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386 Wireless Home Networking For Dummies, 3rd Edition WPA/WPA2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access) (continued) variants, 167 weakness, 177 WEP, comparison with, 38, 106, 168 Wi-Fi Ethernet bridge, compatibility with, 208–209 WPA/WPA2 Enterprise, 98, 122–123, 178 WPN824 router (NETGEAR), 219, 220 WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup), 98, 123, 175–176 WVC200 Wireless-G Pan/Tilt/Zoom Video Camera (Linksys), 274–275 • X • X10 FloodCam, 275 X10 networks, 337 Xbox 360 (Microsoft) cost, 206 features, 207 online gaming, requirements for, 204 Xbox Live online gaming service, 210–212 XM Radio, 260 XM Sky Fi3 receiver (Delphi), 260 XP (Microsoft Windows) file sharing, enabling, 188–191 Media Center Edition, 237 PC Card drivers, 132 print server features, 192 printer sharing, setting up, 193 themes, choosing, 183 Wireless Zero Configuration, 134–137 • Y • Yahoo! Voice, 247 • Z • Z-App Systems, 264 Z-Wave networking protocol, 52, 66–67, 355–356 z560 Digital Entertainment Center (HP), 235 zBoost, 254 Zensys, 66 Zeroconf, 202 ZigBee networking standard, 52, 66–67, 355–356 Zone Alarm, 160, 219 Zonebridge (Sonos), 235 Zune portable media player, 11
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Wireless Home Networking FOR DUMmIE
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Wireless Home Networking For Dummie
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Authors’ Acknowledgments Danny wa
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Publisher’s Acknowledgments We’
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Table of Contents Introduction.....
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Table of Contents Operational Featu
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Table of Contents Chapter 12: Netwo
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Table of Contents Chapter 20: Top T
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Introduction Welcome to Wireless Ho
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and familiarizes you with wireless
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the lingo, move on to the chapters
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Part I Wireless Networking Fundamen
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In This Chapter Chapter 1 Introduci
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Chapter 1: Introducing Wireless Hom
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See Chapter 4 for more information
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Figure 1-3: Look for an AP that bun
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In This Chapter Chapter 2 From a to
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Chapter 2: From a to n and b-yond S
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Figure 2-1: It’s all in the stars
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Figure 2-2: A wireless network adap
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Figure 2-5: A wireless PCI adapter.
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Figure 2-6: A standalone access poi
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Figure 2-7: The two wireless comput
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Chapter 2: From a to n and b-yond o
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choose the flavor that best fits yo
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Chapter 2: From a to n and b-yond a
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Figure 2-8: Look for this logo on t
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Chapter 2: From a to n and b-yond c
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In This Chapter � Finding out abo
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� Motorola Bluetooth hands-free c
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Figure 3-1: Piconets have one maste
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Chapter 3: Bluetooth and Other Wire
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Part II Making Plans
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In This Chapter Chapter 4 Planning
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As you plan out your network and co
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� 802.11b is an older standard th
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Chapter 4: Planning a Wireless Home
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You may want to consider reading Ch
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Figure 4-3: A wireless home network
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Budgeting for Your Wireless Network
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Planning Security Chapter 4: Planni
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In This Chapter Chapter 5 Choosing
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Chapter 5: Choosing Wireless Home N
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Switches Chapter 5: Choosing Wirele
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Part III Installing a Wireless Netw
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In This Chapter Chapter 6 Installin
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Chapter 6: Installing Wireless Acce
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Figure 6-2: It’s time to connect
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In This Chapter Chapter 7 Setting U
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Figure 7-1: Don’t connect your wi
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Chapter 7: Setting Up a Wireless Wi
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Figure 7-2: The Wireless Network Co
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Figure 7-5: Setting the network loc
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In This Chapter Chapter 8 Setting U
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The current AirPort Extreme card is
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“Come in, AirPort base station. O
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� A travel router: A cool new cat
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Figure 8-3: The OS X AirPort Setup
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Figure 8-4: The OS X Select Base St
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Figure 8-6: Enter your password her
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Chapter 8: Setting Up a Wireless Ma
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In This Chapter Chapter 9 Securing
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Chapter 9: Securing Your Wireless H
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Basically, what we’re saying here
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Almost all APs, wireless routers or
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This tip really falls under the cat
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Figure 9-2: Setting up WPA using th
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With some access points, you can ty
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Part IV Using a Wireless Network
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Chapter 10 Putting Your Wireless Ho
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Chapter 10: Putting Your Wireless H
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Figure 10-2: Use Windows Explorer t
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In This Chapter Chapter 11 Gaming O
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Chapter 11: Gaming Over a Wireless
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Figure 11-1: The D-Link DGL-3420 ga
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Figure 11-3: Setting up a DMZ. Chap
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Most buyers of the Sonos also buy a
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Chapter 13 Using Your Wireless Netw
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Chapter 13: Using Your Wireless Net
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The 911 emergency services used in
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In This Chapter � Cruisin’ with
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Chapter 14: Other Cool Things You C
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more stations. And the digital tran
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Figure 14-2: The Omnifi system in y
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WPA2. While we prefer WPA2, WPA is
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Figure 14-5: Control4’s wireless
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In This Chapter Chapter 15 Using a
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Chapter 15: Using a Bluetooth Netwo
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Bluetooth Mobile Phones Chapter 15:
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ox pops up on your screen through w
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manufacturers make Bluetooth speake
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1. Go to the Bluetooth setup or con
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Chapter 16 Going Wireless Away from
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Chapter 16: Going Wireless Away fro
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The folks at Wi-Fi Planet (one of o
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Metro Wi-Fi networks can be free, s
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The big difference between Boingo a
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In This Chapter Chapter 17 Ten FAQs
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Chapter 17: Ten FAQs about Wireless
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Chapter 18: Ten Ways to Troubleshoo
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