After reading this chapter from "Deploying License-Free Wide-Area Networks" (1587050692), you'll understand the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) seven-layer reference model, and you'll know the best features for wireless backbone equipment, access points (APs), PBX, wireless network cards, mesh network nodes, and amplifiers. You'll also be able to recognize compatibility problems that can cause problems when mixing wireless equipment from different vendors.
Chapter Contents
- OVERVIEW OF THE EQUIPMENT SELECTION PROCESS
- Reviewing Your Wireless Network Needs
- Researching Equipment Features
- Visiting Deployment Sites
- Testing Wireless Equipment in the Lab
- Testing Wireless Equipment Outdoors
- Making Purchase Decisions
- OSI AND TCP/IP REFERENCE MODELS
- Peer Protocols
- Services
- Basic Packet Structure and Frame Types
- Application Layer Functions and Protocols
- Transport Layer Functions and Protocols
- Network Layer Functions and Protocols
- Data Link Layer Functions and Protocols
- Physical Layer Functions and Protocols
- PHYSICAL LAYER WIRED-INTERFACE FEATURES
- Low-Speed Data Ports
- Ethernet Ports
- High-Speed Data Ports
- Voice Interfaces
- Wired-Interface Security Features
- PHYSICAL LAYER WIRELESS-INTERFACE FEATURES
- Non Line-of-Sight Features
- Wireless Frequency Bands
- Modulation Types
- Bandwidth and Throughput
- Noise and Interference Reduction Features
- Physical Layer Wireless Security Features
- Miscellaneous Wireless Features
- DATA LINK LAYER FEATURES
- Bridging Features
- MAC Sublayer Features
- Data Link Layer Security Features
- NETWORK LAYER FEATURES
- Routing Features
- Bandwidth Management
- Quality of Service (QoS)
- Roaming
- Network Layer Security Features
- APPLICATION LAYER FEATURES
- Network Design
- Network Management
- Application Layer Security Features
- MAJOR NETWORK FEATURES DECISIONS
- Market Versus Equipment Cost
- 802.11b Compatibility — Yes or No?
- Bridged Versus Routed WANs
- Backbone Feature Decisions
- AP Feature Decisions
- CPE Feature Decisions
- Wireless Network Card Decisions
- Mesh Network Feature Decisions
- Wireless Equipment Environmental Decisions
- Wireless Amplifier Feature Decisions
- Compatibility Issues
- Wireless Support Issues
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
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