Wireless Network Security: How to Use Kismet by Eric Meyer
Kismet is a wireless network detector / sniffer which can give you a vast amount of information about wireless networks. Wireless network security flaws are well documented but often very hard for the common person to understand. I will be showing you how to use kismet with out even having to... If you tab down to the network you are auditing and press “C”, Kismet will show you all the computers that are using that wireless access point / gateway. ... The Kismet columns will show the wireless networks SSID (Name), Type of device (Access point, gateway) Encryption or no Encryption, an IP...

Securing Your Wireless LAN by Jonathan Coupal
Introduction It has become common practice to deploy wireless networks for convenience applications requiring users to be mobile. Also many "road warriors" have Wi-Fi accounts that let them access the Internet and the corporate network from remote locations. ... · Controlling access to the wireless network while also enabling access for guests is often a problem. ... Although a less secure VPN option than IPSec, Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) can be layered over WEP to provide authentication and a second layer of encryption as an option for those who need support for older...

What You Need to Know About Networking by Alex Lakatos
Because networking is a relatively young science, it borrows language from other disciplines. Many networking terms come from the realm of physical transportation—terms such as bridge, hub, port, routing, and switching. That borrowing is apt. Just as the transportation revolution, and especially... • Improvements in routing and switching gear: For example, switches with in-line power, which allow placement of wireless LAN access points and IP phones anywhere there's a network jack, without external power.

Wireless Network Trouble Shooting: Hidden Wireless Secrets Revealed by Eric Meyer
Do you always notice your wireless adapter is always dropping and reconnecting to your wireless network. If you don’t know what I mean just watch the balloon in the bottom right hand corner of you windows Xp task bar. Your wireless adapter should stay connected and that’s it if you are... Change your wireless adapters stickiness - In you wireless adapters advanced properties check to see that your your wireless adapters stickiness is set to medium - Stickiness means how aggressively your wireless router will jump from access point to access point in order to find the best signal.

Wireless at the Workplace by Jonathan Coupal
Wi-Fi, or wireless fidelity, is a term promulgated by the non-profit Wireless Fidelity Alliance organization to designate products adhering to the IEEE 802.11 standard for wireless LANs. A Wi-Fi network broadcasts a radio signal, operating in the unlicensed 2.4 and 5 GHz radio bands, with a data... ” Benefits of Wi-Fi: With Wi-Fi networks, an entirely new set of benefits and services can be offered: · Access to the wired corporate network and the Internet for laptop users and guests, anywhere within corporate offices · Freedom from wire connections, making it easy to move office...

Wireless is Great, but How Do You Make It SAFE? by Steve Freedman
It’s common nowadays to see people sitting in a park and computing, or at their local Starbucks, tapping away on their keyboards. At home, people are taking advantage of the freedom from cables and wires that a wireless network brings. But along with that freedom come dangers. ... All your wireless computers should use MAC Addressing MAC (Media Accessing Control NOT a MacIntosh computer) is an unique hardware address you should assign to your wireless computers so that your Wireless Access Point will only allow these specific computers to connect to your wireless network.

Sharing an Internet Connection over a Wi-Fi Network by Lee Asher
Once you've got your wireless network set up, I've no doubt that one of the first things you'll want to do with it is share an Internet connection -- after all, that's why most home users put in a wireless network to begin with. Well, the good news is that Windows has Internet Connection Sharing... From here, you can run the Network Setup Wizard by clicking 'Set up a home or small office network'. ... The Network The next step is setting up the other computers on your network to make use of the gateway you just created.

The Essentials of Wireless Security by Daniel Robson
With wireless networks proliferating it is becoming more important than ever that sufficient security measures are put in place. And yet many people, especially those new to the technology or computers in general, are just not aware of the dangers of not properly securing a wireless network. ... The most common form that a danger to a private network can take is known as variously as ‘War-driving’, ‘war-walking’, ‘war-flying’ or ‘war-chalking.’ This involves an unscrupulous person literally driving, walking or even flying around in an attempt to find an unsecured wireless network.

Moving Up From Peer to Peer by Bruce Naylor
Millions of small business owners across the country have peer to peer networks installed in their companies. Of these small networks, many are running various operating systems such as Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows XP Home, Windows XP Professional, and XP Professional. ... I have a power point demo of SBS Server 2003 available on my web site => http://www.frugalbrothers.com/presentations/SBScustomerpresentation.ppt if you would like to learn more, Moving from a Peer to Peer network to Small Business Server 2003, generally results in a Return On Investment of 900% on average.

Wireless Networking, Part 2: Setup and Security by Jason Kohrs
The first installment in this two-part series of Tech Tips provided an introduction to the basic capabilities and hardware involved in wireless networking. In the final installment of this two-part series, we will look at some of the basic setup and security considerations that should be addressed. ... When two computers are added to this network using one of these network adaptors (http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=WN-4054P&cat=NET) in one case, and one of these network adaptors (http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=PBW006-N&cat=NET) in the other case, things change.