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Wi-Fi Analyzer for Android is the complete package. Not only will it show you the channels used by nearby wireless networks on a slick graph, it’ll recommend the ideal channel to reduce interference on your wireless network. Once you’ve selected the ideal channel, you can flick over to the signal strength meter. With the meter in the palm of your hand, you can walk around to analyze your coverage area, find dead spots and identify interfering objects. Getting the App Farproc’s Wi-Fi Analyzer is available for free from the Android Market . It’s ad-supported, but you can disable the advertisements from the app’s settings screen. Switching Screens This app has more than one trick up its sleeve. You can open the menu and tap View to view a list of screens, or just flick your finger left and right to switch between them. Channel Graph Once you fire up the app, you’ll see the channel graph. Wi-Fi Analyzer graphs each nearby wireless network’s signal strength and...

We are always on the lookout for geeky ways to impress our friends, and recently we came across a way to connect to our wireless network from the command prompt, so today we’ll show you how to do it as well. How to Browse and Connect to Wireless Networks From the Command Line Browsing available wireless networks from the command prompt requires only a single command: netsh wlan show networks Unfortunately in order to connect to a network, you need to have a network profile for it. This means that you need to have connected to it at least once before. To see what profiles you have available on your machine, use the following command: netsh wlan show profiles Once you have made sure you have a profile for the network you want to connect to, you can easily connect to it using the network profile name: netsh wlan connect name=”w1r3l3$$” That’s all there is to it.

Wireless is everywhere and routers are the force that makes it happen, so why not supercharge yours to take proper advantage of it? DD-WRT will let you boost your router’s range, add features, and more. DD-WRT has a ton of features—more than we can cover in this guide, which is focused on helping you get your router upgraded. Stay tuned, as we’ll go into more depth in a couple more days on all the great things you can do with it, but even if you don’t use the additional features, DD-WRT is worth installing to make your router work better. What Is DD-WRT? Here’s our router. Behold: the Netgear WNR2000, revision 2. It’s a mighty fine one, too, but it’s still not the best. Why, exactly? Your router is only as good as its firmware, the software that makes it tick. When you buy a router from Linksys/Cisco, Netgear, D-Link, or others, you’re bound to their software. It’s a nice arrangement; you respect their limitations, and they promise to help with your problems. But wh...

Secure Your Wireless Router: 8 Things You Can Do Right Now A security researcher recently discovered a backdoor in many D-Link routers, allowing anyone to access the router without knowing the username or password. This isn’t the first router security issue and won’t be the last. To protect yourself, you should ensure that your router is configured securely. This is about more than just enabling Wi-Fi encryption Disable Remote Access Routers offer a web interface, allowing you to configure them through a browser. The router runs a web server and makes this web page available when you’re on the router’s local network. However, most routers offer a “remote access” feature that allows you to access this web interface from anywhere in the world. Even if you set a username and password, if you have a D-Link router affected by this vulnerability, anyone would be able to log in without any credentials. If you have remote access disabled, you’d be safe from people remote...

We cover a lot of articles that feature accessing files and features from inside and outside of your network. This usually entails forwarding ports, something that may seem daunting for beginners, but it’s actually pretty simple to do. There are plenty of projects we’ve covered that use your computer as a server for other devices. When you’re inside of your network, things are great and they work. When you’re trying to access things from outside of your network, things get significantly hairier, so let’s take a look at why that is. Port Forwarding From Inside of Your Network Here’s a map of a simple home network. As you can see, you’ve got three computers with unique IP addresses all connected to a router. You can easily access the other computers, but when they all access the internet, they go through the router. The router has an IP address that’s relative for you network, but it also has an external IP, one that it uses when interacting with things outside of yo...

SARDU create a multiboot USB stick (or other removable) with Utilities, Antivirus, Windows PE and Windows XP, Vista, Seven and Eight Installers and all Windows Recovery Disks easily and in a few minutes without make partitions and without any knowledge of multi boot system. Advanced user can also import customized menus and customized folders and / or ISOs not directly supported. This makes the SARDU multiboot creator as infinitely complete and customizable and best solution for technicians or for those who have to install Windows from USB or repair a PC, saving precious time. The only thing that you have to do is download the ISOs (with the integrated downloader) and press the button to start the creation of the USB multiboot (or other media) Using the QEMU integrated the user can easily test the 'live' multiboot support created. (pen drive or ISO image) Multiboot with multiple Antivirus After downloading the ISO images, SARDU has a download mana...

Step 1) Download an .ISO version of your installation (available through various sources [Microsoft, Apple, etc., or just from within the tool itself.]) Step 2) Plug in your USB and open up " My Computer ". Right click the USB, and select the " Format " button.    Note Recommended options: FAT32, quick format.       Now, continue at the warning prompt. And then press 'Ok' Step 3) Once the format is complete, open up this tool called ' YUMI ' YUMI - Multiboot USB Creator (Windows) | USB Pen Drive Linux Step 4) Using ' YUMI ', select the drive letter of your USB    Tip Make sure you chose the correct USB by opening up 'My Computer' and reading the Drive Letter) Step 5) There is a large list of possible operating systems, along with a built in DOWNLOAD feature! Select the operating system you want to download, and then browse for your .ISO file. Step 6) Press "Create" ...