News and Reviews

Normally I don't cross-post information about articles I do for other sites on to my own site, but I think this should be an exception. I was asked to revise an old 2008 article for SmallNetBuilder on cracking WPA / WPA2. I went in full steam and learned as much as I could. Let's just say the results were surprising to say the least. Passwords I had used for years, that I thought were pretty secure, fell in minutes to some of the attacks I ran against them.
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LAN Speed Test was designed from the ground up to be a simple but powerful tool for measuring file transfer, hard drive, USB Drive, and Local Area Network (LAN) speeds (wired & wireless). It does this by building a file in memory, then transfers it both ways (without effects of windows file caching) while keeping track of the time, and then does the calculations for you. Simple concept and easy to use. You'll find that LAN Speed Test will quickly become one of your favorite network tools!
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I received an email today that my time to order a Raspberry Pi has arrived. I'm not quite sure what I'll do with it yet, but expect at least a few articles regarding different uses for it.

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If you're lucky enough to have an HWg-STE ethernet thermometer for monitoring temps in your network closet or home theater cabinet, you know how hard it is to find the 1-wire temp sensor to complete both sensor inputs if you only have one sensor. In this short article I'll show you how to make one with a few parts from Home Depot and ebay.

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Awhile back I reviewed the tuxgraphics smartphone garage door opener, which you can purchase here. After using it for awhile I decided it was the perfect candidate for a simple bat file. This short article will show you how to monitor whether your garage door is open or closed with just the use of a bat file. You might have interest in doing this if your family often forgets to close the door and you're worried about theft from your garage.

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