WiFi Network Scanners and Windows VPN services on Hak5 ep 604
Merge folders with Winmerge
This open source Windows tool allows you to easily identify inconsistencies between two would-be identical directories and quickly make corrections, complete with keyboard shortcuts. Check out Winmerge
inSSIDer, an open source Windows WiFi Scanner
So in my never ending search for better and better utilities to make my life easier, I came across inSSIDer by metageek.
Which is basically a stripped down version of their Chanalyzer software.
Stripped down maybe, but extremely useful none the less? YES!
After performing a scan of my boss’s house who was plagued with signal drops and slow speeds, I came across the reason.
Interfering access points. His router was on channel 6, surrounded by half a dozen other access points.
So using the easy to read inSSIDer software I decided to put him on channel 11, where there were no other AP’s in range.
As soon as I made the switch, I had vastly improved signal strength, and no longer had drops walking through the house.
We’ll be running a review of the Wi-Spy products and metageek’s Chanalyzer in an upcoming episode.
LAN Party
This month’s LAN Party is Team Fortress 2 on Saturday, October 3rd, at game.hak5.org. Find all the LAN Party details at hak5lan.squarespace.com
Windows VPN connection as Service
One of the nice things about Windows Server is the built in VPN service — RRAS or Routing and Remote
Access. In this segment I demonstrate a way to connect one Windows Server to another utilizing a PPTP VPN
connection as a service. The built in VPN connection manager isn’t half bad.
A nifty feature is >the rasdial.exe program
which allows you to connect/disconnect a VPN profile from the command line. Pairing that with the AutoExNT service from the Windows Server
Resource Kit and you’ve got a VPN connection on boot, even before login.
Contest
This month’s contest is for the scatter brained and design concious desktop users. Share your desktop’s
over at Hak5.org/screenshot and be entered to
win leet Hak5 swag and Ashley Schwartau’s Hackers Are People Too DVD.
September 11 2009 05:19 pm | Podcasts and e-life and hak.5 and technology