Wireshark is a network protocol analyzer or "packet sniffer" and like all the other programs I show on this blog it's free. A network protocol analyzer has a lot of uses, primarily education and security. You can learn a lot about network traffic and protocols from observing the packets via Wireshark. From looking at the simplest of pings, you can understand how MAC addresses, … [Read more...]
No Wireless Networks Detected After Reimaging
After using Symantec Ghost to re-image a laptop with Windows XP and a wireless card, for some reason, it will be unable to detect any wireless networks. The card is on and multiple wireless networks are available in the area (confirmed by another laptop of the exact same model that hasn't been re-imaged yet). This problem has reproduced itself on a Fujitsu and HP laptop with an … [Read more...]