Wireless Hacks : 100 Industrial-Strength Tips and Tools

by Flickenger, Rob

• ISBN13: 9780596005597
• ISBN10: 0596005598
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-09-01
• Publisher: Oreilly & Associates Inc

Summary

It's an increasingly wired world, but many people are finding that the best way to get connected is to do away with wires entirely. From cable replacement to universal Internet connectivity, wireless technology is changing the way we connect our devices to one another and communicate with each other.

Table of Contents

Credits	vii
Foreword	ix
Chapter 1. The Standards	1	(19)
1. 802.11: The Mother of All IEEE Wireless Ethernet	1	(1)
2. 802.11a: The Betamax of the 802.11 Family	2	(2)
3. 802.11b: The De Facto Standard	4	(2)
4. 802.11g: Like 802.11b, only Faster	6	(1)
5. 802.16: Long Distance Wireless Infrastructure	7	(1)
6. Bluetooth: Cable Replacement for Devices	8	(1)
7. 900 MHz: Low Speed, Better Coverage	9	(1)
8. CDPD, ixRTT, and GPRS: Cellular Data Networks	10	(2)
9. FRS and GMRS: Super Walkie-Talkies	12	(3)
10. 802.1x: Port Security for Network Communications	15	(1)
11. HPNA and Powerline Ethernet	16	(2)
12. BSS Versus IBSS	18	(2)
Chapter 2. Bluetooth and Mobile Data	20	(23)
13. Remote Control OS X with a Sony Ericsson Phone	21	(2)
14. SMS with a Real Keyboard	23	(3)
15. Photo Blog Automatically with the Nokia 3650	26	(3)
16. Using Bluetooth with Linux	29	(3)
17. Bluetooth to GPRS in Linux	32	(5)
18. Bluetooth File Transfers in Linux	37	(4)
19. Controlling XMMS with Bluetooth	41	(2)
Chapter 3. Network Monitoring	43	(63)
20. Find All Available Wireless Networks	43	(7)
21. Network Discovery Using NetStumbler	50	(4)
22. Network Detection on Mac OS X	54	(2)
23. Detecting Networks Using Handheld PCs	56	(3)
24. Passive Scanning with KisMAC	59	(3)
25. Establishing Connectivity	62	(5)
26. Quickly Poll Wireless Clients with ping	67	(1)
27. Finding Radio Manufacturers by MAC Address	68	(2)
28. Rendezvous Service Advertisements in Linux	70	(2)
29. Advertising Arbitrary Rendezvous Services in OS X	72	(2)
30. "Brought to you by" Rendezvous Ad Redirector	74	(2)
31. Detecting Networks with Kismet	76	(4)
32. Running Kismet on Mac OS X	80	(1)
33. Link Monitoring in Linux with Wavemon	81	(2)
34. Historical Link State Monitoring	83	(4)
35. EtherPEG and DriftNet	87	(3)
36. Estimating Network Performance	90	(1)
37. Watching Traffic with tcpdump	91	(3)
38. Visual Traffic Analysis with Ethereal	94	(2)
39. Tracking 802.11 Frames in Ethereal	96	(3)
40. Interrogating the Network with nmap	99	(2)
41. Network Monitoring with ngrep	101	(2)
42. Running ntop for Real-Time Network Stats	103	(3)
Chapter 4. Hardware Hacks	106	(66)
43. Add-on Laptop Antennas	107	(1)
44. Increasing the Range of a Titanium PowerBook	108	(1)
45. WET 11 Upgrades	109	(2)
46. AirPort Linux	111	(4)
47. Java Configurator for AirPort APs	115	(5)
48. Apple Software Base Station	120	(2)
49. Adding an Antenna to the AirPort	122	(3)
50. The NoCat Night Light	125	(3)
51. Do-It-Yourself Access Point Hardware	128	(3)
52. Compact Flash Hard Drive	131	(3)
53. Pebble	134	(1)
54. Tunneling: IPIP Encapsulation	135	(2)
55. Tunneling: GRE Encapsulation	137	(1)
56. Running Your Own Top-Level Domain	138	(2)
57. Getting Started with Host AP	140	(3)
58. Make Host AP a Layer 2 Bridge	143	(1)
59. Bridging with a Firewall	144	(2)
60. MAC Filtering with Host AP	146	(1)
61. Hermes AP	147	(2)
62. Microwave Cabling Guide	149	(1)
63. Microwave Connector Reference	150	(5)
64. Antenna Guide	155	(5)
65. Client Capability Reference Chart	160	(2)
66. Pigtails	162	(1)
67. 802.11 Hardware Suppliers	163	(1)
68. Home-Brew Power over Ethernet	164	(3)
69. Cheap but Effective Roof Mounts	167	(5)
Chapter 5. Do-It-Yourself Antennas	172	(36)
70. Deep Dish Cylindrical Parabolic Reflector	174	(3)
71. "Spider" Omni	177	(1)
72. Pringles Can Waveguide	178	(5)
73. Pirouette Can Waveguide	183	(1)
74. Primestar Dish with Waveguide Feed	184	(3)
75. BiQuad Feed for Primestar Dish	187	(3)
76. Cut Cable Omni Antenna	190	(6)
77. Slotted Waveguides	196	(6)
78. The Passive Repeater	202	(2)
79. Determining Antenna Gain	204	(4)
Chapter 6. Long Distance Links	208	(12)
80. Establishing Line of Sight	208	(3)
81. Calculating the Link Budget	211	(2)
82. Aligning Antennas at Long Distances	213	(1)
83. Slow Down to Speed Up	214	(1)
84. Taking Advantage of Antenna Polarization	215	(1)
85. Map the Wireless Landscape with NoCat Maps	216	(4)
Chapter 7. Wireless Security	220	(43)
86. Making the Best of WEP	220	(3)
87. Dispel the Myth of Wireless Security	223	(5)
88. Cracking WEP with AirSnort: The Easy Way	228	(1)
89. NoCatAuth Captive Portal	229	(4)
90. NoCatSplash and Cheshire	233	(1)
91. Squid Proxy over SSH	234	(2)
92. SSH SOCKS 4 Proxy	236	(3)
93. Forwarding Ports over SSH	239	(2)
94. Quick Logins with SSH Client Keys	241	(2)
95. "Turbo-Mode" SSH Logins	243	(1)
96. OpenSSH on Windows Using Cygwin	244	(4)
97. Location Support for Tunnels in OS X	248	(2)
98. Using vtun over SSH	250	(6)
99. Automatic vtund.conf Generator	256	(4)
100. Tracking Wireless Users with arpwatch	260	(3)
Appendix: Deep Dish Parabolic Reflector Template	263