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Tor security advisory:
Which MAC address is transmitted? On the PC, we can assume it's the wireless NIC MAC address (and not the ethernet card MAC ID or the bluetooth MAC), but, I *thought* that a MAC address never left the...
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How do I get rid of Ubuntu Linux?
All: How do I get rid of Ubuntu 12.04 on a preinstalled Windows 8 PC?
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The Samsung Galaxy S3 is the most frustrating phone I've ever owned!
I too have severe connection problems with the Galaxy S3 even with AirDroid, on CentOS. Can someone make sense of WHY AirDroid is not on the local subnet? Here's what happens: 0. I have no data plan...
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Basic suggestions requested for initial war driving from home
I will state outright that I'm very interested in *learning* how to connect to whatever is (randomly) connectible within range of my home WiFi. I don't yet know *what is connectible* around my house...
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Google Project Loon
No internet connectivity in the middle of nowhere? Google to the rescue with Project Loon: A collection of up to 300 balloons, flying at about 20km altitude, acting as a mesh network. First tests will...
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What makes one channel better than another?
I'm using Wifi Analyzer on my android phone. It has a screen that shows channels and their ratings, but never says how they determine the rating. Usually they suggest 1 or more "better" channels but I...
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our Linksys migration - BEFSX41 --> WRT160N
mine is label listed as V3 -
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home brew wifi antenna on Craigslist
For your entertainment. I recall when I looked into this, the dish network dishes aren't really big enough to make it worth using a dish. That is, there is some loss in just painting the dish, so you...
 
Problem with Repeater
For quite some time, I used a ZyXEL WAP3205 wireless repeater with a Westell 327W (provided by Verizon). Recently, I switched to Comcast and bought a Netgear WNDR3700v4 and a Motorola SB6121....
 
Kindle probs with MiFi
Sounds perfectly logical to me, assuming you have Internet bandwidth to spare. What am I missing?
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From the Archives: Hi-Tech Guru Offers a (Micro)Chip for Your Thoughts
From the Archives: May 15, 2000 Privacy advocates fear that as rapid advances are made in technology, the p ersonal lives of Americans may be shadowed by a cloud no bigger than a comp uter chip....
 
WiFi->Ethernet bridge for multiple devices?
I'm looking for a device which would allow all of my wired network devices to access the Internet via a single wireless hotspot, presumably by plugging into a port on a network switch. I see devices...
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WPS attack?
I was looking for the youtube video on skyhook to trace MACs, but stumbled upon a video for "reaver". This looks like hacker code that exploits WPS. Google Code Archive - Long-term storage for Google...
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triangulation
I was wondering if my iPad had gps, which it doesn't. I seemed to enable tracking in google map. Is it mostly using only my wifi, since it does not usually see any other networks, except on occasion,...
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What does it mean for a (VOIP) phone company to "make a route change"?
Today I was having trouble connecting with Ooma to certain phone numbers in a particular area code and the Customer Support wrote back that they fixed it by "making a route change". What does it mean...
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