Wireless LAN Basics

1. Cisco® paper on allocating channels without overlaps: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/wireless/ps430/

2. Intel table of attenuation effects of different materials: http://www.intel.com/business/bss/infrastructure/wireless/deployment/considerations.htm

Papers On Interpreting Different Measures of Signal Strength

3. WildPackets Inc. describe how to interpret the Receive Signal Strength Indicator values generated by various wireless cards at: http://www.wildpackets.com/elements/whitepapers/Converting_Signal_Strength.pdf

4. Ohio State University interpret the signal strength values reported by Windows® at: http://8help.osu.edu/1396.html

Wireless Survey Tools

5. Ekahau: http://www.ekahau.com/products/sitesurvey/

6. Netstumbler/Ministumbler: http://www.netstumbler.com/

7. Kismet: http://www.kismetwireless.net/

8. Wavemon: http://freecode.com/projects/wavemon

9. Cisco®: http://www.Cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/cscowork/ps3915/index.html

10. AirMagnet®: http://www.AirMagnet.com/

Wireless Policies

11. Sheffield University Wireless Network Base Station Connection Policy: http://www.shef.ac.uk/cics/wireless

Other Janet Wireless Publications

12. Wireless Security factsheet (for network managers): http://community.ja.net/library/advisory-services/wireless-security

13. Wireless 802.11 Standards factsheet: http://community.ja.net/library/advisory-services/wireless-80211-standards

14. Safe Use of Wireless Networks factsheet (for users): http://community.ja.net/library/advisory-services/safe-use-8021x-wireless-networks