802.11ac: A Survival Guide: Wi-Fi at Gigabit and Beyond Contributor(s): Gast, Matthew (Author) |
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ISBN: 1449343147 ISBN-13: 9781449343149 Publisher: O'Reilly Media OUR PRICE: $18.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Computers | Networking - Network Protocols - Computers | Networking - Local Area Networks (lans) |
Dewey: 004.68 |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 7" W x 9.1" (0.60 lbs) 152 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The next frontier for wireless LANs is 802.11ac, a standard that increases throughput beyond one gigabit per second. This concise guide provides in-depth information to help you plan for 802.11ac, with technical details on design, network operations, deployment, and monitoring. Author Matthew Gast--an industry expert who led the development of 802.11-2012 and security task groups at the Wi-Fi Alliance--explains how 802.11ac will not only increase the speed of your network, but its capacity as well. Whether you need to serve more clients with your current level of throughput, or serve your existing client load with higher throughput, 802.11ac is the solution. This book gets you started.
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Contributor Bio(s): Gast, Matthew S.: - Matthew Gast is the director of product management at Aerohive Networks, responsible for the software that powers Aerohive's networking devices. He has been active within the Wi-Fi community, serving as the chair of both security task groups at the Wi-Fi Alliance, where he leads efforts to extend the Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) certification to incorporate newly developed security technologies and drive adoption of the strongest forms of security by network administrators. He also led the Wi-Fi Alliance's Wireless Network Management marketing task group's investigation of certification requirements for new power-saving technologies. Matthew is also the past chair of the task group that produced the 802.11-2012 revision. |