Wireless Hacks - Second Edition Wireless Hacks

Product Description

- Brings readers more of the practical tips & tricks that made the first edition a runaway hit
- Completely revised & updated
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Includes:: over 30 brand new hacks major overhauls of over 30 more & timely adjustments & touch-ups to dozens of other hacks The popularity of wireless networking has grown exponentially over the past few years despite a general downward trend in the telecommunications industry. More & more computers & users worldwide communicate via radio waves every day cutting the tethers of the cabled network both at home & at work. Wireless technology changes not only the way we talk to our devices but also what we ask them to do. With greater flexibility broader range & increased mobility wireless networks let us live work & think differently. Wireless networks also open up a vast range of tasty new hack possibilities from fine-tuning network frequencies to hot-rodding handhelds. Wireless Hacks explains everything from passive network scanning to aligning long-distance aerials beefing up wireless network security & beyond. It answers real-life networking needs with direct solutions. The authors include detailed coverage for important new changes in specifications & in hardware & software & delve deep into cellular & Bluetooth 153 technologies. Whether you need your wireless network to extend to the edge of your desk fit in to your backpack or cross county lines the proven techniques in Wireless Hacks will show you how to get the coverage & functionality youre looking for. For a full table of contents please visit the Maplin website.