Build a secure and reliable Wireless LAN

What is a wireless local area network (WLAN) and how should it be designed? In this sample chapter from Managing and Securing a Cisco Structured Wireless-Aware Network, take an overview of WLANs. Compare WLANs to both hard-wired and purely wireless LAN solutions, and discover the inherent security problems associated with wireless and wireless-aware networks as contrasted with their wired ancestors. Finally, learn how to build a secure, reliable, and useful WLAN.

Title: Managing and Securing a Cisco Structured Wireless-Aware Network
ISBN: 1932266917
Published: April 2004
Authors: David Wall
Chapter: Chapter 1: Wired versus Wireless and Wireless-Aware LANs
Published by Syngress Publishing