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The WiFi Cookbook
A Practical Guide To Wireless WiFi Infrastructure

Onno W. Purbo, Independent IT Writer, Indonesia.
A Ph.D from Electrical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada 1993. Has Published more than 30 Information Technology books in Indonesian.  Was a Professor at Institute of Technology Bandung, Indonesia.

SYNOPSIS: This publication presents a practical guide to designing and building a community-based and self-financed wireless Internet infrastructure. The wireless WiFi technology is mainly used to bypass the “last-mile infrastructure” of the traditional telecommunication providers. This training manual is based on more than 10 years of practical, community-based experience in Indonesia. It provides an overview of WiFi theory and radio terminology. It presents much-needed practical instruction on the installation of WiFi equipment in both Windows and Linux environments, on the set up of a Linux gateway, on the selection of antenna, on the radio link calculation, and on the design of a wireless Metropolitan Area Network. The publication also provides valuable notes on securing the WiFi infrastructure.

FEATURES: This publication is unique. It is one of kind practical guide in building affordable outdoors wireless Internet infrastructure. Low cost off-the-shelf WiFi technology is used, making it both affordable and practical for deployment in developing countries. Practical experience with WiFi technology has generated considerable interest within the worldwide community of ICT (information and communication technology) practitioners, particularly in the developing world, who are now looking to deploy their own community-based Internet infrastructure. This publication fills that need by describing the deployment of a wireless Metropolitan Area Network at very low cost. The approach outlined in this manual is based on 10 years of practical, community-level experience.

READERSHIP:

•	Academics, researchers, and students studying or active in computer science and electrical engineering.
•	ICT professionals and practitioners in Internet infrastructure, telecentre management, and neighbourhood networks.
•	Policy- and decision-makers in ICTs and telecommunications, especially in developing countries.

SUBMISSION DATE: Fall 2003

COPYRIGHT: International Development Research Center, Ottawa, Canada

CONTACT: Bill Carman, Managing Editor, International Development Research Centre, PO Box 8500, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1G 3H9 (email: bcarman@idrc.ca; phone: (1-613) 236-6163 ext. 2089; fax: (1-613) 563-2476; URL: http://www.idrc.ca/booktique/)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword

Acknowledgement

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. An overview: WiFi-based wireless Internet infrastructure

Chapter 3. Preparing wireless neighbourhood equipment

Chapter 4. Quick guide: How to shop for WiFi equipment

Chapter 5. A simple introduction to radio concepts 

Chapter 6. WLAN installation in Windows

Chapter 7. WLAN installation in Linux

Chapter 8. Setting up the Linux-based wireless gateway

Chapter 9. Configuring an access point

Chapter 10. Antenna and coaxial cable

Chapter 11. The radio link calculation

Chapter 12. On-site survey techniques

Chapter 13. Designing a WLAN-based Metropolitan Area Network

Chapter 14. Securing the WiFi infrastructure

Chapter 15. The NoCat open source authentication service

Appendix: URLs of Interest

References

											15 September 2003