10 ways to keep your wireless router secure!!

Paul2 Replies

I have been doing quite a few router reworks. I’ve got a wireless G router from my DSL provider and Have had problems with someone in my neighborhood trying to get onto my router. They were trying everything. I wanted to give you some suggestions that would help you keep your secure and have some piece of mind!!

  1. Turn off Signal Identification (What your router name is)– By turning of the signal so no one can see the broadcast name will greatly make it harder for anyone to get onto your router.

  2. Change your router identification – Creating a unique router identification will also make it harder for anyone to guess router identification. Keep the identification something that is unidentifiable to the location where you live.

  3. USE WPA and not WEP – WEP has been cracked so if at all possible use WPA encryption and that too will make it harder for an unwanted guest.

  4. Use a Random Password Generator (Roboform an generate secure random passwords) [“Use one these promo codes to get it cheaper”] – By using a random password you prevent hackers from guessing the Network password of your WPA key.

  5. Change your Admin name account, if you can. – Some Admin accounts can be change to something else. The default admin is the most widely used one.  Change it to something ONLY you will know. You will increase your security also that way.
  6. Change the default password and Use the Random Password Generator (Roboform) [“Use one these promo codes to get it cheaper”]– Same as tip 4 but the is a must every time I get a new router or have to reset my router.

  7. If your not expecting to have a lot of laptops on the network turn on Media Access Control filter – Preventing unauthorized computers from connecting to the wireless router helps you lock down the router!!

  8. Update your BIOS – If you have a flash bios on the router update that. There may be know vulnerabilities of old routers that hackers can use to gain access.

  9. Turn Router Firewall to Medium – They say having a hardware firewall is harder for any viruses and Trojans to get in or out. It also helps to prevent hackers from gaining access to the router.

  10. Back up your configuration – Some routers let you back up your current configurations in case you need to restore the configuration if you have to reset the router. This will make it easier to restore the router to your preferred specifications.

This isn’t all you need to do but this will get your going on the right track.  If you want to check out the routers firewall.  Go to GRC Shields up and do a battery of tests on y our connection.  The more prepared you are the harder it is for a hacker/unwanted guests to get on your network.  If you have any suggestions that you want to throw my way just post a comment or go to my About me page and email me!!

How to get Hulu to add content!

Paul3 Replies

Why do we want to have campaigns?  Easy in order for us to have what we want from hulu we have to get there attention.   It might work and it might not but getting the attention of certain companies is the hardest part of all.  Most of the time the higher rated television companies don’t want to have anything to do with streaming.  They feel it is taking away there core audience.

Is Hulu making it easier for us to watch what we want?

That would be a definite “Yes”  So what do we want Hulu to do?  Easy to put more television shows that we want to watch.  For example here are a few shows and movies that I would like to see come to HULU:

  1. Stargate Atlantis (Sci-fi Channel)

  2. Mythbusters (Discovery Channel)

  3. This Old House (PBS)

  4. Star Trek : TOS to Voyager

  5. The Matrix (all three movies)

  6. Touched by An Angel

  7. KyleXY (You can view it on AbcFamily.com)

  8. 7th Heaven

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You’re probably asking how one person can get any of the shows or movies on Hulu?  One person probably couldn’t, but quite a few could.    How You might ask?

Here are Five steps to make it more possible to get what you want on HULU:

Step One . . . . Find people who are also looking to get the shows you want Hulu by blogging. Also by making a comment on the Hulu Blog.  The more people who talk about it and ask for it. The more chance the people who have the ability to do something about it will do something about it.

(*)Step Two . . . . Find an editor that you like on the Hulu Blog that has the same interests that you do and email them asking for information about that show.  You tell them you would like a tv program on HULU.

(*)Step Three . . . Do an Internet Movie Database search and find out who owns the rights for this.  Try to find someway to contact them and tell them you would like that show on HULU, explain why and how it could help them!!

(*)Step Four. . . . Blog about it or email your friends telling them how to contact that same company to be able to view that TV show on HULU for free.  Let them know the more who call the better chance it will eventually get on HULU!

(*)Step Five . . . . Do a Google search with the words “Hulu [Television show or move]”.  See if you can find other blogs that feel this way and make a comment to them about your blog.  The more that know about your blog and what you want on Hulu the better chance the right people will find out!

(*)Remember, Don’t Spam!

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Although some of this is common sense, it takes more than one person to get your favorite shows onto Hulu.  I wanted to throw out these suggestions.  Most of the cable companies and movie companies don’t want you to stream the videos because they feel they are lossing money but we are the consumer know that’s not true.

