Track and protect your data flow with the 802.11 Protocol Map
Source: TechRepublic
Finding your way through the complicated maze of the 802.11 protocol can be a daunting task. This download of Matthew Gast's 802.11 Protocol Map guides you through it safely.
As with any international standard developed by an organization with as diverse a membership as the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE), the 802.11 protocol is rather complicated, especially when you need to really dissect the most inner workings. To properly set up a wireless network in your organization will require informed wireless security decisions concerning access, authentication, and encryption. Matthew Gast's 802.11 Protocol Map explains how all the various pieces of this standard work together in an easy to follow flowchart. Not only that, this download also includes a list of standards, regulators, and vendors you may need to reference from time to time as you install, configure, and maintain your wireless network. If you have access to a large form-factor printer, the PDF is designed to scale to poster-size, making it an excellent and colorful, quick reference guide.
The 802.11 Protocol Map is a by-product of Matthew Gast's work on second edition of 802.11 Wireless Networks: The Definitive Guide, published by O'Reilly. A chapter excerpt from the book is available as a TechRepublic download. In addition to the book chapter, you can get the story of how the 802.11 Protocol Map came into being—it's an interesting glimpse of a protocol standard in motion.
As with any international standard developed by an organization with as diverse a membership as the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE), the 802.11 protocol is rather complicated, especially when you need to really dissect the most inner workings. To properly set up a wireless network in your organization will require informed wireless security decisions concerning access, authentication, and encryption. Matthew Gast's 802.11 Protocol Map explains how all the various pieces of this standard work together in an easy to follow flowchart. Not only that, this download also includes a list of standards, regulators, and vendors you may need to reference from time to time as you install, configure, and maintain your wireless network. If you have access to a large form-factor printer, the PDF is designed to scale to poster-size, making it an excellent and colorful, quick reference guide.
The 802.11 Protocol Map is a by-product of Matthew Gast's work on second edition of 802.11 Wireless Networks: The Definitive Guide, published by O'Reilly. A chapter excerpt from the book is available as a TechRepublic download. In addition to the book chapter, you can get the story of how the 802.11 Protocol Map came into being—it's an interesting glimpse of a protocol standard in motion.
| Format: | Other Download | Size: | 4025.00 |
| Version: | 1.0 | Date: | Aug 2005 |
| Downloads: | 7838 |
