Building Wireless Community Networks (Paperback)

Rob Flickenger

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商品描述

In Building Wireless Community Networks, author and O'Reilly network administrator Rob Flickenger offers a compelling case for building wireless networks on a local level: They are inexpensive, and they can be implemented and managed by the community using them, whether it's a school, a neighborhood, or a small business. This nuts-and-bolts guide provides all the necessary information for planning a network, getting the necessary components, and understanding protocols that you need to design and implement your network. The wireless Internet infrastructure, also known as Wi-Fi, is based on the 802.11b standard.

The book covers Rob's experience with the Sebastopol Community Network (NoCAT), a multi-tiered network that provides wireless access for O'Reilly employees and free Web browsing to anyone in the area who has a Wi-Fi card in his or her computer. He describes his experience in using 802.11b, selecting the appropriate equipment, finding antenna sites, and coping with the general problems of outdoor networking.

Building Wireless Community Networks starts off with basic wireless concepts and essential network services, while later chapters focus on specific aspects of building your own wireless networks. The final chapter is a detailed journal of Rob's experiences in building his first community network. He begins with his first attempts at using a wireless card at a conference, covers the real-life experience of trying something new, and ends with notes from the Portland Summit, a national gathering of wireless aficionados.

If you want to join the grassroots effort to build freely available wireless Internet infrastructures in your community, this book is invaluable.

Table of Contents

Preface

1. Wireless Community Networks

2. Defining Project Scope

3. Network Layout

4. Using Access Points

5. Peer-to-Peer (Ad-Hoc) Networking

6. Wide Area Network Saturation

7. Other Applications

8. Radio Free Planet

9. Radio Free Sebastopol

Appendix

Index

商品描述(中文翻譯)

在《建立無線社區網絡》一書中,作者兼 O'Reilly 網絡管理員 Rob Flickenger 提出了建立本地無線網絡的有力理由:它們成本低廉,並且可以由使用者社區自行實施和管理,無論是學校、社區還是小型企業。這本實用指南提供了規劃網絡、獲取必要組件以及理解設計和實施網絡所需的協議的所有必要信息。無線互聯網基礎設施,也稱為 Wi-Fi,是基於 802.11b 標準的。該書介紹了 Rob 在 Sebastopol 社區網絡(NoCAT)的經驗,該網絡是一個多層次的網絡,為 O'Reilly 員工提供無線訪問,並為該地區任何具有 Wi-Fi 卡的人提供免費網絡瀏覽。他描述了自己在使用 802.11b、選擇合適設備、尋找天線位置以及應對戶外網絡的一般問題方面的經驗。《建立無線社區網絡》從基本的無線概念和基本網絡服務開始,後面的章節則專注於建立自己的無線網絡的具體方面。最後一章是 Rob 在建立他的第一個社區網絡中的詳細日誌。他從在會議上首次嘗試使用無線卡開始,講述了嘗試新事物的真實經歷,並以來自 Portland 峰會的筆記結束,該峰會是一個全國性的無線愛好者聚會。如果您想參與在您的社區建立免費可用的無線互聯網基礎設施的基層努力,這本書是無價的。

目錄:
前言
1. 無線社區網絡
2. 定義項目範圍
3. 網絡佈局
4. 使用接入點
5. 點對點(Ad-Hoc)網絡
6. 廣域網絡飽和
7. 其他應用
8. 自由無線星球
9. 自由無線 Sebastopol
附錄
索引