[...]... Installing Wireless Access Points in Windows 10 5 Chapter 7: Setting Up Your Windows PCs for Wireless Networking .11 7 Chapter 8: Setting Up a Wireless Mac Network 13 5 Chapter 9: Setting Up Internet Sharing .16 3 Chapter 10 : Securing Your Wireless Home Network 18 3 Part IV: Using a Wireless Network 2 01 Chapter 11 : Putting Your Wireless Home Network To Work 203 Chapter 12 : Gaming... WEP? 18 9 Clamping Down on Your Wireless Home Network’s Security 19 0 Getting rid of the defaults 19 1 Enabling WEP .19 2 Closing your network 19 5 Looking into the Crystal Ball .19 7 Waiting for WPA 19 7 The future: 802 .11 i .19 8 Part IV: Using a Wireless Network .2 01 Chapter 11 : Putting Your Wireless Home Network To Work 203 A Networking. .. 11 1 Changing the AP Configuration 11 5 Chapter 7: Setting Up Your Windows PCs for Wireless Networking 11 7 Setting Up Wireless Network Interface Adapters 11 7 Installing device drivers and client software 11 8 PC Cards and mini-PCI cards 12 0 Compact Flash cards 12 2 PCI and ISA cards .12 4 USB adapters 12 5 Modifying... connection sharing .10 Home arcades and wireless to go 12 Wired versus Wireless 13 Installing wired home networks 13 Installing wireless home networks 15 Picking a Wireless Standard 16 Planning Your Wireless Home Network 19 Choosing Wireless Networking Equipment .20 Chapter 2: From a to g and b-yond 25 Networking Buzzwords... general networking concepts, the most popular wireless networking technology, wireless networking terminology, and several popular alternatives to wireless networking Chapter 1 Introducing Wireless Home Networking In This Chapter ᮣ Jump-starting your wireless revolution at home ᮣ Comparing wired and wireless networks — and why wireless wins! ᮣ Planning for your home wireless network W elcome to the Wireless. .. xviii Wireless Home Networking For Dummies Introduction W elcome to Wireless Home Networking For Dummies Wireless networking for personal computers is not really a new idea; it’s been around for at least five years The emergence of an industry standard, however, has caused the use of wireless networking technology to explode One of the most appealing things about the current crop of wireless networking. .. a Wireless Home Network 225 Chapter 13 : Networking Your Entertainment Center 245 Chapter 14 : Other Cool Things You Can Network .2 61 Chapter 15 : Using a Bluetooth Network .277 Chapter 16 : Going Wireless Away from Home 2 91 Part V: The Part of Tens 303 Chapter 17 : Ten FAQs about Wireless Home Networks 305 Chapter 18 : Ten Ways to Troubleshoot Wireless LAN Performance... 17 5 Windows 98 SE and Windows Me 17 6 Windows 2000 17 8 Windows XP .18 0 Mac OS X v 10 .2 (Jaguar) 18 1 Chapter 10 : Securing Your Wireless Home Network 18 3 Assessing the Risks .18 4 General Internet security 18 5 Airlink security 18 6 Introducing Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) 18 7 How about a bit more about WEP? 18 8 What’s... over ” 13 9 Apple AirPort Software Updates .14 1 AirPort 2.0 software 14 1 AirPort 2.0.4 software .14 2 AirPort 2.0.5 software .14 2 AirPort 2 .1. 1 software .14 3 OS 9 Wireless Networks 14 4 Installing AirPort software on Mac OS 9 14 5 Upgrading AirPort Base Station firmware on OS 9 14 6 Configuring the AirPort Base Station on OS 9 .14 8 Adding a... 9 15 1 OS X Wireless Networks .15 2 Installing the AirPort software on OS X 15 3 Upgrading AirPort Base Station firmware on OS X .15 4 Configuring the AirPort Base Station on OS X .15 5 Adding another computer to your AirPort network on OS X 15 8 Adding a Non-Apple Computer to Your AirPort Network 15 9 Connecting to Non-Apple-Based Wireless Networks 16 1 xiii xiv Wireless Home Networking . arcades and wireless to go 12 Wired versus Wireless 13 Installing wired home networks 13 Installing wireless home networks 15 Picking a Wireless Standard 16 Planning Your Wireless Home Network 19 Choosing. Ball 19 7 Waiting for WPA 19 7 The future: 802 .11 i 19 8 Part IV: Using a Wireless Network 2 01 Chapter 11 : Putting Your Wireless Home Network To Work . . . . . .203 A Networking Review 204 Basic networking. PCs for Wireless Networking 11 7 Chapter 8: Setting Up a Wireless Mac Network 13 5 Chapter 9: Setting Up Internet Sharing 16 3 Chapter 10 : Securing Your Wireless Home Network 18 3 Part IV: Using a Wireless