Saturday 27 July 2013

Sharing Internet Over Another Router

Dear readers, today I have really simple but effective solution for you to share internet over another router as I did with mine.  As my place is big and sometimes I had problem in getting signals of my router when I am away from my room, where I have my main internet connection and phone cable...

I decided to connect another wireless router which should work like network hub/switch and I can connect to it when I am at the other side of the home...

Now after doing this I will have wireless internet access all over my place and where ever I go and sit having my laptop, I will not have any problem with the internet...

I decided to install another new modem through network cable and the setting were very simple which I want to share with you people...

First I changed the ip address of my modem from Advance Setup and then going to LAN option where you will usually find it as 192.168.1.1.

Now I did changed it to 192.168.1.50 and then went to DHCP settings and saw the DHCP was enabled which I changed to disable it...

Furthermore, I changed the password for this device by going to Management option cause I wanted to make it secure by not letting any person to login and ruin my modem settings...

Now the question is that why DHCP should be disable???

For your understanding and future memory, when DHCP enabled on second modem, every time when I will try to connect with the second modem, the IP address will be assigned from this modem which will not allow the IP request to go to the first modem which will have internet access...

When you disable the DHCP, the PC/Laptop is connected with second modem on wireless but the IP address is assigned from the first modem, which off course is connected with the internet and let your PC/Laptop access the internet...

Now the second device you connected will only work as hub/switch device and not modem...

Hopefully, this will help you and make your life more easier...

Friday 26 July 2013

Secure your Network by enabling 'MAC Filter' option

I don't really understand how to start this post but yes I made my network secure and wanted you people as well to do the same, that is why I want to share with you my experience...

I got this when trying to dig into my modem setup about how I can secure my internet connection to not get shared with people I don't want...

I know there is option for wireless security and password system but I used a unique system to secure my internet.  Let me show you some of my settings...

I hope you can see my wireless security settings, if you notice 'Network Authentication' is 'Open' and 'WEP Encryption' is 'disables'...

Now anybody who can see my wireless network signals might think that its an open network to connect, right?

Yes it is, there is no doubt in it, but the problem is when he will try to connect this open connection, it will not connect and the message he will always get is that 'disconnected'...

There is no problem with the network and nothing wrong with internet connection as but the thing which is working through this is that my MAC filter is enabled...

I will show you how to enable it and how it works almost 'perfectly' for me at least... ;)

Before you start, first thing that is important is that you connect your PC or Laptop with router/modem with network cable (which normally comes with your router/modem), and not with wireless connection...

Once you login to your modem by giving 192.168.1.1 address for router setup and admin/admin as your user and password.

Now look for MAC filter option in your modem setup might look light below image if you are using PTCL internet services and their device/modem... 


In the above picture if you see I did enable the MAC filter.  Do the same and save the settings.

After you saved now you look for your PC/Laptop MAC address by opening your command prompt...

and writing command ipconfig/all

You will see some information running on the screen, now look for wireless adapter physical address which will look like 00:FV:AB:12:45:78...



Remember that after enabling the MAC Filter option you select 'Allow' option which will let you add the MAC addresses you want to allow to connect to your network and rest of them will not be able to connect.

Simply add the physical address of your wireless network adapter and you are done...

Now remove the cable and try to connect with wireless connection... You will notice that your connection will be open and not secure by wireless password but your MAC filter will not allow any other device to the network till the time you do not allow it by entering its MAC (physical address)...

The only way is to connect with your router/modem is if you let someone connect his/her PC/Laptop with network cable or you yourself let them connect by entering their PC/Laptop's MAC address to your Allow filter list...

I hope this might help you get your connect secure...

Remember one thing that once a person connected to your network means that person can enter into setup of your modem by using standard ip address 192.168.1.1 and standard user/password admin/admin...

Better you change your router/modem admin password by finding Management Menu and then Security Access or Password change option and change it so that no one can know your settings...

Best of luck with this security trick trick...

Tuesday 23 July 2013

Amazing, Outstanding, Crystal Clear and Live Looking new iOS 7

Just saw the new iOS 7 coming this fall 2013...

They started with 'The Mobile OS with whole new Prospective'...

