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Hacking Wireless Networks For Dummies, Chapter 10: Still at War
Chapter 10 from Hacking Wireless Networks For Dummies by Kevin Beaver and Peter Davis covers installing and using network discovery and wardriving tools Kismet and Wellenreiter and discusses wardriving countermeasures. Chapter Download
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The official protocol of the Internet! -- Chapter 1 of "TCP/IP first-step"
Chapter 1 of TCP/IP first-step by Mark Sportack describes the basics of TCP/IP and illustrates how it relates to the Internet. Further, it explains the five critical communications functions that TCP/IP performs and explains what TCP/IP can't ... Chapter Download
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Introduction to Network Protection - Protect Your Windows Network from Perimeter to Data, Chapter 1
Introduction to Network Protection from 'Protect Your Windows Network from Perimeter to Data' by Jesper Johansson and Steve Riley explains how you can best protect your systems network by balancing security and usability/usefulness. Chapter Download
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"LAN Switching First-Step," Chapter 6: How a switch works
Chapter 6 of "LAN Switching First-Step," by Matthew Castelli, explains how to differentiate among unicast, multicast, and broadcast transmission methods; store-and-forward, cut-through, and fragment-free switching mechanisms; and then describes Layer... Chapter Download
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Wireless Networks For Dummies, Chapter 1: Removing the tethers: Entering the wireless world
Removing the tethers: Entering the wireless world, Chapter 1 of Wireless Networks For Dummies by Barry Lewis and Peter Davis, explains the risks and the rewards of going wireless, helps you sort out acronyms and types of wireless networks, and offer... Chapter Download
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Firewalls for Dummies, Chapter 1: Why do you need a firewall?
Firewalls for Dummies, Chapter 1, by Brian Komar, Ronald Beekelaar and Joern Wettern provides an excellent overview of what a firewall is, what it does and how it works. Further, it explains when you might need a firewall, covering issues like Intern... Chapter Download
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Choosing an optimal data center site
This chapter explains how to choose an appropriate location for your data center, from the hazards you should avoid to the physical attributes you want. Chapter Download
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Network Virtualization, Chapter 3: A basic virtualized enterprise
In this excerpt from Network Virtualization by Victor Moreno and Kumar Reddy, learn the technical requirements posed by the need to virtualize the network, as well as an architectural framework comprised of the functional areas necessary to successfu... Chapter Download
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Wireless and WiMax introduction
This chapter excerpt examines the driving forces behind WiMAX, including the desire for more bandwidth, an increasing demand for mobility, the need for global roaming, the requirement on the part of the market to have anywhere, anytime access to cont... Chapter Download
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The TCP/IP Guide: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Internet Protocols Reference
This chapter describes some of the key operating fundamentals of TCP beginning with a discussion of how TCP handles data and introduces the concepts of streams, segments, and sequences. Further it describes the most important applications that use TC... Chapter Download