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I am just wondering, how do browsers actually keep/save usernames and passwords? Is it in plaintext? or encrypted somewhere and then decrypted when a specific page is visitted?

Before going on to tell how to get DD-WRT secured with VPN, it is important to determine whether your router is compatible with DD-WRT or not. Most commonly used wireless routers including Linksys, Cisco, D-Link, Verizon, Sitecom and TP-Link are DD-WRT compatible. Check out whether your router’s name appears in …

Hi Guys. I knw what I want to achieve but not how to achieve it! Any hints would be gratefuly received, or, if it's not possible, tell me so I can stop trying. I have an internet connection -> router with NAT, DHCP etc -> LAN with all kinds of …

Looking for an efficient way to block p2p content on a hotel network.

I have a Dell Inspiron E1705. For some odd reason, my computer will freeze sometime while my wireless radio is on, while I'm at my apartment. I have already ruled out a power, memory, or overheating issue. I reformatted and reinstalled XP, yet it still did it. If I disable …

Hello guys, we all have read about HTTP, TCP/IP and all kinds of protocols OSI model. My genuine question is whether a protocol is hardware or it is a software or combination of both ? Your views are valuable. Thanks.

Hello, On my workplace in last 5 days there is some block when I open youtube.com or facebook.com. It looks like this: http://postimage.org/image/w01p35hif/ on **every** video I open. I don't use facebook so that is not big loss for me;) but I would like to know how can I "skip" …

I have a router in one room of my house and wires running through the house into my bedroom where it's connected to a switch that further connected to several different computers in my room. What I am wanting to know is how the traffic flows from one computer to …

So I have a little vague question and I don't know what to even google to get right answer. I am trying to setup email client on friend's computer remotely. I tried outlook, native windows 10 client and thunderbird, they all fail to connect server in anyway with all settings. …

How to login 192.168.1.254?

I've had this networking problem for a while and it's interfearing with another networking problem. I can share a folder on Computer(A) running Windows10 and have Computer(B) running Windows10 access the shared folder; although I can't share a folder on Computer(B) and have Computer(A) access the shared folder, or any …

If all computers are on a network sharing the same network name. The only group or userName I can assign to the network is; everyone. How can I give each computer it's own unique name that is only specific within the Share permissions for a Group or Username ?

Most of us know how Symbolic links work, they point to another file or folder on the system. Symbolic links don't work with network folders. You can create a symbolic link on a networked folder to point to a local drive. The result is you point the local folder to …

Hello Daniweb Community, Lately we have been experiencing slow internet, now the thing is. In the house we have **12 devices** connected, then from the router it goes out to the bungalow which has around **5-7 devices**. The router we have in the house is a TP-Link Archer D50 and …

I have a home lab I am trying to configure multiple subnets on and use Routing and Remote Access LAN Routing to get everything talking. I have two hosts w/ 5 physical NICS running Hyper-V. I have the NICS configured on each host so they each are in a different …

I'm having issues with my TrendMicro anti-virus software where my disk activity hits 100% for 10-15 minute periods randomly throughout the day. TM tech support has made a few suggestions but in order to track their effectiveness I have to monitor my disk activity in such a way that I …

Each years our computers are getting faster, games more demanding, which fuels better computers. We develop more memory in lesser spaces. We develop processors that calculate more than super-computers 20 years back. We had 56k modems, 1M, 2M, 5M networking, just recently there is possibility to get 1.5G at your …

Hi again. I would like to ask, i my sriCam sp011 Ipcamera, the Ip address is already given as well the port. So i tried to make a port forward it in my router with the same Ip address and port. I also turn off the firewall, and even make …

Hello Daniweb Community, I'm wanting to know if anyone has an idea on how to distribute wifi throughout a motel? The idea I got is kind of simple but the thing is how do I set certain bandwidth of guests/rooms? so when a guest checks in they are given like …

Hello Daniweb, I'm going to moving houses soon, a house we might be moving into has a bungalow and I was wondering how I'd go about running ethernet from the house to the bungalow? My idea was to some how run the ether from the house to outside then dig …

1.Does a Router also have a MAC address or just IP? 2.how does a router recognize a Switch because switches don't have IP address? 3.is it using the MAC? if so do routers deal with both network and data link layers? thanks

Good Morning, As this is a homework question, I'm hoping for some guidance in the correct direction or a website. I was given an IPv6 address and I need to find the EUI portion of the address. And EUI is just the first 24 bits of a MAC address with …

Good Afternoon, I've been studying communications between switches and it seems relativly easy to understand with the exception of why they have so many modes. There's trunk, nonegotiate, dynamic desirable, dynamic auto, and access. (I think that's all of them). In addition to this, some switches can choose between dot1q …

Good Evening, I just can't seem to wrap my head around this IP addressing. Lets say I want to use 192.168.1.0 default gateway. Then Router IP Address = 192.168.1.0 Lets say my subnet mask is 255.255.255.224 = 32 IP addresses and 30 hosts. That makes my first line out g0/0 …

Good Evening, I hope everyone is doing well this evening. Regarding the subject of subnetting in a LAN, please bear with me as I try to quantify the question in which I have. While the question did spawn from a homework assignment that I am attempting to complete for a …

