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Wireless Home Networking For Dummies, 3rd Edition
Industry Standards ........................................................................................42
The Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers....................43
The Wi-Fi Alliance.................................................................................43
Wi-Fi history: 802.11b and 802.11a .....................................................44
The current standard: 802.11g............................................................46
The next big thing: 802.11n .................................................................47
Chapter 3: Bluetooth and Other Wireless Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
Who or What Is Bluetooth?...........................................................................52
Wi-Fi versus Bluetooth ..................................................................................53
Piconets, Masters, and Slaves ......................................................................54
Integrating Bluetooth into Your Wireless Network....................................58
Bluetoothing your phones ..................................................................59
Wireless printing and data transfer ...................................................60
Extending Your Wireless Home Network
with “No New Wires” Solutions.................................................................60
Controlling Your Home without Wires.........................................................64
Part II: Making Plans ..................................................69
Chapter 4: Planning a Wireless Home Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71
Deciding What to Connect to the Network .................................................72
Counting network devices...................................................................72
Choosing wired or wireless.................................................................73
Choosing a wireless technology.........................................................74
Choosing an access point....................................................................76
Deciding where to install the access point .......................................77
Adding printers.....................................................................................83
Adding entertainment and more ........................................................86
Connecting to the Internet............................................................................86
Budgeting for Your Wireless Network .........................................................91
Pricing access points ...........................................................................91
Pricing wireless network adapters.....................................................92
Looking at a sample budget ................................................................92
Planning Security ...........................................................................................93
Chapter 5: Choosing Wireless Home Networking Equipment . . . . . .95
Access Point Selection ..................................................................................96
Certification and Standards Support...........................................................97
Compatibility and Form Factor ....................................................................99
Bundled Functionality: Servers, Gateways, Routers, and Switches ......101
DHCP servers......................................................................................101
NAT and broadband routers .............................................................102
Switches...............................................................................................103
Print servers .......................................................................................104