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inSSIDer - Wireless Network Survey Software

Need to inspect your wireless network? Use inSSIDer from MetaGeeks. This software is an excellent software to inspect your wireless network. Surveys can easily be performed with a full functional software that shows all of your SSIDs. Allowing you to look a the channels and signal strengh.

Top Reasons for IT Security Breaches

Security Breaches occur when patches, updates, untrained personnel, misconfiguration of servers and other issues occur. To protect your network, you should look at these top ten vulnerabilities and think outside of the box to protect your network.

Wardriving Demystified

"Protect your wireless network from wardrivers, stay tuned for details at ten!", the announcer warns in a foreboding tone. Most of us have heard this news story, or some rendition. It graces the airways of our local news every few months. But are these rumors true or just another ratings scheme?

Recovering Your Wireless WPA Key

Need to recover your WPA key because you reloaded Windows or forgot to save the wireless key to your computer? Use WirelessKeyView or quickly reset your router to reset the key. The importance of keeping your network secure cannot be over emphasised.

Introduction to Local and Wide-area Networks - Part 5

In this article we continue our look at various types of networks by digging into the working of routed packet delivery.

NetSurveyor Review: An Excellent Free Wireless Scanner and Discovery Tool

Need to analyze your wireless network or do you need to perform a wireless survey? NetSurveyor is a 802.11 wireless network discovery tool. This tool is used to analysis and gather information about wireless access points. This real time tool is used to display information about your wireless.

SoftPerfect Network Scanner

Looking for a way to scan your network and inventory your hardware? SoftPerfect Network Scanner offers a free and easy way to scan your network. This amazing network scanner doesn't need to be installed yet it offers dozens of features.

Introduction to Local and Wide-area Networks - Part 1

This is the first in a series of articles intended to help business users, cast into the role of security manager or administrator, understand how the technology that underlies the small and medium size business network works. In this installment, we begin with a series overview followed by an introduction to how a computer, and the network to which...

Information Security Primer - Part 1

This is the first in a series exploring the basic principles of information and network defense. This article reviews the history of networks and the emergence of security. This series, and other upcoming articles about security and risk management in small and medium size businesses, contain updated content from the book "Just Enough Security:...

Creating a VLAN for Security

Creating a VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network) can help to increase security on your network. Many Network Administrators create VLANs to hold down broadcast traffic and ignore their Wireless network. Creating VLANs for your wireless helps broadcast traffic and increases security.