The Book of Wireless -- New from No Starch Press

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The Book of Wireless, New from No Starch Press

San Francisco, CA--Wireless networking is ubiquitous, but how many people
really know how it works, or what to do when it doesn't? You plug in the
router and your home network is set up, right? You walk into a coffee
shop, open your computer and you're online, easy as pie. Couldn't be
simpler.

Well, not exactly. To give new and current users the background,
knowledge, and technical savvy that they need to successfully make the
most of wireless, No Starch Press is releasing The Book of Wireless, 2nd
Edition (No Starch Press, February 2008, 336 pp., ISBN 9781593271695, US
$29.95). This is the completely revised follow-up to the best-selling Book
of Wi-Fi, praised by the Sacramento Bee as "a bridge over troubled waters
for those who want to go wireless but don't know where to start, what to
buy or how to make it all work."

"John Ross knows what confused consumers want," said No Starch Press
publisher, William Pollock. "This is a book for readers frustrated with
unhelpful tech support. It's for people who want to get the most out of
their wireless network, without the hassle."

This comprehensive and conversational guide, which "covers the issues
without belaboring the details" according to DesktopEngineer.com, makes
sense of configuring and using wireless networks for the average person.

Following an in-depth look at how wireless networks work, The Book of
Wireless discusses hardware, setting up a home or office network and Wi-Fi
clients for Windows, Macintosh, Linux, and Unix. And no Wi-Fi book would
be complete without thorough coverage of security risks and the latest
techniques for protecting your network, computer, and private data.

Readers learn how to:

- Select and configure hardware and software for Wi-Fi networks
- Secure your network using WPA encryption or a virtual private
network(VPN)
- Discover open networks and maintain privacy while surfing in public
- Use VoIP over wireless to talk on the phone for next to nothing
- Evaluate wireless data services based on cost, speed, and coverage
- Extend their network to give their neighbors free wireless
- Use broadband wireless and Wi-Fi with smartphones
- Implement VPN and WPA

With up-to-date information on wireless routers, network interface cards,
antennas, security, software, and a troubleshooting section to help
readers out of their wireless-related jams, The Book of Wireless, 2nd
Edition, extolled as "practical and fluff-free" by IBM DeveloperWorks,
will help everyone from home users to IT staff navigate the confusing
wireless landscape. Armed with this book, anyone can be a wireless guru.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
John Ross has worked as a consultant on wired and wireless networking for
several manufacturers, including Motorola and AT&T. He is the author of
more than two dozen books, including Internet Power Tools (Random House),
Connecting with Windows (Sybex), and It's Never Done That Before (No
Starch Press)

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Table of contents overview: 
http://nostarch.com/wireless_toc.htm
Detailed table of contents (PDF): 
http://www.tinker.tv/download/wireless_toc.pdf
Index (PDF):
http://www.tinker.tv/download/wireless_index.pdf
Chapter 2:Introduction to Wireless Networks: 
http://www.tinker.tv/download/wireless_sample.pdf
Large cover image: 
http://nostarch.com/wireless_big.htm

The Book of Wireless
2nd Edition
John Ross
ISBN 9781593271695, 336 pages, $29.95 USD

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directly from No Starch Press (www.nostarch.com, orders@nostarch.com,
800.420.7240).

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