Wireless and Wired Networking: The Missing Manual

• Entire book: The examples need to be redone with a Windows XP and MacOS X exclusive focus. Also needs to be done in the Missing Manual Style. This should not be too much work because things are simpler.

• Chapter 1: Introduction to Wireless and Wired Networking

  Needs to be re-spun...
  
  50% done.
  

• Chapter 2: A Wireless Home Network

      
  A case study
     Cable/DSL connection
     Home Router
     Small wired network,
     Wireless wireless network
  Uses both XP and OS/X examples
  
  To be written    
  

• Chapter 3: Connecting Your Home Network to the Internet

  Basic coverage of cables, hubs, and switches 
          (formerly first half of CH6)
  Basic coverage of a home gateway
          (from former Chapter 5)
  
  80% done
  

• Chapter 4: Wireless Networking

      
  Designing a home network
  Wireless overview
  Wireless Equipment - Which standards to choose
  Wireless configuration
  Protecting your wireless network (advanced)
    - Using WEP techniques
    - Using a VPN (pretty involved)
  
  40% done - primary effort is in refreshing content for XP and OS.X
    and adding the security (may want to move the advanced
    stuff to appendix).
  

• Chapter 5: Using your home network

  Sharing Files and Printers and doing backup
  Using a VPN to connect securely to a workplace
  Multi Player Gaming
  
  50% done - this is now MUCH easier :)
  

• Chapter 6: Protecting your home network

  How intruders get in
  Far away intruders
  Your neighbors
  Security from intruders
  
  80% done - more focus on the hardware gateway.
  

• Chapter 7: Controlling access for your children

  Technology choices
  Software choices
  Example installation and configuration
  
  Done.
  

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• Appendix A: Home Internet Connection choices

  Modem, Multi-modem, ISDN, ADSL, Cable Modem, Wireless
  
  80% done - we have access to wireless ISP now for a nice case study
  

• Appendix B: Networking Basics

  TCP/IP, DNS, Gateway, WINIPCFG, DHCP, WINIPCFG, TRACERT, PING
  Network address translation  (From former chapter 5)
  Network Ports (from former CH11)
  
  90% done - all editorial combining materials
  

• Appendix C: Network Wiring

  Building cables and installing network wiring
  
  Done.
  

• Appendix D: Phone Line and Power Line Networking

  Phone line networking
  Power line networking - needs updating things have gotten better
  
  80% done.