Wireless connectivity is now a reality in most businesses. Yet by its naturewireless networks are the most difficult to secure and are often the favoritetarget ... » 

Wireless connectivity is now a reality in most businesses. Yet by its naturewireless networks are the most difficult to secure and are often the favoritetarget of intruders. This book provides the busy network administrator withbestpractice solutions to securing the wireless network. With the increaseddemand for mobile connectivity and the decrease in cost and in the timerequired for installation wireless network connections will make up 20 percent of all corporate network connections by the end of 2006. With thisincrease in usage comes a commensurate increase in the networks vulnerabilityto intrusion. This book provides the typical network administrator with thebasic tools and instruction they need to maintain a secure network whileallowing acceptable access to users. It is a practical product and technologyspecific guideline to securing a wireless networks for the busy SystemAdministrator. It takes a simplified multilayered approach into easilydeployed plans for a straight forward understanding. It does not bog you downwith history but offers practical useful information for today. «