Geeks on Call Wireless Networking 5-Minute Fixes

by James T. Geier, Eric Geier, J.R. King, et al.

Taking the worry out of wireless Once you get your wireless network up and running, you'll wonder how you got along without it. And you'll wonder how home and small business users survived before Geeks On Call . This book is jam-packed with simple steps, quick solutions, and basic information to make setting up and using your wireless network easier and safer than ever before. The Geeks give you the most efficient ways to build, secure, and troubleshoot...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471779881
• ISBN13: 9780471779889
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Length: 175 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.2" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

please turn WEP on, for your sake

A straightforward book, if you can ignore the annoying Geeks On Call format. It shows how to easily set up your wireless local area network. With liberal screen shots of this process. Just as importantly, it explains the need for installing Wireless Encryption Protocol and how to do so. Many people often neglect this. Which can lead to complete strangers driving by your location (home?) and connecting to the Internet courtesy of your network. Some of you may not have a problem with this. But a stranger doing so might also try to attack and damage your machines. Along with garnering any personal data on you and your family. So turn WEP on! And please use nontrivial, nondefault passwords whenever possible.