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Shows an exclamation mark on the wireless network icon.
This means that there is some problem with the connection to the Wireless Network. Most commonly caused by a misconfiguration on either your laptop or the network itself.
If you are sure both are configured correctly then the issue might be caused by interference between the router and [...]
Tags: wireless
Each location will set it’s own rules for how to access the wireless. Your best bet is to talk to the staff first to find out the protocol for accessing the wireless, but in general there are three different methodologies used to access wireless in a public area:
1) Full open, you just connect and you [...]
Very often the signal from a wireless router just doesn’t quite reach. One of the quick and cheap ways to boost that signal is to create a Wokfi.
This simple hack will allow you to direct and channel all of the wireless signals to reach far away rooms and is a great use for that wok [...]
Looks like WPA and WPA2 have a new threat: the graphics card.
Elcomsoft have been breaking WPA passwords for a while now, but they have figured out a technique to use the graphics cards that will speed up the process by 100X. That makes a task that takes days can now take hours.
So what does that [...]