Researchers Found Present Wi-Fi Routers Come With Flaws And Reveal Password
Wireless routers are an ideal target for cyber criminals. If the attackers gain control of a router, they can monitor, redirect, block or otherwise tamper with a wide range of online activities. Lately, researchers have found that most of the present Wi-Fi routers in the market come with various kinds of flaws that can reveal password!
Silicon Valley Power Offers Free Wi-Fi Via Smart Meters
Much of the U.S. is moving from electric meters to smart meters that can send usage information over the air, usually through Wi-Fi networks. Silicon Valley Power has taken this a bit further; it has added open channels for a city-wide free Wi-Fi service for the residents of Santa Clara.
Fiber Cables Made of Air Transfers Data At 1.5 Terabit/second
Optical fibers are the backbone that makes broadband internet possible. Despites its high transmission capacity, optical fiber has a bottleneck – its latency. Researchers at the University of Southampton in England have been successful in developing a new kind of optical fiber to eliminate this shortcoming.
US Nuclear Research Facility Gears Up To Establish World’s Largest Fiber-Optic Local Network
In establishing local networks, most of the organizations usually make use of the regular copper wires. So had been the case at Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico until now. The facility is now gearing up to have these copper wires replaced with optical fibers, which would boast the network’s speeds to a mind-blowing 10 gigabit-type rates.
Cisco To Acquire SON Solution Provider Intucell For $475 Million
Cisco has decided to acquire all of Intucell’s business and operations for $475 million on cash and retention-based incentive. The deal will close by Cisco’s 2013 fiscal year.
London’s Iconic Black Cabs Are About To Go Wi-Fi Covered
Not happy with the internet landscape of your city? Then, London could be your dream city. The city is about to transform into a giant Wi-Fi hotspot, just like its mayor promised.
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[Tutorial] How To Change The Priority Of Wireless Network In Windows 7
If you use multiple Wi-Fi wireless networks in your PC and saved the settings for automatic login, it may happen that your computer does not automatically connect to your preferred Wi-Fi network all the time. By changing the priority of wireless networks you can solve this problem easily.
NEC’s Sumaho Sensor Can Detect Smartphone Owners
NEC has unveiled a new technology which can detect the owner of a smartphone. The company has termed it ‘Sumaho sensor’ which can essentially sense the WLAN frames that a device emits and based on that, is able to notify when a smartphone owner is near.
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[Tutorial] How To Create A Diagram For Your Local Network In Windows 7
Windows 7 allows you to easily display in the form of a diagram a plan for your local network, indicating the computers, switches, routers, access points and modems that are connected. In this tutorial I will show you how to access this diagram inside Windows 7.
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[Tutorial] How To Adjust Your Network Connection Parameters To Get Maximum Results
Default Windows 7 network parameters configurations are doing pretty good job of keeping our network stable and active but with certain adjustments inside Command Prompt you can improve the performance of your network connection and in this tutorial I will show you how to do that.
Faulty Configuration By Indonesian ISP Blocks Access To Google For 30 Minutes
If you noticed a slight hiatus in accessing Google on November 5, it was real and not just your internet. Google was indeed inaccessible for 30 minutes to a significant portion of the internet users, thanks to a faulty configuration by an Indonesian ISP.
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[Tutorial] How To Hide Or Show Data Usage For Wireless Networks In Windows 8
In this tutorial, I will show you how easily you can monitor your data usage in Windows 8 and save money because you can know every time how much data you have spent during the month.
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[Tutorial] How To Recover Password Of Your Wi-Fi Network In Windows
In this simple tutorial we will see how we can recover a password of a wireless network to which we have connected. This can be very useful in case you forgot your WiFi network password and want to give it to a friend or connect some other devices in your household.
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[Tutorial] How To Hide Your Computer In The Local Network In Windows
In one of my previous tutorial we have seen how to hide a shared folder. In this tutorial we will see how to hide your computer from other users on the LAN. The computer and shared folders remain accessible only to users who know the full paths and name of your computer.
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[Tips] How To Secure Your Wi-Fi Network Simply
What’s at the heart of our home Wi-Fi networks? Wireless routers. These magic devices are designed and programmed so that these can be used by anyone with minimal knowledge of networking. But beyond the simplicity, there are a number of configuration options that many overlook, and those can be useful and important in securing our home networks from prying eyes.
