January 6, 2012
By now, we should all be aware of the dangers of securing networks with WEP, which I demonstrated before how you could hack in 5 minutes. The advice has always been to use WPA or WPA2 to secure your network, with a long password that couldn’t be hacked by brute force. Well, it turns out there’s a significant backdoor in most routers that can be exploited – in the form of a technology called WPS.
December 23, 2011
Windows Phone is becoming an increasing popular platform, but its initial release in 2010 baffled commentators by omitting key functionality such as copy and paste and tethering. Omitting these features arguably punished the platform, resulting in some poor early reviews. Making matters worse was the fact that devices from Samsung and LG had wired tethering functionality that could be enabled via a hidden engineer’s console.
December 21, 2011
As more devices ship with wireless networking capabilities, it becomes increasingly important to have routers that are capable of handling connections from hardware such as tablets, laptops and mobile phones. The problem is that many routers still in use are perfectly good pieces of hardware, except for one drawback – they don’t support Wireless-N or offer advanced encryption such as WPA.
December 20, 2011
Have you ever been stuck in an airport, and absolutely needed an Internet connection? Most airports in the US don’t offer free Wi-Fi, and the fees can sometimes be pretty outrageous. Now that the holiday season is upon us, many of us will find ourselves spending some time in one airport or another on our way to visit family and friends. If you’re one of those people, you’ll be happy to hear about Skype’s free airport Wi-Fi.
December 2, 2011
When you use an Android phone (or any smartphone for that matter), Wi-Fi becomes an essential way to get online.With the help of this article, I’ll be showing you two different apps designed to make your Wi-Fi experience better so you can get better speeds and a more stable connection. These are both for Android, but you can actually use what you learn from them with any Wi-Fi device, including your laptop.
November 2, 2011
No doubt the most welcomed feature of the latest iOS 5 update for the iPhone, iPod, and iPad is Apple rolling out iCloud and wireless Wi-Fi connectivity for its smart mobile devices and Macs. Many of us have experienced the pain of connecting our iOS device using USB to iTunes just to update a playlist or backup some related app files. It was almost like calling someone on a wired phone.
September 2, 2011
Downloading or streaming music is definitely an activity that I love to do when I’m relaxing or just trying to pass the time. The problem I have is that when I download music to a PC, I may want to access that music from different PCs in my house. To solve that problem, I decided to create a sort of Wi-Fi PC Radio server where I can store all of my music and then allow users from anywhere to stream that music.
August 21, 2011
If your Wifi is being hijacked by some dirty rotten thieves – I showed you how to check this before – what can you do to get your own back, or find out a little more about who is responsible? Or rather, if a hacker has gained access to your wifi network, what kind of nasty things could they do to you?
August 10, 2011
When most people think of network security, they think of people sitting up in the computer rooms deep inside corporate headquarters, sifting through thousands of computer assets on networks stretching across the entire globe. Not many people consider monitoring a network as something that is really important in a home setting.
July 12, 2011
Connecting to the Internet was once all about big honking cords. The cords might be telephone lines, or cable lines, or FiOS lines specifically installed for Internet service, but the running theme is a line of wire connecting you to the Internet. Today, that’s not always the case as mobile broadband becomes ubiquitous in major urban centers.
