With annual equipment sales projected to grow to more than $5 billion by mid-decade, wireless networking is clearly a technology whose time has...

With the rapid deployment of wireless networks in business environments, IT professionals must implement security mechanisms that are equivalent to those existing today for wire-based networks. This volume is an authoritative, clearly-presented guide to key foundation topics and technology frameworks for designing and maintaining secure,...

Get started using Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard right away--the QuickSteps way. Color screenshots and clear instructions show you how to use all the new and improved features available in...

The acceleration of change and innovation in the publishing industry today is dizzying, and the pace can be overwhelming. At O’Reilly’s TOC New York Conference in February 2012, practitioners and executives from the publishing and tech...

There are dozens of reasons to team up all the PCs in your house, and one easy way to do it—use this book to help! Get advice on selecting hardware, finding a location for each computer, and...

Your Sony CLIÉ is an amazing gadget, and with this book to guide you, it’ll soon become your best friend. Sure, it keeps your schedule, to-do list, and address book, but did you know it’ll also...

• Improve your skills in employing Ethernet hubs, switches, and routers.

• Learn how to set up and operate a wireless Local Area Network (LAN).
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Packed with essential time- and trouble-saving information, and written by a 25-year cabling veteran, LAN...

Since their introduction in the mid-1960s, satellite communications have grown from a futuristic experiment into an integral part of today’s "wired world." Satellite communications are at the core of a global,...

The Chinese share an imprecation (the first of three)—May you live in interesting times.1 The other two are considered even more forbidding—May you come to the attention of those in authority; and May you find what you are looking for. In contrast we, as authors, are blessed to live in interesting times; otherwise our search for...

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