WiFi Speed Testing Using WLANController.com Version 2013.1 of WLANController.com has been released and one of the new features is centralized speed testing. See below on how to use new feature. If don’t have one already sign up for account at wlancontroller.com Note Profile ID and Key from confirmation screen. Download latest software agents for Mac [...]
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Microsoft Surface Tips and Tricks for Windows RT (updated: 10/31/2012) Below are tips and tricks I have found via Microsoft documentation, Internet sites and experimentation. I’ll update below as I get more time to use Microsoft Surface. “Home Button” The Windows logo on the device is the home button. Touch the graphic to toggle between [...]
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SuperScan Mac App – TCP Port Scanner, Banner Grabber and Bonjour Scanner SuperScan provides TCP port scanning, banner grabbing, and detects enabled Bonjour services. User SuperScan to discover devices on your network and which ports or services are enabled. SuperScan’s Bonjour detection feature is a great way to troubleshoot and test Bonjour Gateways on enterprise [...]
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Belkin F5U409 USB to Serial Driver for Mac OS X (and 64 bit Windows 7) The Belkin F5U409 USB to serial adapter uses the same drivers as Magic Control Technologies U232-P9 Adapter. MCT has drivers for Mac OS X and Windows 7 64 bit. Local Files U232-P9 / Belkin F5U409 Windows 98SE, ME, 2000, XP, [...]
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5 GHz WiFi Speed Test for iPhone 5 Web based WiFi speed tests for iPhones rely on uploading/downloading data from the Internet. While this type of test is fine for most scenarios where the device under test has a high speed connection to the Internet, it isn’t the best way to determine the true performance [...]
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iPerf3 / iPerf 3 for Windows 8, 7, and XP iPerf is a TCP and UDP bandwidth performance measurement tool. Iperf was developed by NLANR/DAST as a modern alternative for measuring maximum TCP and UDP bandwidth performance. Iperf allows the tuning of various parameters and UDP characteristics. Iperf reports bandwidth, delay jitter, datagram loss. iPerf3 [...]
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WiFiMedic – WiFi RSSi in dBm on Your iPhone and iPad on the App Store Introducing WiFiMedic, our newest WiFi focused app for iOS. WiFiMedic reports the vital signs of your WiFi connection. If you device is associated to an access point the app can report information below. Access point manufacturer name Access point MAC [...]
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Raspberry Pi Alternatives “The Raspberry Pi is a credit-card sized computer that plugs into your TV and a keyboard. It’s a capable little PC which can be used for many of the things that your desktop PC does, like spreadsheets, word-processing and games. It also plays high-definition video. We want to see it being used [...]
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USNAP – Utility Smart Network Access Port Alliance The USNAP Alliance is similar to the Wi-Fi Alliance for “Smart Grid” solutions. “The mission of the Utility Smart Network Access Port (USNAP) Alliance is to create a protocol independent serial interface standard that enables any HAN (Home Area Network) standard, present and future, to use any [...]
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How Android and iOS Can Protect Users from WiFi Protected Setup (WPS) Wi-Fi Alliance’s Wi-Fi Protected Setup specification describes how a wireless device can be automatically configured with wireless network security settings. The goal was to make it easier for non techies to configure devices to securely connect to wireless routers. On Dec 27, 2011 [...]
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