Category Archives: Internet

sslyze

sslyze.exe –certinfo=basic HOSTNAME eg sslyze.exe –certinfo=basic activation.sls.microsoft.com eg sslyze.exe –certinfo=basic –starttls=auto crimson.spectrumcs.net:587 eg sslyze.exe –certinfo=basic –starttls=auto crimson.spectrumcs.net:25 c:\SUPPORT\SSL Software\sslyze>sslyze.exe –certinfo=basic activation.sls.microsoft.com c:\SUPPORT\SSL Software\sslyze>sslyze.exe –certinfo=basic activation.sls.microsoft.com REGISTERING AVAILABLE PLUGINS —————————– PluginCertInfo PluginCompression PluginChromeSha1Deprecation PluginSessionResumption PluginSessionRenegotiation PluginOpenSSLCipherSuites PluginHSTS PluginHeartbleed CHECKING HOST(S) AVAILABILITY —————————– activation.sls.microsoft.com:443 => 65.52.98.231:443 SCAN RESULTS FOR ACTIVATION.SLS.MICROSOFT.COM:443 – 65.52.98.231:443 ——————————————————————– * Certificate – Content: SHA1 Fingerprint:… Read More »

Connection Manager Admin Kit (CMAK) & Routing Table

Advanced Customization Options for Connection Manager Implementing VPN support Including Routing Table Updates To set “I am already connected to the Internet” as default settings, you can try the following steps to create a customized connection. 1 Run CMAK to create a connection 2 Follow the wizard until the last step which including “Advanced customization”… Read More »

ADSL Technology and DMT

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ADSL connection analysis. SNR, Loop Attenuation etc

SNR is Signal to Noise Ratio (aka Noise Margin or Signal to Noise Margin) Relative strength of the DSL signal to Noise ratio. 6dB is the lowest dB manufactures specify for modem to be able to synch. In some instances interleaving can help raise the noise margin to an acceptable level. The higher the number… Read More »

Sky Broadband Username and Password retrieval

With access to Skys router The DG834GT management interface offers a debug option that enables the embedded Telnet server. To do this, fire up your web browser and enter the following URL (changing the IP address to your router’s address if necessary): http://192.168.0.1/setup.cgi?todo=debug You’ll be asked for the administration username/password (‘admin’ and ‘password’ on a… Read More »

ADSL checks

http://www.samknows.com/ http://www.speedtest.net/ http://www.speedtester.bt.com/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/diagnostics http://www.vwlowen.co.uk/internet/files.htm – Monitoring software