Building a Wireless Audio Network. .. 17 3 xiii xiv Wireless Network Hacks & Mods For Dummies Making a VPN Connection 17 5 Setting up an IPSec connection with Windows XP 17 6 Using OpenVPN client and WiTopia’s SSL VPN service 18 0 Installing the WiTopia personalVPN client .18 1 Chapter 11 : Outfitting Your Car with Wireless 18 5 Bluetooth for In-Car Communications 18 5 Bluetooth in action 18 6... Getting Fancy .10 6 Table of Contents Chapter 7: Boosting Signal Strength Where You Need It 10 9 Antennas for All 11 0 Understanding Wi-Fi Antennas 11 1 Counting your antennas 11 1 Going external 11 2 Antenna types 11 6 Adding Amplification 11 9 Going with MIMO 12 0 Boosting Cell Signals at Home 12 3 Understanding cellular... gone mad for wireless, and now it’s time for all of us to catch up In Wireless Network Hacks & Mods For Dummies, we are going to help you do just that — catch up and move right to the head of the wireless line And in this chapter, we begin that trek by giving you the lay of the land Remember: Wireless Network Hacks & Mods For Dummies was written to help those of you who want to achieve high performance... gives you the information you need to connect the two networks (wireless and Internet access) together 3 4 Wireless Network Hacks & Mods For Dummies Part II: Boosting Performance on Your Wireless Network The second part of the book helps you plan your extended and expanded wireless home network It helps you understand how to create a whole home wireless footprint; how to link your wireless network with... Making Your World Wireless .7 Chapter 1: Wireless Inside Everything! 9 Wireless Networks Are Everywhere 10 Feeling at home with wireless 10 Offices 11 Hot spots and beyond 13 Wireless Gear: The New Standard .16 In computers 16 In TVs 17 In A/V equipment 18 In cellphones 19 In cars ... high-performance home wireless network you can possibly get You’re not going to pry open your wireless access point and start soldering high-performance chips onto its motherboard (at least not under our guidance) Wireless Network Hacks & Mods For Dummies picks up where our more beginner-level book, Wireless Home Networking For Dummies, published by Wiley, left off If you have not installed a network. .. 12 4 Installing a repeater 12 4 Chapter 8: Staying Safe in the Wireless World 12 7 Avoiding WEP 12 8 Understanding WPA 12 9 Sharing your keys with your friends .13 0 Figuring out a new 802 — 1X 13 1 Securing Your Own Network 13 5 Creating your own authentication server 13 9 Using an 802.1X service 14 1 Setting up an AP 14 4... 14 5 Part III: Wireless on the Go .14 7 Chapter 9: On the Road Again with 802 .11 14 9 Hot Spots for Everyone 15 0 Finding Hot Spots 15 1 Finding the freebies 15 2 Paying for your Wi-Fi 15 5 Putting on Your Roaming Shoes 15 9 Oingo Boingo 16 0 Going with corporate remote access 16 2 Getting Online at a Hot Spot 16 3... (Server) 314 Travel Routers . 316 Wi-Fi Finders 318 Jumping into RFID .320 Adding New Firmware for Your AP 322 More, More, and More Wireless 323 xv xvi Wireless Network Hacks & Mods For Dummies Part V: The Part of Tens 327 Chapter 17 : (Almost) Ten Sites for Advanced Wireless Topics 329 Wi-Fi Net News .330 Tom’s Networking . .10 9 Antennas for All 11 0 Understanding Wi-Fi Antennas 11 1 Counting your antennas 11 1 Going external 11 2 Antenna types 11 6 Adding Amplification 11 9 Going with MIMO 12 0 Boosting Cell Signals at Home 12 3 Understanding. 802 .11 14 9 Chapter 10 : Staying Safe on Any Wireless Network 16 9 Chapter 11 : Outfitting Your Car with Wireless 18 5 Chapter 12 : Operating Your Own Hot Spot 219 Part IV: Cool Wireless Toys 2 41 Chapter. Hurley Wireless Network Hacks & Mods FOR DUMmIES ‰ 01_ 595830_ffirs.qxd 8/26/05 7:49 PM Page i Wireless Network Hacks & Mods For Dummies ® Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc. 11 1 River Street Hoboken,