INTRODUCTION

Wireless networking has taken over our world. I began traveling as a trainer in 1997, and wireless Internet access simply did not exist at that time. Today, it’s actually rare to find a hotel without wireless Internet access, and many of them offer it for free. Coffee shops, restaurants, airports, and libraries frequently offer wireless Internet. Organizations deploy wireless local area networks (LANs) for e-mail, voice over IP, Internet browsing, and many other business activities. Clearly, wireless networking has grown a lot in the last decade, but here is the most important part: someone has to install, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot all of these wireless networks; someone has to secure the communications on these networks. ...

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