Matthew Gast

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Matthew Gast is the director of product management at Aerohive Networks responsible for the software that powers Aerohive's networking devices. He has been active within the Wi-Fi community, serving as the chair of both security task groups at the Wi-Fi Alliance, where he leads efforts to extend the Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) certification to incorporate newly developed security technologies and drive adoption of the strongest forms of security by network administrators. He also led the Wi-Fi Alliance's Wireless Network Management marketing task group's investigation of certification requirements for new power saving technologies. Matthew is also the past chair of the 802.11 revision task group of the 802.11 Working Group.

802.11n: A Survival Guide by Matthew Gast April 2012 Print: $19.99 Ebook: $14.99	802.11 Wireless Networks: The Definitive Guide by Matthew Gast Second Edition April 2005 Print: $44.95 Ebook: $35.99
802.11 Wireless Networks: The Definitive Guide by Matthew Gast April 2002 OUT OF PRINT	T1: A Survival Guide by Matthew Gast August 2001 Print: $39.99
Network Printing by Matthew Gast , Todd Radermacher October 2000 Print: $34.95

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Extending MythTV recording space with LVM

May 13 2006

I dearly love my MythTV system. I travel a lot, and it enables me to take TV with me to 35,000 feet. What I love best is that it’s growing with me. I recently added an Air2PC HD5000 card, so I now have a three-tuner box. (I hope to write… read more

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Webcast: High-speed Wireless Networks
August 08, 2012
Duration: Approximately 60 minutes. Cost: Free Watch the webcast in its original format > Until the widespread use of 802.11n, wireless LANs traded lower connection speed for convenience. With 802.11n, wireless LANs blow past Fast Ethernet through...

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Out-Of-Office Processing with Asterisk
Publish Date: Sep. 19, 2006Matthew Gast explains how he set up his home Asterisk system to handle his out-of-office call processing needs. This detailed article includes the code Matthew used to allow and validate user input of the time and date for when out-of-office processing should be used. Building a MythTV Antenna System
Publish Date: Mar. 15, 2006Over-the-air reception with an antenna can be a maddening affair. TV signal strength can vary dramatically, especially indoors, and it can take a lot of tinkering to get an antenna system set up right. Matthew Gast walks you through his process of setting up a antenna system for digital reception. How Many Voice Callers Fit on the Head of an Access Point?
Publish Date: Dec. 13, 2005Matthew Gast develops a simple model to determine the maximum theoretical capacity of an access point to carry voice calls. MythTV Part 4: Tuning and Troubleshooting
Publish Date: Dec. 7, 2005It's certainly true that building a MythTV system is not for the faint of heart. In the course of his installation, Matthew Gast had four major problems to get through: two performance problems, one display problem, and one maddening mystery (solved). He tackles all four in this article. MythTV Part 3: Getting Quiet Enough for the Living Room
Publish Date: Nov. 2, 2005My MythTV system sits on top of the television in the living room, which means it's subject to much more rigorous noise standards than my other computers. While some fan noise is expected, the white noise is much more distracting when it comes from the home theater. Here's how I tackled this problem. Building My MythTV Box, Part 2: Software
Publish Date: Aug. 17, 2005A MythTV computer makes HDTV much better. In the first article in this series, Matthew Gast went through picking out the hardware for his new machine. Now, it's time to make the software work. Here are all the details. Mapping the 802.11 Protocol
Publish Date: May. 20, 2005A trip to London and a bit of unique inspiration gave Matthew Gast the ideas that would lead to the first draft of a visual map describing the relationship between the various components of the 802.11 standard and related security standards. Matthew details the road he took to the final version of his 802.11 protocol map. Matthew is the author of 802.11: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition. Top Ten 802.11 Myths of 2005
Publish Date: May. 2, 2005Are security and mobility really the keys to the design of wireless networks? Is 802.11n really on its way? Is 802.1X really too difficult to use? Matthew Gast debunks these and other 802.11 myths for 2005. Matthew is the author of 802.11 Wireless Networks: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition. Federated Network Authentication
Publish Date: Apr. 8, 2005How can academic network administrators cope with the "roaming scholar" problem--that is, users having to use several guest provisioning processes to roam across wireless networks on a campus? This challenge applies outside the university setting too. Matthew Gast shows you how federated network authentication can make roaming easier for users and admins alike. Digital TV without the Subscription
Publish Date: Oct. 14, 2004Terrestrial digital TV is traditional land-based antenna broadcast, as opposed to cable or satellite television. And it's free. You don't need to pay hefty subscription prices to enjoy quality digital TV, and Matthew Gast shows you how to set it up. Wireless Security and the Open1X Project
Publish Date: Sep. 21, 2004Open1X is an open source project focusing on network security. The wireless adoption of this technology is referred to as 802.1X. In this interview, Matthew Gast travels to the University of Utah to talk to Chris Hessing and Terry Simmons, who are intent on bringing standards-based wireless security to Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows clients. When Is 54 Not Equal to 54? A Look at 802.11a, b, and g Throughput
Publish Date: Aug. 8, 2003According to the model, 802.11g is significantly faster than 802.11b. In a network consisting only of 802.11g clients, it is even slightly faster than 802.11a. However, "protection" mechanisms added to 802.11g to ensure backwards compatibility with legacy 802.11b clients can cut the throughput by 50 percent or more. Matthew Gast explains. Stop Acting Like the Entertainment Industry!
Publish Date: Jan. 17, 2003Digital Video Recorders (DVRs) are a new way to watch TV (TiVo is a popular example), but not necessarily in the friendly viewer-empowering way painted by the advertisements. DVRs offer increased functionality, but at what cost? Matthew Gast examines this emerging technology. A Dispatch from the Road: Margi Presenter-to-Go
Publish Date: Dec. 5, 2002Laptops are great for travel, but Pocket PCs are quickly gaining ground because they pack great functionality into small packages--you can even connect them to projectors for PowerPoint presentations. Matthew Gast takes his iPAQ on the road with Presenter-to-Go and generates as much interest in his setup as in his actual lecture. A Technical Comparison of TTLS and PEAP
Publish Date: Oct. 17, 2002Strong authentication is a key component of wireless LAN security. Matthew Gast, author of 802.11 Wireless Networks: The Definitive Guide, looks at the latest wireless LAN authentication protocols.

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