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  • Wireless connections with ad hoc networks

    Ad hoc wireless networking in Windows Vista with the IPv6 protocol has its risks, but it also has several built-in security mechanisms. In this tip, Brien Posey explains how these security features help counteract some risks of wireless networks. 

  • Wireless technology: Five myths debunked

    Cisco, along with Forrester Research, recently issued a report calling most wireless LAN fears mere myths, and a campus-wide, all-wireless deployment appears to prove that theory. 

  • Access on the road: Putting hotspot security to the test

    Lisa Phifer and Craig Mathias outline a number of steps that your traveling employees can take to protect themselves while working in public-access networks. 

  • Set up an ad hoc WiFi network

    What if you wanted to do pretty much everything you can do on a network, but didn't have a router? You can set up an ad hoc network, in which you can connect on a peer-to-peer basis with other computers and PDAs. You don't need any extra software; th... 

  • Wireless network security testing

    The abundance of wireless devices is making wireless networks -- both authorized and unauthorized -- more common. Attack your own wireless networks to find vulnerabilities before malicious hackers do. Security testing expert Kevin Beaver covers the t... 

  • Wireless network security testing: Step 2: Searching for Weaknesses

    The abundance of wireless devices is making wireless networks -- both authorized and unauthorized -- more common. Attack your own wireless networks to find vulnerabilities before malicious hackers do. Security testing expert Kevin Beaver covers the t... 

  • Wireless network security testing: Step 1: Building the right tools

    The abundance of wireless devices is making wireless networks -- both authorized and unauthorized -- more common. Attack your own wireless networks to find vulnerabilities before malicious hackers do. Security testing expert Kevin Beaver covers the t... 

  • Wireless network security testing: Step 3: Demonstrating threats

    The abundance of wireless devices is making wireless networks -- both authorized and unauthorized -- more common. Attack your own wireless networks to find vulnerabilities before malicious hackers do. 

  • 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. 

  • Secure network against illegal users

    Phifer gives advice on how to handle illegal users on a network.