Wireless Hacking: Projects for Wi-Fi Enthusiasts
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Wireless Hacking: Projects for Wi-Fi Enthusiasts

Cut the cord and discover the world of wireless hacks!

1st Edition - October 29, 2004

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  • Author: Lee Barken
  • eBook ISBN: 9780080481784

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Description

Sales of wireless LANs to home users and small businesses will soar this year, with products using IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi) technology leading the way, according to a report by Cahners research. Worldwide, consumers will buy 7.3 million wireless LAN nodes--which include client and network hub devices--up from about 4 million last year. This third book in the "HACKING" series from Syngress is written by the SoCalFreeNet Wireless Users Group and will cover 802.11a/b/g (“Wi-Fi”) projects teaching these millions of Wi-Fi users how to "mod" and "hack" Wi-Fi access points, network cards, and antennas to run various Linux distributions and create robust Wi-Fi networks.Cahners predicts that wireless LANs next year will gain on Ethernet as the most popular home network technology. Consumers will hook up 10.9 million Ethernet nodes and 7.3 million wireless out of a total of 14.4 million home LAN nodes shipped. This book will show Wi-Fi enthusiasts and consumers of Wi-Fi LANs who want to modify their Wi-Fi hardware how to build and deploy “homebrew” Wi-Fi networks, both large and small.

Key Features

  • Wireless LANs next year will gain on Ethernet as the most popular home network technology. Consumers will hook up 10.9 million Ethernet nodes and 7.3 million wireless clients out of a total of 14.4 million home LAN nodes shipped.
  • This book will use a series of detailed, inter-related projects to teach readers how to modify their Wi-Fi hardware to increase power and performance to match that of far more expensive enterprise networking products. Also features hacks to allow mobile laptop users to actively seek wireless connections everywhere they go!
  • The authors are all members of the San Diego Wireless Users Group, which is famous for building some of the most innovative and powerful "home brew" Wi-Fi networks in the world.

Readership

Sales of wireless LANs to home users and small businesses will soar this year, with products using IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi) technology leading the way, according to a report by Cahners research.

Table of Contents

  • Acknowledgments

    Technical Editor & Contributor

    Contributors

    Foreword Contributor

    Foreword

    Introduction

    Part I: Introduction to Wireless Hacking

    Chapter 1: A Brief Overview of the Wireless World

    Introduction to Wi-Fi

    The History and Basics of 802.11

    Why Wi-Fi?

    Summary

    Chapter 2: SoCalFreeNet.org: Building Large Scale Community Wireless Networks

    Introduction

    Wireless Distribution System (WDS)

    5-GHz Links

    Working with Client Devices

    Competing with the Phone/Cable Companies

    Outfitting Coffee Shops and Retail Locations

    Getting the Neighborhood Involved

    Summary

    Chapter 3: Securing Our Wireless Community

    Introduction

    The Captive Portal

    Building a PPTP VPN

    Hacking the Mind of a Wireless User

    Other Hacks

    Part II: Hacking Projects

    Chapter 4: Wireless Access Points

    Introduction

    Wi-Fi Meets Linux

    Soekris Single-Board Computers

    Proxim 8571 802.11a Access Point

    Summary

    Chapter 5: Wireless Client Access Devices

    Introduction

    Notebook Computers

    Desktop Computers

    PDAs

    WarDriving

    Other Resources

    Part III: Software Projects

    Chapter 6: Wireless Operating Systems

    Introduction

    m0n0wall—Powerful, Elegant, Simple

    Pebble—Powerful, Raw, Complete

    Chapter 7: Monitoring Your Network

    Introduction

    Enabling SNMP

    Getif and SNMP Exploration for Microsoft Windows

    STG and SNMP Graphs for Microsoft Windows

    Cacti and Comprehensive Network Graphs

    Additional References

    Chapter 8: Low-Cost Commercial Options

    Introduction

    Sputnik

    Sveasoft

    MikroTik

    Summary

    Chapter 9: Mesh Networking

    Introduction

    Real-World Examples

    Summary

    Additional Resources on the Web

    Part IV: Antennas and Outdoor Enclosure Projects

    Chapter 10: Antennas

    Introduction

    Before You Start: Basic Concepts and Definitions

    Building a Coffee Can Antenna

    The Future of Antennas

    Summary

    Chapter 11: Building Outdoor Enclosures and Antenna Masts

    Introduction

    Building Outdoor Enclosures

    Building Antenna Masts

    Chapter 12: Solar-Powered Access Points and Repeaters

    Introduction

    Appendix A: Wireless 802.11 Hacks

    Index

Product details

  • No. of pages: 416
  • Language: English
  • Copyright: © Syngress 2004
  • Published: October 29, 2004
  • Imprint: Syngress
  • eBook ISBN: 9780080481784

About the Author

Lee Barken

Affiliations and Expertise

co-director of the Strategic Technologies And Research (STAR) Center, San Diego State University, U.S.A.

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