Networking
SMAC – Windows MAC Address changer utility
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to Windows Reference RSS feed Thanks for visiting!SMAC (Software MAC) is a simple GUI utility to list details of your MAC adresses, IPCONCIG information and allow you to change or even spoof MAC Address on the fly. SMAC also has a simple 1-click restart for the [...]
ngrep – Grep traffic patterns of your network interfaces
If you are a *NIX person then you should probably be aware of the usefulness of GREP utility. GREP is a utility to filter specific text entries from various inputs like a file, console/terminal output in *NIX. ngrep is a free tool which in simple words is a grep tool for network traffic where you [...]
NagStaMon – Nagios Network Monitoring from your desktop
Sometime ago, we wrote about Nagios-Checker add-on for Firefox that sits and pops alerts for you when your Nagios Alarms or Alerts. Now, we have Nagstamon which goes one step further where it isn’t for Firefox but rather just sits there in the taskbar or floats around the screen to inform you in realtime about [...]
Windows Vista fails to obtain IP Address from DHCP Server/Router
Sometimes your Windows Vista will fail to obtain an IP Address from a DHCP server like your Broadband or Wireless router. This is due to a design change in Windows Vista. Unlike in Windows XP (and in the later Windows 7 Beta), Windows Vista DHCP Discovery packets have Broadcast flag enabed by default. This means [...]
Disable IPv6 Random identifier in Windows 7, Server 2008 & Vista
Starting Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7, to prevent address scans of IPv6 addresses based on the known company IDs of network adapter manufacturers, Windows by default generate random interface IDs for non-temporary autoconfigured IPv6 addresses, including public and link-local addresses. A public IPv6 address is a global address that is registered in [...]
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to Windows Reference RSS feed Thanks for visiting!SMAC (Software MAC) is a simple GUI utility to list details of your MAC adresses, IPCONCIG information and allow you to change or even spoof MAC Address on the fly. SMAC also has a simple 1-click restart for the [...]
If you are a *NIX person then you should probably be aware of the usefulness of GREP utility. GREP is a utility to filter specific text entries from various inputs like a file, console/terminal output in *NIX. ngrep is a free tool which in simple words is a grep tool for network traffic where you [...]
NagStaMon – Nagios Network Monitoring from your desktop
Sometime ago, we wrote about Nagios-Checker add-on for Firefox that sits and pops alerts for you when your Nagios Alarms or Alerts. Now, we have Nagstamon which goes one step further where it isn’t for Firefox but rather just sits there in the taskbar or floats around the screen to inform you in realtime about [...]
Windows Vista fails to obtain IP Address from DHCP Server/Router
Sometimes your Windows Vista will fail to obtain an IP Address from a DHCP server like your Broadband or Wireless router. This is due to a design change in Windows Vista. Unlike in Windows XP (and in the later Windows 7 Beta), Windows Vista DHCP Discovery packets have Broadcast flag enabed by default. This means [...]
Disable IPv6 Random identifier in Windows 7, Server 2008 & Vista
Starting Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7, to prevent address scans of IPv6 addresses based on the known company IDs of network adapter manufacturers, Windows by default generate random interface IDs for non-temporary autoconfigured IPv6 addresses, including public and link-local addresses. A public IPv6 address is a global address that is registered in [...]
Sometime ago, we wrote about Nagios-Checker add-on for Firefox that sits and pops alerts for you when your Nagios Alarms or Alerts. Now, we have Nagstamon which goes one step further where it isn’t for Firefox but rather just sits there in the taskbar or floats around the screen to inform you in realtime about [...]
Sometimes your Windows Vista will fail to obtain an IP Address from a DHCP server like your Broadband or Wireless router. This is due to a design change in Windows Vista. Unlike in Windows XP (and in the later Windows 7 Beta), Windows Vista DHCP Discovery packets have Broadcast flag enabed by default. This means [...]
Disable IPv6 Random identifier in Windows 7, Server 2008 & Vista
Starting Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7, to prevent address scans of IPv6 addresses based on the known company IDs of network adapter manufacturers, Windows by default generate random interface IDs for non-temporary autoconfigured IPv6 addresses, including public and link-local addresses. A public IPv6 address is a global address that is registered in [...]
Starting Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7, to prevent address scans of IPv6 addresses based on the known company IDs of network adapter manufacturers, Windows by default generate random interface IDs for non-temporary autoconfigured IPv6 addresses, including public and link-local addresses. A public IPv6 address is a global address that is registered in [...]