OK, this is specifically regarding Cisco Catalyst 2900s, 4500s, and 6500s. I've always matched my interface VLANs to my VLANs. Lets say I have VLAN 10 on a 2900, and all hosts on it have IP addresses on 192.168.10.0/24. I'd create a VLAN 10 on my 4500 and an Interface …

I just added a generic 4 port wired hub to a linksys router. I can access the router configuration pages through the hub, but no internet access through the wired connection. Wireless works fine, and hub is obviously connecting to the router. I've done this on my own network many …

I need some SSH help, from what I can remember, accidently I enabled a cloud feature on my NAS that put all existing files in the following folders, common problem amoungst many; \.wdmc\transcoded_files\944dfee7a3934671a1b910639b68a05a. The only solution is though SSH & delete the folders but keep the files that are hidden …

I was informed not to use HomeGroups, instead use regular Networking ! I've given all computers the same workgroup name as was suggested instead of using Homegroups, specifically a Windows7 computer can see the shared folders on a Windows8.1 computer, but the Window8.1 computer can't see the folders on the …

Hello Daniweb Community, I have recently been thinking about switching from a Wi-Fi connection to a direct connection over ethernet, however when I tried an ethernet connection from my router to my PS4, I calculated the average download speed after about 5 Wi-Fi connection tests and 5 ethernet connection tests …

I would like to know the process or procedure for how one goes about aquiring a CCNA certificate. Also, do you get one certificate at for all 4 CCNA's in the Exploration program or is it 4 individual ones? And how does Pearson VUE come into play? This information would …

Can I, without uploading my entire NAS to the cloud, access my NAS though a cloud based service to access via WiFi ? Since I don't own a router, rather a DSL modem.

Recently our cable provider boosted the internet speed to 15Mb/s down and 2Mb/s up. My son is connected to a desktop through the Cisco router and gets the stated speed. My wife has a newer Dell laptop and she also gets the stated speed. My laptop is much older. I …

Hi folks, Generally, i access my internet without using any proxy servers ie my firefox/IE always has this option unchecked. Then i ran ultra surf this one time (on vista x64) and it worked fine but then once i closed ultra surf i couldn't connect in either browser, inspite of …

Suppose you receive a phone call from a client in Sales who cannot print a report on a printer in the Research and Development department. The report is from a database created on a server located at headquarters. The client tells you that other members of the Sales department are …

Since trying to install drush on my web server ssh my prompt has changed to -jailshell-4.1$. It used to be castlesw@castleswebdesign.co.uk [~] #. I dont seem to be able to change it even when i close the session and re open it still sarts the prompt with -jailshell-4.1$ once logged …

Hi Guys! I want to seek advice on how to deploy a Firewall Appliance side-by-side with a cisco router. The topology is like this. Cisco Router -> Firewall Appliance -> VLAN SW. I have already created a transit link between the units. The firewall appliance can see the router interface …

Hi, I have a small home network which I will try to give as much info about as possible. I have 3 PCs connected to a Linksys WRT54GS router. Each computer is assigned a static IP in the network. What I want to do is to find some way to …

Hi ,I have an laptop (Acer) bought 2years Back ,which i'm unable to acess blutooth in it . i'm not able to synchronise with my phone even to share the files from lapi to phone visa-versa.Can any one help me how to activate it pl.

I need help, I have 2 8-port hubs and 12 computers. Can I connect the two hubs together to make it function as 1? If yes, how do I do it? Do I need special hardware or software to do it? I'd very appreciate all the help you can give …

Hello Daniweb, I've recently become interested in networking, especially the administrative side of it (monitoring them, managing and resolving faults etc.) and therefore I thought one of the best ways I could learn was to see what was actually happening on them. I installed Wireshark for Ubuntu, and everything seems …

Hello everyone! I have a server/client application running in 4 internet cafes, and i have a packet duplication problem in one of them. I have thoroughly examined my code and tested it in my lab and cannot find any bugs whatsoever. So on rare conditions some of the clients seems …

I'm not able to login into my router admin panel. I'm connected with LAN cable,my wifi is disabled. I'm using 192.168.1.1 to login into router. It always says connection timed out. I just want to use this router to improve my wifi coverage in the house.

Hi to all, I have a question about port forwarding & VPN. Just recently attempted to setup a VPN connection to my home PC over internet and what I notice is that port forwarding on router is not needed for other services to be accessed on a LAN PC that's …

Hi all, I've just started to work on a lazy mans network - everything is unmanaged. I've now been asked to install a media server so that we can provide a source for the 90+ TV screens in our thirty remote offices, a system such as this: http://www.cabletime.com/how-it-works/ The only …

i am working on a project right now and wanted to know some opinions. Let's say there is a large building with a protected network(computers, printers...) If we wanted to integrate other computers form different locations, linked to that network. What could happen in terms of security, possible threats? I …

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Hey guys, just heads up to change your passwords!, here is the story on the hacker news [Link](http://thehackernews.com/2014/10/nearly-7-million-dropbox-account.html)

Any help that can be offered would be greatly appreciated. I just took on this account and all I want to do is rip everything down and re-wire it all with new equipment but they won't let me. I have attempted a diagram to show the current setup. Please see …

I was just watching some of the educational videos from imperva on youtube, and one of them was session hijacking. Basically you can obtain a coockie, in some way such as cross-site scripting, and then use the coockie to access a web page where you will be logged in as …