Caution! Wireless Networking: Preventing a Data Disaster

In order to understand the threats to your wireless network, you need a basic understanding of networking. In this chapter, I introduced key networking concepts including:

• The basic concepts of networking

• TCP/IP protocol suite and its role in networking

• Network addressing and name resolution

• Connecting networks with bridges, routers, and gateways

Armed with a general knowledge of TCP/IP and networking, you can proceed to an examination of threats to your Wi-Fi network.