Going Wi-Fi: A Practical Guide to Planning and Building an 802.11 Network

Defined, 233, 398.

Multimedia applications, 400–401.

Standard, 397–399, 401.

Trade association, 397, 399–400.

Wireless, 397–401.

2.5G, 7, 121, 248, 286, 291–294, 297, 300.

2.75G, 7.

3COM tests 2.4 and 5 GHZ propagation in Typical Office Environment, 127.

3G

Limitations, 290.

Wi-Fi 8–9, 12, 33, 121, 246, 253, 280–281, 286–295, 297–301, 490.

802.1D

Bridge, 349, 394–395, 397, 401–402, 404.

Spanning tree protocol, 180.

802.1Q

VLAN, 178, 180–181, 402, 404.

802.1P, 178.

802.1X, 106–109, 111–113, 147, 180, 182, 413, 421, 427–428, 440, 442, 451.

802.11

Defined, 78–79.

802.11a

versus 802.11b, 123–126

Advantages, 11, 82, 97, 127, 220, 456–457.

Defined, 82–90.

Spectrum managed. See 802.11h.

802.11b

versus 802.11a, 123–126.

Advantages, 11, 82, 97, 127, 220, 332, 340, 372, 416, 456–457.

Before "a", 81.

Defined, 90–96.

802.11c, 103.

802.11d, 89, 103.

802.11e

Defined, 103–104.

MAC frame, 397, 402.

Multimedia applications, 103, 394–396, 400–401.

Hybrid coordination function (HCF), 396.

802.11f

Defined, 104–105.

QoS, 104.

802.11g

as 54Mbps 802.11b, 4.

versus 802.11a, 89, 96–97, 102, 122–132.

Advantages, 82, 97, 220.

Defined, 96–102.

Draft specification, 37, 122.

Interoperability, 100.

Legacy devices, 98, 212, 214, 216–220.

Range, 100–101.

and RTS/CTS, 99–100.

Traffic flow, 218.

802.11h, 105, 114.

802.11i, 48, 105–106, 108, 110–114, 413, 426–430.

802.11j, 90, 114.

802.11k, 114–116.

802.11l, 116.

802.11m, 116.

802.11n, 4, 82, 116, 487. 802.3, 3–4, 10, 79–80, 82, 120–121, 133–134, 141, 151, 154, 396, 401–402, 404, 485.

802.5, 10.