How Do I Find My IP Address was a guide that we published on Ghacks a few days ago. It described how a Windows user could display the internal and external IP address on the computer without resorting to external tools or applications. We have received quite a few emails by users who told us [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Computer Table Routing Tables Software NetRouteView
The standard way of displaying computer network routing tables is to use the command line tool route.exe in Windows. The route.exe print command for instance displays all active IPv4 and IPv6 routes on the computer network. NetRouteView is basically a graphical user interface of the command sans the IPv6 information which are currently not supported [...]
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Control Computer Hardware And Workstations In A Computer Network
AdminDeviceLan is a computer software program for the Windows operating system that can be used to control computer hardware devices and workstations. The program comes with an admin and client interface that need to be installed on the computer systems. The admin interface obviously needs to be installed on the computer of the system administrator [...]
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Network Security Software Bothunter
Bot networks are still a huge threat on the Internet. They are usually established with the use of computer worms that exploit old and new security vulnerabilities. A network security software like Bothunter can be helpful in determining if a computer network has been compromised. It does so by analysing the communication in the local [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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US Military Bans Removable Media To Stop Computer Worm
The online edition of the computer magazine Wired has published an article three days ago about a ban of removable media by the US Military to stop a computer worm from spreading on their computer networks. The ban, which was issued directly by the commander of U.S. Strategic Command, applies to both the secret SIPR [...]
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Use one mouse and keyboard on multiple computers
I prefer to use a mouse and a “real” keyboard over working with the touchpad and the keyboard of my Toshiba notebook. I do like slim keyboards but I’m not that used to keyboards from notebooks and have troubles typing as fast as with the keyboard on my desktop pc. I obviously have to use the keyboard and an external mouse when I’m travelling around with my Toshiba notebook but I thought that it would be nice if I could use the keyboard and mouse from my desktop pc for my notebook as well when I’m at home.