Contents at a Glance
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxvii
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxix
Part I: Building Antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Chapter 1: Building Your Own Wi-Fi Antenna Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Chapter 2: Building a Classic Paperclip Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Chapter 3: Building a Directional Tin Can Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Chapter 4: Modifying Your Access Point with a High-Gain Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Part II: War Driving—Wireless Network
Discovery and Visualization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Chapter 5: Gearing Up for War Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Chapter 6: War Driving with NetStumbler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Chapter 7: Mapping Your War Driving Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Part III: Playing with Access Points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Chapter 8: Build Your Own Outdoor Access Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Chapter 9: Building a Solar-Powered W ireless Repeater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Chapter 10: Creating a Free Wireless Hotspot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Chapter 11: Playing Access Point Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Part IV: Just for Fun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Chapter 12: Wi-Fi Your TiVo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Chapter 13: Create a Long-Distance Wi-Fi Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Chapter 14: Deploy a Car-to-Car Wireless Video Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Chapter 15: Making a Dynamic Wireless Digital Picture Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
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