Take Control of your Airport Network

The Answers You Need Now, From Leading Macintosh Experts

Glenn Fleishman, Adam C. Engst, Tonya Engst

144 pages, parution le 07/12/2004

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Résumé

Solve Problems, Extend Range, and Secure Your Network

Make your AirPort network fly, with the help of wireless networking expert Glenn Fleishman! Glenn helps you build, optimize, extend, and troubleshoot your AirPort network. You'll learn how to:

Work with both AirPort Extreme and AirPort Express
Select the best networking gear for new and old Macs
Connect a USB printer to any AirPort base station
Position your base station for optimal performance
Extend your coverage area with additional access points, wireless bridges, antennas, and HomePlug
Solve the Titanium PowerBook G4 range problem
Eliminate interference with neighboring wireless networks
Evaluate your security needs by understanding the likelihood and liability of intrusion, and the cost of adding security
Protect your AirPort network with WEP and WPA

Take Control of more topics at www.tidbits.com/takecontrol/

L'auteur - Glenn Fleishman

Glenn Fleishman

is a writer,consultant, and - as he puts it - unsolicited pundit. He started off his electronic career as a typesetter at a time when the profession was going through rapid transformation to desktop publishing. He has managed a service bureau, designed catalogs, administered a building full of Macintoshes, and taught classes and spoken at conferences.

Glenn started one of the first Web presence firms, Point of Presence Company, back in mid-1994. He sold the company in fall 1996 to join Amazon.com Books as catalog manager. During his tenure there,he helped increase the catalog from 1 million to 2.5 million titles. He left in spring 1997 to return to freelance work.

L'auteur - Adam C. Engst

Adam C. Engst is the the editor and publisher for TidBITS, one of the oldest and largest Internet-based newsletters. TidBITS is distributed to hundreds of thousands of readers via email, the Web, and other methods. Adam has written and co-authored numerous Internet books and magazine articles, including the best-selling Internet Starter Kit series. In addition, he has collaborated on several Internet educational videos and has appeared on a variety of nationally broadcast television and radio programs. He has yet to be turned into an action figure.

L'auteur - Tonya Engst

ADAM & TONYA ENGST are the publishers of the Take Control series and the TidBITS electronic newsletter. Their books have sold over 600,000 copies worldwide and have been translated into seven languages. In a survey of industry insiders, Adam is regularly voted the most influential person in the Macintosh industry outside of Apple, and he has been turned into an action figure. Tonya's life quest is to make computers less frustrating by providing concise, useful documentation.

Sommaire

Foreword
- Take Control Benefits
- Free Updates
- Time to Take Control!
Take Control of Your Airport Network
- Introduction
- AirPort Networking Quick Start
- Wireless Basics
- Pick a Base Station
- Pick the Right Place for Your Base Station
- Setting up an Internet Connection
- Setting up a Shared USB Printer
- Improve Coverage Area and Range
- Secure Your Network
Appendixes
- Appendix A : Setting up AirPort Express
- Appendix B : Setting up a Software Base Station
- Appendix C : Connect without AirPort Adapters
- Appendix D : AirPort Management Tools
About the Author
Index

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Peachpit Press
Auteur(s)	Glenn Fleishman, Adam C. Engst, Tonya Engst
Parution	07/12/2004
Nb. de pages	144
Format	17,5 x 22,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	358g
Intérieur	Quadri
EAN13	0978032132115