Southern California Wireless Users Group

Nice turnout. The group is certainly earning its wings.

Jack Unger presented info on his new book, Deploying License-Free Wireless Wide-Area Networks, from Cisco Press. Frank Keeney spoke at length about his recent deployment of Cisco Leap security in a nation-wide retail environment. See below for links and video.

We talked about deploying wireless networks, of course. Especially brought up channel separation, geographical layout of access points, antenna selection, and AP installation tips. Remember, place the access point as close to the antenna as possible - and APs out-of-the-box do not generally have any kind of security enabled.

We had some discussion on the CWNA - Certified Wireless Network Administrator certification. Mike Tosch, one of the more recent CWNA’s, spoke about his experience passing the exam and the benefits the certification provides.

We brought up the idea of having some kind of meet-up, drive-in, war driving contest, T-hunt, or something fun in the next 3 weeks. If anyone has ideas, send a note to the discussion list. Let’s do it!

After the presentation, lots of groups broke off to talk about their businesses and various projects going on. The meeting went long, even though the presentation was short! The local Denny’s is closed, so we hung out at the meeting place until about 11:00.

URLs mentioned at the meeting:

• http://www.ask-wi.com/ - Jack Unger’s website with info on wireless - send him an email to sign up for his mailing list - info on his new book will be posted soon
• http://www.pasadena.net/ - Frank Keeney of Pasadena Networks provides network security services, wireless infrastructure, etc.
• http://www.amazon.com/ - Search for “Jack Unger” for information on his new book Deploying License-Free Wireless Wide-Area Networks from Cisco Press
• http://www.proxim.com/products/all/harmony/index.html - Manufacturer of 802.11a wireless equipment (among many others)
• click to send email - Mike Tosch, CWNA of Tosch Technical Systems
• http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/wirelesscommnet/ - Distributor of Rod Flickenger’s book Building Community Wireless Networks
• http://www.cwne.com/ - Certified Wireless Network Professional training and certification site

Special Thanks to the following:

• RM Consulting for the Pizza and Drinks! - Call and ask for Robert for deals on wireless, etc.
• LPBN for providing the video archive and live streaming of the show
• TransStellar, Inc. for providing the meeting location

Pictures:

• No digipix available this meeting :,(

Nice turnout. The group is certainly earning its wings.

Jack Unger presented info on his new book, Deploying License-Free Wireless Wide-Area Networks, from Cisco Press. Frank Keeney spoke at length about his recent deployment of Cisco Leap security in a nation-wide retail environment. See below for links and video.

We talked about deploying wireless networks, of course. Especially brought up channel separation, geographical layout of access points, antenna selection, and AP installation tips. Remember, place the access point as close to the antenna as possible - and APs out-of-the-box do not generally have any kind of security enabled.

We had some discussion on the CWNA - Certified Wireless Network Administrator certification. Mike Tosch, one of the more recent CWNA’s, spoke about his experience passing the exam and the benefits the certification provides.

We brought up the idea of having some kind of meet-up, drive-in, war driving contest, T-hunt, or something fun in the next 3 weeks. If anyone has ideas, send a note to the discussion list. Let’s do it!

After the presentation, lots of groups broke off to talk about their businesses and various projects going on. The meeting went long, even though the presentation was short! The local Denny’s is closed, so we hung out at the meeting place until about 11:00.

URLs mentioned at the meeting:

• http://www.ask-wi.com/ - Jack Unger’s website with info on wireless - send him an email to sign up for his mailing list - info on his new book will be posted soon
• http://www.pasadena.net/ - Frank Keeney of Pasadena Networks provides network security services, wireless infrastructure, etc.
• http://www.amazon.com/ - Search for “Jack Unger” for information on his new book Deploying License-Free Wireless Wide-Area Networks from Cisco Press
• http://www.proxim.com/products/all/harmony/index.html - Manufacturer of 802.11a wireless equipment (among many others)
• click to send email - Mike Tosch, CWNA of Tosch Technical Systems
• http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/wirelesscommnet/ - Distributor of Rod Flickenger’s book Building Community Wireless Networks
• http://www.cwne.com/ - Certified Wireless Network Professional training and certification site

Special Thanks to the following:

• RM Consulting for the Pizza and Drinks! - Call and ask for Robert for deals on wireless, etc.
• LPBN for providing the video archive and live streaming of the show
• TransStellar, Inc. for providing the meeting location

Pictures:

• No digipix available this meeting :,(