Curriculum Design and Instruction To Teach
Wireless Networking:
Author: Charles Hayes:
This Curriculum Design and Instruction is
For individuals and small businesses
using Windows and Macintosh who are
looking to create, improve, and extend
their wireless networks, including:
* Understanding Wireless Networks:
* Connecting You Laptop, Handheld,
and Gadgets:
* Building Your Wi-Fi Network:
* Working with Bluetooth and Cell Data:
* Maintaining Wireless Security:
* Using Wi-Fi while traveling:
* Extending Your Network:
Special Features Include:
Phases For Conducting a Needs Assessment:
Curriculum Design Supplement:
|a|. Subject-Questions-Answers:
Curriculum Design Plan:
Curriculum Design Goals:
Curriculum Design Objectives:
Instructional Goals:
Instructional Objectives:
Instructional Activities:
Instructional Evaluation Techniques:
Lesson Plans:
Standard Vocabulary:
Learning Objectives:
A Limited Glimpse:
* Introduction:
@ Wireless Basics:
A. How Wireless Works:
1. Passing Signals Through Walls:
2. Adding Data to Radio Waves:
B. Wireless Standards:
1. The Reigning King:
2. Higher Frequencies, Less Interference:
3. Faster and Compatible:
C. Wireless Hardware:
1. Access Points:
2. Wireless Network Adapters:
3. Antennas:
D. Other Wireless Standards:
1. Bluetooth:
2. Cellular Data Networks:
3. Meet the Family: Relatives:
4. WiMax: and the Long Haul:
E. Wireless of the (Near) Future:
1. Mesh Networking:
2. Ultra Wideband (UWB):
3. Airborne Wireless Broadband:
@ Connecting Your Computer:
A. Connecting Your Windows PC:
1. Installing Hardware:
2. Configuring Windows XP:
3. Configuring Broadcom Software:
4. Configuring Linksys Software:
5. Configuring Other Wireless Client
Software:
B. Configuring Your Centrino Laptop:
1. Managing Connections:
2. Using Profiles:
3. Troubleshooting:
C. Connecting Your Macintosh:
1. Simple Connection:
2. Intermediate Connection:
3. Configuring Other Client Software:
D. Connecting With Linux and FreeBSD:
1. Linux, FreeBSD, and Wi-Fi:
E. Connecting Your Handheld:
1. Palm OS:
2. Windows Mobile 2003:
F. Connecting via Bluetooth:
1. Pairing:
2. Practical Bluetooth:
G. Creating an Ad Hoc Wireless Network:
1. Creating and Ad Hoc Network in Windows, XP:
2. Creating an Ad Hoc network in Mac OS 8.6/9.x:
3. Creating an Ad Hoc Network in Mac OS X:
H. Sharing Files and Printers:
1. Windows XP:
2. Mac OS 9:
3. Mac OS X:
4. Sharing Printers:
I. Troubleshooting Your Connection:
1. Problem: Can't See Wireless Network:
2. Problem: No Wireless Connectivity:
3. Problem: Signal Strength Is Poor:
4. Problem: No Roaming Network/Internet Access:
@ Building Your Wireless Network:
A. Planning Your Wireless Network:
1. Drawing a Network Diagram:
2. Shopping Configuring:
B. Buying a Wireless Gateway:
1. Hardware Options:
2. Configuration Interfaces:
3. Network Services:
4. Security and Filters:
5. ISP Interaction:
6. Miscelllaneous:
C. Settling up a Gateway:
1. Linksys BEFW11S4:
2. Linksys WRT54G:
3. AirPort Extreme Base Station:
4. Common Gateway Settings:
D. Wireless Gadgets:
1. Cameras:
2. Printers and Adapters:
3. Wi-Fi Detectors:
4. File Servers:
5. Music and Photo Players:
6. TVs, Monitors, and Projectors:
7. Wi-Fi Phones:
8. Miscellaneous:
E. Creating A Software Access Point:
1. Configuring Software Base Station in Mac
OS 8.6/9.x:
2. Configuring Internet Sharing in Mac OSX:
3. Windows XP and Routing Software:
F. Bridging Wireless Networks:
1. Bridging Basics:
2. Kinds of Bridges:
G. Indoor Antenna Basics:
1. Confirming Compatibility:
2. Indoor Antenna Types:
3. Antenna Installation Tips:
H. Small Office Wi-Fi Networking:
1. Safe Passage:
2. Authorized Access:
I. Troubleshooting Your Wireless Network:
1. Problem: Signal Strength Is Poor:
2. Problem: Signal Is intermittent:
3. Problem: Reception Is Impossible:
4. Problem: No Wireless Connectivity:
5. Problem: Frequent Need to Reset
Access Point:
6. Problem: No Link Between Wireless and
Wired Networks:
7. Problem: No Internet Connection:
8. Problem: WDS Doesn't Work:
@ Wireless Security:
A. Wireless Worries:
1. Likelihood of Attack:
2. Determining Liability:
3. Who Should Worry About What:
B. Preventing Access to Your Network:
1. Sops to Security:
2. Encryption and Control:
3. Know Your Enemy:
C. Securing Data In Transit:
1. Email Password Encryption:
2. Content Encryption:
3. SSH (Secure Shell):
4. SSL (Secure Sockets Layer):
5. VPN (Virtual Private Network):
D. Protecting Your Systems:
1. Why Worry?
2. Anti-Virus Software:
3. Active Firewalls:
@ Taking It On The Road:
A. Finding Wi-Fi on the Road:
1. Free Wireless Networks:
2. Commercial Wireless Networks:
B. Configuring WISP Software:
1. Boingo Wireless:
2. iPass:
3. GRIC:
4. Sprint PCS:
5. Other WISPs:
C. Using Cellular Data Networks:
1. Connecting with GSM and GPRS:
2. Connecting with CDMA and CDMA2000:
D. Prepping for the Road:
1. Access Accounts:
2. Email:
3. Files:
4. Backing Up:
5. VPNs.
E. Working on the Road:
1. Connect to a Network:
2. Working Tips:
@ Taking It On The Road:
A. Finding Wi-Fi on the Road:
1. Free Wireless Networks:
2. Commercial Wireless Networks:
B. Configuring WISP Software:
1. Boingo Wireless:
2. iPass:
3. GRIC:
4. Sprint PCS:
5. Other WISPs:
C. Using Cellular Data Networks:
1. Connecting with GSM and GPRS:
2. Connecting with CDMA and CDMA2000:
D. Prepping for the Road:
1. Access Accounts:
2. Email:
3. Files:
4. Backing Up:
5. VPNs.
E. Working on the Road:
1. Connect to a Network:
2. Working Tips:
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