tech tips
Getting Your Web Started
OK, I am writing this article for those who are interested in starting a journey on the web. There are many arts to an amazing and effective web site and the first part is knowing what you want to see.
As a consultant I meet with a lot of people who an in small business and want a lot of bang for their buck, and usually dont have a lot of bucks to invest. Here is what I tell them;
1) Simple can save you time and money.
- You don’t have to have a super complicated web site and all the features you see on the web for your website to do the job you need it to. While all the “bells and whistles” are nice, they usually cost more and can be added later.
- Use free stuff, there is a lot of it out there, most consultants who are worth there paycheck can help you find it
- If you know what you want to see on your site build in it a word document or draw it on a sheet of paper, take the guess work out of it. The more time you invest before the less money you will spend in the tech teams guess work.
2) Do something that YOU can maintain
- Grated there will always be places that a little help can be used, and at those times you can get your tech guy to help. However, you want to have the ability to do you updates and keep your site current with out a huge monthly fee. There are services out there that will allow you to update your site as easily as sending an e-mail. (wordpress is one of them)
3) Hire people who you can trust
- Hire some one who has worked for some one you know and shows good results. The kids who are graduating from design school may be cheap, but remember you get what you pay for. Usually that $ per hour is there becuase they are worth the extra $20 it would cost you. Some times that few hundred dollar savings can cost you hundreds or even thousands in lost customers or lost time.
Wireless Woes!
Are you locked out of your network? have you ever wanted to fix the whole things rather than have to rebuild. We have the answer:
Instructions
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Step 1
Locate the wireless network that you want to connect to. The information on the network should identify the type of hardware used, such as the brand of the router. You can normally get this information by right-clicking on the name of the network and selecting “Network Properties.” Make note of this information. If you do not have a way of detecting wireless networks to get the information, use software programs such as Kismet and Netstumbler (see resoucres below).
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Step 2
Attempt to access the system using default login information. The most common login information is “admin/admin” or “admin/password” for the username and password combination. As silly as that may sound, people actually use these combinations. If these do not work, try using the default login information that the manufacturer programed into the hardware. There is a link in the Resources section to a list of these default log ins. Should these not give you access to the network, continue to the next Step.
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Step 3
Obtain a copy of the Aircracks software package. This software consists of four different utilities. Together, these four utilities are all that you’ll need to hack into any wireless network.
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Step 4
Use Airodump to collect data packets that the network sends out. If you had obtained a copy of Kismet software in Step 1, this program will also collect packets for you. The network will sometimes use the same IV (Initialization Vector) more than once, known as a collision, so by analyzing several thousand packets, you can identify what these repeated vectors are.
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Step 5
Continue collecting data packets from the wireless network The system will periodically send out what is known as an Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) in one of these packets. This is essentially a check to see if the connection is still online. It contains the encryption key that is needed to gain access to the system. However, you will need to collect a large number of data packets before you are lucky enough to capture this one.
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Step 6
Open the Aircrack utility and use it to scan the data packets that you have captured. The Aircrack utility will scan these files until it finds the ARP packet with the encryption key. It will then work with the Airdecap program to decrypt the contents of the packet and gain access to the wireless network.
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Although these steps will also work to hack into another person’s wireless network, such an action is a criminal offense and should never be done under any circumstance.
(Courtesy of ehow.com)