I'm not sure if I should be angry with, or feel sorry for the editor. Never has an author's writing style enraged me so. In other words, I will expound upon why this book should never have been published, let alone copied into a fourth edition.

In the last paragraph I said the author's writing style enraged me so. That is to say, you have read that the way the author tries to explain difficult technical concepts to an audience that is trying to learn these difficult technical concepts could actually cause hypertension. In other words, this book is unreadable. I will talk more about that and hypertension in later paragraphs.

Hypertension, according to certain definitions is considered to be the condition such that a person's systolic blood pressure is consistently 140 mmHg or greater than 140mmHg, and/or their diastolic blood pressure is consistently 90 mmHg or greater than 90mmHg. In other words, I would rather rub ground glass in my eyes, than have to continue reading on. Although this material is not on the test, it is nice to know. That is to say, it's like having all your eggs in one basket---but there is no basket. Further, because eggs are considered to cause your systolic blood pressure to rise above 140 mmHg, there are no eggs. But you won't be tested on any of this.

Note: A note should only be a quick statement of note and not a half of a page that includes phrases such as, "In other words", "Though you will not be tested to this level of depth..." or "For example", nor should it include a metaphor that breaks down with an explanation as to why the metaphor breaks down. In other words, violations of the fundamental precepts of technical writing can be infuriating. That is to say, with each paragraph, the list of things that are wrong with this book grows exponentially. If you're still breathing, in a later chapter, I will explain what exponentially means.

When I explain what the word exponentially means you may involuntarily tear the flesh from your face. In other words, you won't actually understand what the word exponentially means, but I'm covered because I told you that you would need other material to pass the test. That is to say, there is technical material to be read that may not contain the pronouns "I" or "you".

If an author has the character string, "In other words, " on a macro key and uses that phrase and similar ones with great proliferation, then the editor should tell the author to save a few trees, a year or two of his audiences' lifespan, and a whole mess of redundant and convoluted statements by using those other words in the first place. How many times, I wonder, and I wonder why I wonder, is that phrase used in the first three chapters? I also wonder why Part II is not Part I. That is to say, the author's impartation of his obviously expert knowledge is skewered by the organization of the material.

So, I'll be using the table of contents and headers as a guide to what to study for the PWO-100 because reading the IEEE 802.11 standard itself is easier on the comprehension, the hypertension, and it was written without the help of Jesus.

This book was a great tool for helping me pass the CWNA! Tom has covered the material in enough detail that it gives you a foundation of wireless knowledge to build on to pass the CWNA test. As Tom states in the book, you need to use other reference material, in addition to this book, to prepare for the test.

thanks Tom!

Bruce

This book was a great tool for helping me pass the CWNA! Tom has covered the material in enough detail that it gives you a foundation of wireless knowledge to build on to pass the CWNA test. As Tom states in the book, you need to use other reference material, in addition to this book, to prepare for the test.

thanks Tom!

Bruce

The book was delivered iin good condition and an excellent book covering all the required topics on wireless