Long Range Wireless Technology

had so many headaches with it that thought one of my very first Web pages should be about my little nightmare warning people about how to do it right. With this in mind, it is usually best to isolate this type of wireless network completely from your internal, trusted, and wired one. Contents1 Sponsors2 Introduction3 Wireless Linux Compatible NICs4 Common Wireless Networking Terms4. 1 Wireless Access Points4. 2 Service Set ID4. 3 Encryption4. 3. 1 Wired Equivalent Privacy4. 3. 2 WiFi Protected Access Networking With Linux WirelessTools5. 1 Using iwconfig For wirelesstools Configuration5. 2 Permanent wirelesstools Configuration5. 2. 1 Fedora RedHat5. 2.

Contents1 Sponsors2 Introduction3 Wireless Linux Compatible NICs4 Common Wireless Networking Terms4. 1 Wireless Access Points4. 2 Service Set ID4. 3 Encryption4. 3. 1 Wired Equivalent Privacy4. 3. 2 WiFi Protected Access Networking With Linux WirelessTools5. 1 Using iwconfig For wirelesstools Configuration5. 2 Permanent wirelesstools Configuration5. 2. 1 Fedora RedHat5. 2. 2 Debian Ubuntu Configuring Linux with Incompatible Wireless NICs6. 1 Using ndiswrapper6. 2 Installing and Configuring ndiswrapper Troubleshooting Your Wireless LAN7. 1 Check The NIC Status7. 1. 1 The iwconfig Command7. 1. 2 The iwlist Command7. 1. 3 The iwspy Command Check For Interrupt Conflicts7. 3 Kernel Errors7. 3. 1 Using the varlogmessages File7. 3. 2 Using the dmesg Command Cant Ping Default Gateway7. 5 Unknown Device Errors7. 6 Hermes Chipset Errors7. 7 Broadcom SoftMac Errors7.

With this sort of architecture, if the wireless network gets hijacked, your office systems should remain relatively safe.. This was how www. linuxhomenetworking. com was born. Installation instructions on the projects web site are reasonably clear and proficient Linux user should be able to their NIC card working within an hour or two on their first try. Apart from people who download infected software and email attachments, mobile employees notebook computers are usually viewed as high risk source of unintentional malicious activity as there is even less control over what these employees do than those with fixed workstations.

To reduce the risk of the network being hijacked, be sure to encrypt the traffic and use proxy server running such software as Squid see Chapter 32, Controlling Web Access with Squid to limit Internet access to authorized users via some form of VPN client to gain access to the office servers just as if they were doing so from home. had so many headaches with it that thought one of my very first Web pages should be about my little nightmare warning people about how to do it right.