This is why I made a blog post about this to better help people get power over these companies.  I feel streaming is going to live past the television age and they need to adjust to what people want.  If you feel like I do, tell people about this blog post or you can also go to my HULU DISCUSSION community area and post you comments there.

Remember We’ve got the power to change the world, one person at a time!!

Hulu is going to be big some day and I’ll be able to tell my grandchildren I helped make Hulu what it is today!! 😉

You want to be more anonymous?

Paul

Being anonymous isn’t easy but these few steps will help you be out there in the net.  I have several ways to keep your privacy in tack, although it isn’t easy.  Some things you can do to make your life more private is:

In Firefox 3 : Tools>Options>

By making Firefox clear out your third party cookeis you can make people think you’re new.  You need 3rd party cookies for hulu and other places.

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In Firefox you will also want to clear your private data every time you close Firefox:

You will also want to make sure that “Always clear my private data when I close Firefox” is checked and then you will click settings:

As you can see all mine are checked to make sure that when I start up Firefox, it starts fresh.  I also recommend you download CCleaner which makes sure all your cache is cleared out from IE to Firefox.  I’ve not tried this with any other browsers but I would think this program would also clear out all the cache.

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I’d also suggest some other ways to be more private.  Here is a good suggestion:

Tools>Options>Security Tab:

You should also click the saved passwords button and clear out the passwords from time to time! By making sure you don’t have Firefox remember you passwords no one else can use Your saved FireFox passwords.  I’d suggest using a Password Manager.

My recommendation is:

With this you will to can be a little safer on the web.  If you like this and other articles please feel free in supporting me by clicking and buying any item on my page, you’re support helps bloggers like help us keep blogging!!

In response to Jason Calacanis!!!

Paul

Jason Calacanis’ First New Email Post.

He retires from blogging and begins bulk emailing?  Is fark?  I think not, in his first email.  He talks about how bloggers over reacts with blogs.

Most of the time you get the people who really love to blog, and those who try to make money.  It comes with the territories, but it isn’t something that we do for ourselves. It’s something that we do for our readers.  So let’s get down to the business at hand.

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Is blogging dead?
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Yes, it is. Officially. :-)

Actually, I’ve been thinking about this question and while blogging is
clearly booming, there has been a deep qualitative change in the
nature of the ’sphere. There are so many folks involved in blogging to
today, and it’s moving at a much quicker pace thanks to “social
accelerants” like TechMeme, digg, Friendfeed and Twitter. Folks are so
desperate to be heard–and we all want to be heard that’s why we
blog–that the effort put into being heard has eclipsed the actual
hearing.

[Via TechCruch]

Thanks to all the help from the social media group! I think we are more able to find more than Two years ago, finding a blog would of been, just luck! If not, by chance, we would of had to really search until we found that blog we liked and wanted to keep reading.

Others think blogging is a skill, I on the other hand think it’s something that comes with the territories. If you want to blog, you have to make yourself available to talk about anything that you’re passionate about.

Does that mean we need more readers? I say NO!  We have plenty of readers. They are just looking the blog that connects them to there ways of thinking. It isn’t the writer that determines this but by the readers. Who wants to be a better person by making contributions to their favorite blogs.

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Excelling in blogging today is about link-baiting, the act of writing
something inflammatory in order to get a link. Many folks say I’m
responsible for link-baiting–these people are absolute idiots. I’ve
never tried to get any of these insecure, lonely freaks to link to
something I’ve said.

[Via TechCrunch again]

Jason if you read this, I don’t want any link love from you.  I say that truthfully, I am not insecure or Lonely that needs link love from anyone who has quite a few followers.  I really don’t care who likes me or hates me, I do this because I love to blog.  Jason just because of a few bad apples in the group doesn’t mean all of the blogsphere is that way.

I could care less about getting link love.  I admit, I would like to have some but that is beside the point.  My integrity is nothing to laugh at.  My philosophy is that I’ll get my followers because of my principles. It just burns my biscuits that you have the tenacity to make a comment about bloggers like that.

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I personally think,  you’re not doing this to get some attention!  I know better.  You are doing this because the blogosphere has mistreated you.  I understand it, I realize that you are tired of the blogosphere trying to do all this stuff to you.  So with that I’ll end it, saying this:

“Those who do nothing, have nothing to complain about.  Those who are great have great complaints thrown at them!“