If you want to boost the signal of your wireless linksys router all you need is configure the router.  You can type on the browser 192.168.1.1 which is the default IP address assigned on the router.   After logging in you can go to wireless then click advance settings. Most configuration in this area is based on default configuration, change the following value.

• Beacon Interval – 50
• Fragmentation Threshold – 2304
• RTS Threshold – 2304

After setting the values you can save the configuration and turn off the router for several seconds.  Turn it on again to use the changes made on your router.

Knowing a Linux distro is one asset of a network administrator, since then I seemed to be a die hard fan of knowing Linux.  The first linux distro I used was Red Hat and from the first time I saw it I was so amazed and at the same time surprised that such operating system exist.  By then I was a great fan of linux but sad to say I seldomly use the operating system because most of the tools used in school and work is windows based, though it can be ran through wine but running it in windows is different.

Lately, my friends and colleagues installed a transparent proxy used for filtering sites accessed within the network.  They explained to me how the proxy functions and it was a very big interest to me especially that linux was involved.

This was also a coincidence that in the previous week I was able to download the latest version of Slackware Linux v13.O.  I tried to install it but facing it in text based is something new to me because the previous flavors of linux I used comes with a graphical user interface making it easy for me to install and configure stuff. 

So the first step I made was finding an ebook for slackware and I got lucky that surfing deeper in the net I found version 2 of Slackware.  Since the resources is so scarce I decided to upload the ebook here and have an easy download for it to help also others and have them a reference.  So if this is also your first time to start with Linux Slackware, let us journey together in finding the power of Linux Slackware in Network administration.  Hoping that we can share ideas on how to improve communication a lot safer and a lot faster.  Below is the link where you can download the ebook.

Download Slacware Ebook V2.O

Filezilla is an FTP Client used for transferring files from one host to the other or is used to exchange and manipulate files over a TCP/IP based network.  It is a free software downloadable on their official website filezilla-project.org.  Filezilla is one secure FTP client an so far the best FTP Client I have used.  I already have tried several software before like SmartFTP.  SmartFTP is also one secure FTP client but it is not a free software.  If you are not used to explore software you will have a hard time using the software. 

Filezilla has a simple user interface and for the first time I used it feels like I have been using the software for a while.

Yo can store and manage your Websites using Filezilla with their site manager.  When we ave a lot of sites to manage and forget the password we tend to search our mails again and loo for the password because as what they say that you can not view your password in filezilla.   We’ll you’re wrong, passwords in filezilla can be viewed.  Here are few simple steps on how to view the passwords of your saved sites.  First open filezilla and on the file menu Click Export and you will be prompted with 3 options, you can click the 3 options if you needed them.  But for now you can check the option Export Site Manager Entries.  Go to the directory where you saved the file FileZilla.xml.  Open the file using notepad or wordpad and there you can view your saved passwords.

I hope I saved your day and always remember not to let anyone access your private files, Stay Secured!

Thunderbird, a free mail client software has a new version which is version 3.O that comes with a lot of new features and one of this is the clean interface. Since most of the viewers of this blog is requesting the newer version of an add-on that minimizes Thunderbird on the tray instead of closing it.

The add-on which I provided on older version is not working on Thunderbird v3.O but I have an alternative solution which is also an add-on I used today.  It has same effect and options.

Here is the link of the site where you can get the add-on.  Install the add-on and set the option that suites your desired actions. I hope this will solve the problem of most viewers in this site.

The coolest bluetooth headset is now to be lunched this January of 2010.  This the safest and handiest bluetooth set ever!  Bringing a much bigger device is such a hassle especially when you are in travel because it occupies a bigger  special space in your baggage to make sure of the safety.   Some bluetooth headset are only for music files and for calls anf with out even any warnings that an activity is currently active.  Here are several reasons why you should grab one this 2010.

Keeping the device up to 3O feet will give you full control of the headset.  The O.R.B (orbital ring Bluetooth) Headset from Hybra Advance Technologies offers one of the most awesome solutions ever: it’s an innovative Bluetooth headset that transforms into a ring with a simple twist.

This solution for such simple problem is a very big help to busy human beings.  This headset will also display caller ID information as well as voice-to-text so that you don’t even have to take it off of your finger to stay in touch. When you receive a call or it’s time for a scheduled meeting, the ring vibrates on your finger to alert you. Cool isn’t it?

This irresistible basic bluetooth headset is expected to be on the market by 2010 at $129 and the deluxe and designer models will be available in April 2010 for $175.

