A review of my book, Wi-Fi Toys, was just posted over on Slashdot. Alex Moskalyuk covers some the gist of the book and picks up on a few key elements that, I think, makes this book so easy to understand and accessible to beginners and seasoned Wi-Fi tinkerers: Understand first, then tinker.
"The author does a good job of explaining terminology before launching into the project. Where needed, Mike Outmesguine provides helpful diagrams, that any radio amateur is probably already aware of, but they still make a nice and readable book for the rest of us. Also, the goal of the chapters is not just build the toy and get done with it as soon as possible. For example, in chapter 4 when talking about modifying the existing access point, the author understands that the only reason you want to do that is to increase the WiFi coverage in your house. So a few pages are dedicated to propagation losses, interference and everything radio-related that the reader needs to take into account before strengthening the access point with a high-gain antenna." Read the full review and check out the downloadable content links in the article. http://books.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/10/206246&tid=193 -Mike
