O'Reilly - Wireless Hacks, Second Edition
Wireless Hacks, 2nd Edition
Table of Contents
Copyright
Foreword
Credits
About the Authors
Contributors
Acknowledgments
Preface
Why Wireless Hacks?
How to Use This Book
How This Book Is Organized
Conventions Used in This Book
Using Code Examples
How to Contact Us
Chapter 1. Bluetooth, Mobile Phones, and GPS
Section 1.1. Hacks 122: Introduction
Hack 1. Set Up Bluetooth on Linux
Hack 2. Set Up Bluetooth on Windows XP
Hack 3. Connect Mac OS X with a Bluetooth Phone
Hack 4. Connect Linux with a Bluetooth Phone
Hack 5. Connect Windows XP with a Bluetooth Phone
Hack 6. Use Your Treo as a Modem
Hack 7. Send SMS from a PowerBook
Hack 8. Remote Control Mac OS X with Bluetooth Phones and PDAs
Hack 9. Remote Control Linux with a Bluetooth Phone
Hack 10. Control XMMS with Bluetooth
Hack 11. Liven Up Parties with a Participatory Slideshow
Hack 12. Send SMS from Linux
Hack 13. Remote Control Windows with Bluetooth Phones and PDAs
Hack 14. Control Your Bluetooth Phone with FMA
Hack 15. Control Your Computer from Your Palm
Hack 16. Control Your Home Theater from Your Palm
Hack 17. Choose a Cellular Data Plan
Hack 18. Blog from Your Mobile Phone
Hack 19. Get Google Maps on Your Mobile Phone
Hack 20. Share Your GPS
Hack 21. Broadcast Your GPS Position
Hack 22. Map Wi-Fi Networks with Kismet and GPSd
Chapter 2. Network Discovery and Monitoring
Section 2.1. Hacks 2339: Introduction
Hack 23. Find All Available Wireless Networks
Hack 24. Discover Networks with NetStumbler
Hack 25. Detect Networks with Handheld PCs
Hack 26. Find and Join Wireless Networks with AP Radar
Hack 27. Detect Networks on Mac OS X
Hack 28. Scan Passively with KisMAC
Hack 29. Detect Networks with Kismet
Hack 30. Monitor Wireless Links in Linux with Wavemon
Hack 31. Analyze Traffic with Ethereal
Hack 32. Track 802.11 Frames in Ethereal
Hack 33. Watch Network Traffic
Hack 34. grep Your Network
Hack 35. Check Wi-Fi Network Performance with Qcheck
Hack 36. Estimate Network Performance
Hack 37. Get Real-Time Network Stats
Hack 38. Graph Your Wireless Performance
Hack 39. Find Radio Manufacturers by MAC
Chapter 3. Wireless Security
Section 3.1. Hacks 4051: Introduction
Hack 40. Stop Moochers from Stealing Your Wi-Fi Bandwidth
Hack 41. Visualize a Network
Hack 42. Secure Your Linux Network with WPA
Hack 43. Control Wireless Access by MAC
Hack 44. Authenticate Wireless Users
Hack 45. Forward Ports over SSH
Hack 46. Proxy Web Traffic over SSH
Hack 47. Securely Connect Two Networks
Hack 48. Generate a Tunnel Configuration Automatically
Hack 49. Poll Wireless Clients
Hack 50. Interrogate the Network
Hack 51. Track Wireless Users
Chapter 4. Hardware Hacks
Section 4.1. Hacks 5262: Introduction
Hack 52. Add an External Antenna
Hack 53. Do-It-Yourself Access Point Hardware
Hack 54. Boot from a Compact Flash Hard Drive
Hack 55. Increase the Range of a PowerBook
Hack 56. Send Power over Your Ethernet
Hack 57. The NoCat Night Light
Hack 58. Upgrade the Linksys WET11
Hack 59. Scan for Wireless Networks Automatically
Hack 60. Backlight Your Zipit
Hack 61. Unwire Your Pistol Mouse
Hack 62. Mobilize Your WRT54G with the WiFiCar
Chapter 5. Software Hacks
Section 5.1. Hacks 6382: Introduction
Hack 63. Build Your Own Access Point with Linux
Hack 64. Bridge Your Linux AP
Hack 65. Protect Your Bridge with a Firewall
Hack 66. Filter MAC with HostAP and Madwifi
Hack 67. Upgrade Your Wireless Router
Hack 68. Set Up an OLSR Mesh Network
Hack 69. Extend Your Wireless Network with WDS
Hack 70. Pebble
Hack 71. Wall Off Your Wireless
Hack 72. Run Your Mac as an Access Point
Hack 73. Run Linux on the Zipit Wireless Messenger
Hack 74. Capture Wireless Users with NoCatAuth
Hack 75. Capture Wireless Users on a Small Scale
Hack 76. Build an Online Community in Your Offline Neighborhood
Hack 77. Manage Multiple AirPort Base Stations
Hack 78. Advertise Bonjour Services in Linux
Hack 79. Advertise Any Service with Bonjour in Mac OS X
Hack 81. Use a Windows-Only Wireless Card in Linux
Hack 82. Use Your Orinoco Card with Hermes AP
Chapter 6. Do-It-Yourself Antennas
Section 6.1. Hacks 8393: Introduction
Hack 83. Make a Deep Dish Cylindrical Parabolic Reflector
Hack 84. Spider Omni Antenna
Hack 85. Pringles Can Waveguide
Hack 86. Pirouette Can Waveguide
Hack 87. Primestar Dish with Waveguide Feed
Hack 88. Primestar Dish with Biquad Feed
Hack 89. Cut a Cable Omni Antenna
Hack 90. Build a Slotted Waveguide Antenna
Hack 91. The Passive Repeater
Hack 92. Determine Your Antenna Gain
Hack 93. Build Cheap, Effective Roof Mounts
Chapter 7. Wireless Network Design
Section 7.1. Hacks 94100: Introduction
Hack 94. Analyze Elevation Profiles for Better Long-Range Wireless Networking
Hack 95. Build a Wireless Network for the Large House
Hack 96. Establish Line of Sight
Hack 97. Calculate the Link Budget
Hack 98. Align Antennas at Long Distances
Hack 99. Slow Down to Speed Up
Hack 100. Take Advantage of Antenna Polarization
Appendix A. Wireless Standards
Section A.1. 802.11: The Mother of All IEEE Wireless Ethernet
Section A.2. 802.11a: The Betamax of the 802.11 Family
Section A.3. 802.11b: The De Facto Standard
Section A.4. 802.11g: Like 802.11b, only Faster
Section A.5. 802.16: WiMAX Long Distance Wireless Infrastructure
Section A.6. Bluetooth: Cable Replacement for Devices
Section A.7. 900 MHz: Low Speed, Better Coverage
Section A.8. CDPD, 1xRTT, and GPRS: Cellular Data Networks
Section A.9. FRS and GMRS: Super Walkie-Talkies
Section A.10. 802.1x: Port Security for Network Communications
Section A.11. WPA & 802.11i
Section A.12. BSS Versus IBSS
Appendix B. Wireless Hardware Guide
Section B.1. Microwave Cabling
Section B.2. Microwave Connector Reference
Section B.3. Antenna Guide
Section B.4. Pigtails
Section B.5. 802.11 Hardware Suppliers
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