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Netgear Router Reset & Most Common Default Router Password

Netgear Router Reset procedure and default user names and password.
...for those tired of searching for info buried in a FAQ or forced to read an encyclopedia for basic info.

default         username is admin
password is either password or         1234

The actual reset procedure is filed under a misleading title...

Forgotten or Lost Router Password
Link: Forgotten or Lost Router Password.

Reset for most routers with a reset button           on the rear panel

      

 

Write down  configuration information such as IP addresses, security         keys, opened ports and services, etc., that you  modified. (The default         username is admin and the password is either password or         1234. Try these before resetting the router.)

       

1. Press the reset button on the back until the test light blinks. This takes about 10 seconds. (To           avoid accidental resets, the small button is recessed. Use a pen or           paperclip to access it.)
2. Release the button.
3. Wait for the router to reboot.
4. Log  in with the default
             password.
   

   If the router was not cleared, try these additional steps AFTER the
             router has finished rebooting.

   
            
5. Unplug the router's power.
6. Press and hold the reset button. While the button is held down, reconnect
             router's power.
7. Continue to hold the reset button for 20 seconds after reconnecting
             the power.
8. Wait for the router to reboot.
9. Log in with the default password.

 

Denver Airport Offers Free Wi-Fi

Link: PC World

Denver International Airport quietly drops the fee for wireless Internet access in time to serve ads to holiday travelers.

Stephen Lawson, IDG News Service
Monday, December 10, 2007

Denver International Airport is betting that travelers will like getting something for free, and so far it looks like a good bet.

The airport, one of the busiest in the U.S., last month switched its public Wi-Fi offering from paid to advertising-supported. Within a week, and with no public notice of the change, Wi-Fi use grew tenfold, said Jim Winston, director of telecommunications for the airport. He expects the network to get even busier.

DIA is a large-scale case study of free Wi-Fi in airports. About 50 million passengers pass through the airport every year, with as many as 165,000 per day during busy times of the year, airport spokesman Jeff Green said. Now that Wi-Fi is free, there are 7,000 to 8,000 connections to the network per day, according to Winston. To link all those free users with the Internet, the airport at first bumped up its "backhaul" to 5M bps (bits per second) but later found that wasn't enough. It now has a 10M bps connection just for the Wi-Fi users.

CES 2008 Consumer Electronics Coverage

CES 2008

Our coverage of CES 2008 this year and focus will be GPS Fleet Management tools and Home Automation Products and usage. As always, anything of tech interest is fair game and may be on our radar this year.

Home Automation Products
We are thrilled with our Control 4 Home Automation system and will compare Control4 to other vendors as CES approaches. More later…

Card Access Zigbee Products
Card Access has developed some really slick products that integrate very well with Control4 Home Automation systems. We've found them easy to install, dependable and they work as advertised. There probably isn't an easier way to add contact points to a system if you don't have an integrated security system.

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Microsoft researchers follow Web spam money trail

Link: Zero Day | ZDNet.com

March 19th, 2007

Posted by Ryan Naraine @ 7:40 am Categories: Hackers,  Microsoft,  Browsers,  Vulnerability research,  Spam and Phishing,  Spyware and Adware,  Botnets,  Viruses and Worms,  Data theft             

Using a homegrown tool called Fiddler, researchers at Microsoft have come up with a system to track the money that flows from big-name advertisers to search engine spammers.

The methodology, created by Microsoft Research in partnership with the University of California, Davis, has already uncovered a complex scheme where a small group using false doorway pages are able to profit by  redirecting traffic passed from search engines in one direction and then sending advertisements acquired from syndicators in the opposite direction.  (More at the New York Times).

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IT-Director.com: Sourcefire - the open source answer to net

Link: IT-Director.com: Sourcefire - the open source answer to net.

Sourcefire - the open source answer to network security Published: 4th November 2004 Author: Fran Howarth Channel: Information Security

In the past couple of years, technologies such as intrusion detection and protection systems have become mainstream tools in the corporate security arsenal. But many feel less than satisfied with the performance of some of these technologies. In particular, the number of false positives - when a legitimate piece of communication is flagged as being a possible security threat - is proving to be expensive for organisations in terms of the amount of time IT staff must spend dealing with what is actually legitimate traffic.

How to build a NOC for under $2000 - Revised

Rich Moffitt's website

Network Operations Center or NOC
cornerstone of all computer networks

monitors connections, network activity, spots problems, conducts threat assessments, and calculates scalability requirements with customer demands

8' X 10' room
4 computers
Three monitors - large + two (17")
KVM switch
OOB dialup

Troubleshoot Your Network

Troubleshoot Your Network

Basic Network Run Commands from PC Magazine
By John Clyman
May 4, 2004

When you encounter a network problem, some of these command line tools can help you narrow down the source. From the command prompt:

• ping ipaddress (for example, ping 192.168.0.1) shows whether your PC can contact another computer or network device at a specific IP address. First ping your router to see if your LAN is working, then ping something on the Internet to see if the problem is outside.

• tracert ip address (for example, tracert 192.168.0.101) reveals every router hop from your PC to another computer or network device. If you start seeing dropped responses, you may be able to tell whether the problem is local.

• ipconfig /all shows all your computer's IP-related settings. If your PC is having trouble getting online, try ipconfig /renew to refresh your IP address or get a new one.

• netstat gives you a list of all the active TCP/IP ports on your system, very useful in detecting whether a Trojan horse has commandeered your system. For more information, see the article "Don't Let Your PC Become a Porn Zombie.