When I heard that from Mr. D. Cook was getting excited that it going to be in new iOS 7 as I was sure that like each and every time when Apple try to deliver something new, it has some tremendous changes for the apple product users...

This time Apple really shocked me with this totally new look and feel of iOS 7 which will be available for the following:

iPhone 4
iPhone 4s and iPhone 5

iPad
iPad 2 and iPad mini

for iPod touch it will support iPod touch (5th Generation)

Furthermore I would like to talk about different features of the new iOS 7 with their videos which I managed to download from Apple site itself...

I would like to highlight some of the features here in my blog for your review and comments...


Home Screen:
When you see at the home screen you will come to know about the clarity of icons and by moving your iDevice you will be able see behind your icons the beauty of wallpapers you use on your home screen.


Control Center:
Control Center like this is introduced for the first time by Apple.  One of the most important features your phone should have which can be seen by scrolling your finger from the bottom of the screen...  The feature lets to activate Airport Mode, Wife, Rotation Lock, Volume of your device, the brightness of your phone, calculator, camera and torch etc.














Notification Center:
This feature was already introduced previously but this time and look and feel and additional features of today, all and missed added an easy to use Notification Center to the users and also it will like previous version show all of your notifications from social media to your calender schedules.












Multitasking:
Multitasking in new iOS 7 is just amazing because of its look and feel and easy to operation i.e. whenever I want to jump to any of the running applications, its should first screen with icon of the application running.  Easily by scrolling left and right I can select and jump to the application and closing any application is more easier than ever, just swipe the application to the top and it will close.  Another amazing feature, which I liked the most is that iOS 7 will intelligently notice the timings of your usage of web based applications, so that whenever you open news, sports, weather forecast or any application which requires to be updated from web will automatically update the new information for you.  So next time when you open the application it will be ready for you which latest updates and information and you will not need to wait for browsing and downloading additional or update information from the web at that particular time.



iTunes Radio:
For the very first time Apple introduced its iTunes Radio which is a real fun for music lovers.  Here you can listen to different stations by selecting your choice of music even can create and broadcast your own Radio Station which will play the music you love and can be shared with your friends and colleagues.











Photos:
Apple has really modified this feature as per the user requirements like it will arrange all of your photos by place and date and you can see your entire gallery by zooming out the photo gallery and can see and select a single photo of yours by just pointing your finger, which will show you bigger view of the specific photo you are pointing at.  You can select and share a photo or album by date and location directly from your photo application.











Camera:
Now the Camera feature in iOS 7 really loaded with some cool features, where you can change the color scheme of your picture before taking it, like grey scale or black and white etc.  Also you can make video and edit it after finished taking your video.  The panorama feature is added to this new Camera Application which is really cool to take pictures of nature and number of friends insisting to take their picture in one shot.











Safari:
Oh, my God... I really loved what they have done to this amazing browser.  Its really amazing flash enabled and really smooth.  The part I loved about it is that when you move your pages which already browsed and when you try to make selection between them and want to close one of them by just swiping it to the left side.  The look and feel and amazing and works really smooth.







Siri:
I love this feature in iOS cause whenever I used to get bore, I get to chat with Siri and its good to play and ask for different tasks.  Siri is one of the amazing inventions from Apple and they have introduced it with male voice also and in different languages.












Mailbox:
The look and feel of Mailbox is simple and crystal clear.  Really smooth to work with, full page view which gives you feeling of reading a paper mail which is not folded and just clearly printed which rich text and colorful images.












Weather:
Weather forecast application is just cool with animations and voice of thunder storm, rain and sunny day.  It also updates the information as frequent as you use it.  It also, with help of multitasking feature notice the pattern of your use and visit to this application and updates it automatically.












Messages:
Message center in iOS 7 is eye catching because of its look and transparency of text and colors moving from bottom to the message window.  Supports photos on the screen with clarity and feel of smooth operation.



Above were some of the feature discussed about iOS 7 which I really loved, hope the information shared will help you choose your smartphone and enjoy this new amazing iOS 7.

You can download the Beta version which is available for iOS Developers only, off course if you are a registered developer of iOS Applications.