Wireless Hacking: Projects for Wi-Fi Enthusiasts

Foreword

Over the last couple of years, manufacturers have produced some incredibly sophisticated wireless networking equipment. Consumers’ ongoing demand for low-cost, high-speed, easy-to-use networking gear has forced hardware manufacturers to continually refine their designs. Engineers have produced tiny devices that use very little power to perform amazing feats of ingenuity, producing them on such a large scale that the cost is staggeringly low.

Unfortunately, these wireless gadgets nearly always have one real drawback: they are designed to appeal to the widest possible market. Out of the box, they will do what marketing folks think people want, and not much more. One particular radio card may be small and common, but it doesn’t have very ...