Computers
Computer Security
Virtual Private Network (VPN). I use Witopia.net.
TrueCrypt (www.truecrypt.org)
OpenVPN.
DeleteOnClick (from 2BrightSparks, www.2brightsparks.com/onclick/doc.html)
CCleaner (www.piriform.com/CCLEANER)
TightVNC (www.tightvnc.com)
OpenDNS for DNS servers (they started blocking sites they didn't like, so I started using Google DNS)
Google DNS
Microsoft Security Essentials
Data
Dropbox (www.dropbox.com/)
Evernote
Crashplan
Useful Tools
Screen Capturer (screencapturer.com)
Notepad++
Audacity
Anki
Handbrake
Foscam ip camera - DVM_IPcam2.ocx - need to go to internet options > Advanced > Security and allow software to run or install even if the signature is invalid. Once you've gone back to the camera and the active x is installed on your machine, you can uncheck that box in Security again.
- To enable ip forwarding, see here (http://www.wikihow.com/Enable-IP-Routing). Can’t get this to work on Win 7 home premium. Have tried turning firewall off, no luck from either phone on 4g/openvpn or work computer. Cannot ping anything other than 192.168.2.2. Finally succeeded by adding a static route at the router (added the 10.8.0.0 subnet 255.255.255.0 with gateway of 192.168.2.2, the VPN host)
- To enable an OpenVPN server on Windows 7 to route all client internet traffic, https://forums.openvpn.net/topic7806.html
- To use the same OpenVPN server file as above that routes all client traffic, but DON’T want to route all of a specific client’s traffic, in the client config file use route-nopull to deny all pushed routes from server, and add route 192.168.40.0 255.255.0.0 vpn_gateway to reroute the LAN for the server (where 192.168.40.0 is the LAN behind the server that you want the client to see).
- Syncing Outlook, android phone and webmail, use Imap, subscribe to the sent folder on Outlook, direct Outlook to save sent email to that folder. Now phone, computer, server all synced.
- How to crack WEP (http://www.speedguide.net/articles/how-to-crack-wep-and-wpa-wireless-networks-2724 )
- Potentially useful for troubleshooting (http://www.pcbuyerbeware.co.uk/NetworkingProblems.htm)
- DNS servers for B’ham Comcast (can be found from router homepage by clicking “DNS”. Can also go to Network Connection, click on the connection and go to network connection details):
75.75.75.75
75.75.76.76
Stop using your ISP. Use OpenDNS. Google OpenDNS server addresses, but the following should come up:
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220
Follow up on OpenDNS: it has blocked me from going to websites that they did not feel were appropriate. I have since started using Google DNS.
- I had issues mapping drives from the Windows 7 OpenVPN server to an OpenVPN client Windows XP machine. Finally resolved it by the following: Under Map Network Drive, select "Connect using a different user name". Enter the username/password for the Windows 7 machine and click OK. Back on the Map Network Drive screen, under Folder, enter the path to the remote shared folder, example "\\192.168.40.2\Users". Works.