Broadband Internet Connection means a wide range of frequencies that are available to transmit information. This ultimately means that the wider the range of frequencies available, the high the amount of information that can be sent at one given time.   This type of connections is much faster than Dial-up connections which are limited to 56Kbs internet speed which also requires a telephone to work.

Internet is vastly growing and dial up is almost not in use today.  And one good thing about this is that most internet technologies already support Broadband connections.

Before choosing you broadband internet connection here are several tips for you to consider.  First thing is you need to have a broadband speed test so that you will know how fast your Internet Service Provider(ISP) is.  This is the first thing that one should do before deciding which ISP to select.  Failure to check will surely give a lot of pain along the way. 

Another thing to consider is the technical support, make sure technical support is always present.  Like what I have  technical support is always there, they provided me a hotline and I can also contact them on their site for minor problems.  If you are not a techie person I suggest that you should consider this option.

How reliable are they?  Reliability is always in the list when it comes to ISP services.  Reliability should be checked especially when we are use it in business.  They should be consistent with their services and downtime should be almost zero.

Lastly, cost is also considered.  There are a lot of  ISP’s who give all this services and cost me low.

When I was searching for the best broadband reviews, I made several choices and and one of the best was for o2 broadband review.  They have excellent performance among the considerations to take before having you Internet connection.  They provide excellent and reliable services.

By Default phpmyadmin can import data on your mysql database up to 2MB of data and beyond that will be an error.  This has been a big problem  by most webmasters and sometimes this can be a barrier to stop improving the sites.  Before I kept on searching what to use to import a large data on my MySQL database and all I can see is BigDump.  It is a software used for large and very large MySQL Dumps which is also an option to import large data on your database.

If you find BigDump a pain in the head then another way to solve the problem is to edit your php.ini file.  All you need to do is open your php.ini file and edit the line

Setting 2M to a larger size will fix the problem.  One problem with this is that it will affect the web server’s runtime limit and could throw an error if you dump a very large data.

Most web developers use a “third party” web server which comes in a package such as WAMP or XAMPP resulting to miss configuration of the web server to perform several capabilities.  One of which is allowing htaccess configuration to take over the webserver’s main configuration.  Even apache itself usage of htaccess is disabled by default and configuring the server is needed to allow htaccess on your server.  Below is how to allow htaccess on your web server:

Open your Apache httpd.conf Configuration File and “uncomment” the line

You can “uncomment” it by removing the number sign “#” resulting to

After removing the number sign you need to change the AllowOverride directive, the default configuration is:

It should be changed to :

You also need to change the line

to

this can be found where you set your DocumentRoot where in my case is set to (</Directory “D:/HTDOCS”>).  After configuring Apache you need to restart the server for the changes to take effect.

Search Engine Optimization is one of the most difficult thing to do to get your site ranked in the top 3 search engines namely Google, Yahoo and MSN. Reaching the top is indeed a very big challenge for all web developers and internet marketers.

One of the strategies being used is article submission. As most of the “optimizers” know that the most important thing in a website/blogsites is the content, as they say “Content is King”. And I would totally agree to that, a site is nothing if we don’t find any good contents in it. But content is not all there is in optimizing your sites, you need also to promote you site by creating good articles and submit them to several Article Submission Sites. I was searching the net and even asked my friends and other web developers on what they think are the best sites for article submission. Well on my survey and based on their rankings, I also agreed in the sites that they suggested. Below are list of sites that worth submitting your articles:

• Ezine Articles – PR6
• GoArticles -  PR6
• A1Articles – PR5
• ArticleDashboard -  PR5
• ArticleBiz -  PR5
• SeachWarp -  PR5

These sites has increased my blog’s and site’s traffic to almost 4O% of what I have currently.  Writing to this sites are extremely effective and helpful.

Partitioning your Hard Disk Drive (HDD) is also one of the most important thing to think of when we are having plans in reformatting a Hard Disk Drive.  Partitioning it to half ways is one of the best practices that technicians do, but for me I prefer splitting it in a way that I my system files is smaller compared to the second drive where I usually put all my files and no matter what happens to my operating system i always have my files on the 2nd drive.  No matter how many times you reformat the primary partition you have your files are always safe on the other drive.

What happens if we want to change the volume capacity of both primary and logical drives.  Before I was using partition majic and it bothers me using it because it has no integrate feature which Paragon has.  Managing your har disk drive is not that bad after all.

It allows you to increase the volume of one logical drive.  Its another one amazing software giving you a full control on your computer’s Hard Disk Drive.