All About Wireless (and Windows)

Common FAQs, help, guidance and education about Wireless (on Windows)

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This page contains links to resources containing content related to the use of Wireless networking. While Windows focused, this sub-site also cover non-MS wireless links. This sub-site is aimed at both helping MCTs and end users alike. Comments regarding this wireless sub-site (or anything else!) are most welcome!

Index

Wireless Technology - this covers the basic wireless technology, 802.11 and it's myriad of sub-technologies (802.11a, 802,11b). This area is an alphabet soup!
Wireless Security - this covers the basics (and more) of securing wireless networks. It can be done!
Installing Wireless - here we look at how you would install wireless.
Wireless Futures - this covers future technologies that may one day come to us. Or not.
Wireless Products - links to wireless related products
Other Wireless Links - everything else that did not fit in the above!

Wireless Technology

IEEE Wireless Standards Zone - an IEEE site looking at Wireless.

IEEE 802 Wireless World - The IEEE's site that covers all the various 802.11 working group. Mainly holds working group related documents.

802.11 standards - downloadable in PDF from the IEEE

Wireless Security

IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN Security with Microsoft Windows XP - this is a Microsoft technical paper.

WEP

Tools for Breaking WEP

AirSnort

WEPCrack

The Unofficial 802.11 Security Web Page - This is Bernard Aboba's page which contains lots of good 802.11 links.

Installing Wireless

Microsoft Solution for Securing Wireless LAN (6.4MB) - this download is a set of PDF documents and other resources. The solution provides planning, implementation, operations and test guides. Additional resources include installation scripts, security templates, monitoring scripts, and implementation planning resources.

Securing Wireless LANs with PEAP and Passwords (3.7MB)- another set of PDF documents and resources. These focus on securing wireless using 802.1x and EAP/PEAP. To get this download, you must register with Microsoft.

Wireless Futures

To be added...

Wireless Products

This section lists wireless products or product ranges, listed by manufacturer.

Cranite - Cranite make Sonic Wall, an intrusion prevention solution for WLANS.

Microsoft's Wi-Fi web site - details on WiFi from Microsoft.