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Ever want to set up your own wireless hot spot? Eric Geier's new book professes to teach you how...the Cisco way. According to the introduction, this book is equally useful to the IT Professional or the average computer user who wants to construct a wi-fi accessable environment. This was the first Cisco Press book I'd seen that wasn't heavily laden with a large number of arcane acronyms such as OSPF, IGRP and BGP. I wanted to see if it met the standards for clear writing and accuracy I'd come to expect from this publisher.
The first thing Geier does is provide the reader with an elementary education in wi-fi hotspots, defining a hotspot, describing independent vs. hotspot networks, how to find a hotspot and how wi-fi works. I found that the book is definitely in the business of selling wi-fi to business. Anyone owning or managing a coffee shop, motel, or bookstore and wants to create their own hotspot is the target of this book.
"Wi-Fi Hotspots" provides the reader with all of the information they'll need to setup several different types of hotspot solutions. I was a little surprised that installation times were listed as from 1 to 3 hours. While I doubt a wireless guru would need very much time to setup a hotspot, the wireless newbie may encounter some problems that will toss those time estimates right out the window.
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