Image by krzysztof-m from Pixabay Use online storage as a backup repository Do you have backups of your important files? What would you do if you couldn’t access your files because your computer was lost, stolen, or died? Wouldn’t it…
How to Open the Windows Task Manager Like most things in Windows, there are several ways to open the Task Manager. I’ll show you the shortcuts, here are five ways. Press the keys Ctrl+Shift+Esc at the same time. Press the…
Ubiquiti Breach Ubiquiti Inc., an American technology company that makes prosumer-grade networking equipment, disclosed on Jan 11th, 2021, that a breach involving a third-party cloud provider had possibly exposed customer account credentials. The disclosure said that they currently are not…
FYI – The latest version of Windows 10 is 20H2 (as of March 2021). See details here. All versions of Windows 10 are 64-bit. Older versions of Windows [XP, 7, 8, Vista] had both 32-bit & 64-bit versions. Finding the…
pfSense and FreeBSD to pull kernel-mode WireGuard WireGuard is a secure network tunnel, which aims to replace IPsec as well as OpenVPN. It’s more secure, more performant, and easier to use. Well, this past week the kernel-mode WireGuard was pulled…
Whether you know it or not, you use a modem & router. They might look the same but the difference will become apparent after reading below. Modem A modulator-demodulator is what we call a modem. It’s the hardware device that…
Your IP address is a set of numbers that is used to identify you when you (your computer) communicating over networks. When you connect with Wi-Fi or Ethernet to a network, you get assigned a private IP address. This address…
Do you have an old laptop lying around collecting dust? Want to make it faster or repurpose it? Find some cool things to do with an old computer. 1. Repurpose An Old Laptop Turn into a Chromebook Use CloudReady from…
WHY? Passwords are easier than ever to crack. There are many tools that can be used to crack passwords. Two of the common attacks used by these tools are Dictionary & Brute force. Dictionary attacks use words that can be…
What are VLANs? Most consumer routers only have two networks (WAN & LAN). WAN (external) having 1 physical interface LAN (internal) having 1 – 5 interfaces Virtual Local Area Network or VLANS are network segmentations. If your router or switch…
