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About Tor Browser The Onion Router, commonly referred to as “TOR Browser”, is a free open network and software that helps internet users browse the internet. However, unlike popularly used browser, such as: Google Chrome, Safari, and others; Tor allows its users to browse the internet safely and anonymously. It certainly enhances the user’s privacy and security while being connected to the internet by shielding his/her identity online making it very hard for third pa...

Chances are that your social media friends (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, WeChat, etc.) are regularly updated with your whereabouts, whether you are in a cafe, at the movies, in a restaurant or even at home. Sounds scary, doesn’t it? Totally. Your mobile device is also a tracking device that logs your location on a regular basis through its GPS feature, also known as “Location Services”, which are enabled by default in most applications installed on your mobile devi...

In this guide, we will explain to you how to easily configure your VPN connection on any Mikrotik router. Please follow the steps below. I) Connecting to Your Router Before setting up a VPN connection on your Mikrotik router, it is important that you connect to your router first. You can do that by going to http://192.168.1.1 from your browser. If you are still having troubles accessing this page, in this case, you will need to refer back to your Mikrotik router...

What is PPTP? PPTP is one of the most commonly used VPN tunneling protocols. The reason behind its popularity is that it has been around for over 20 years and internet users have been using it since then. It was first released in 1995 by Microsoft to offer an encrypted internet connection over networks that are not secured. Being the first encryption protocol, PPTP is compatible with all platforms and operating systems, such as: Windows, Linux, Mac OS, Tomato, Android, iOS...

A Brief Digest on Asus Named as one of the most admired brand by Fortune magazine, Asus is a leading and an award-winning global electronics and computer hardware brand that offers a myriad of devices needed for daily use, such as: routers, laptops, smartphones, etc. Asus has branches all over the world and over 17,000 employees. What is L2TP/IPsec L2TP is one of the most commonly used tunneling protocols. It is the combination between Cisco’s L2F and Microsoft’s PPT...

About Asus Taiwan-based Asus is a global multinational electronics and computer hardware company that was founded in 1989. Asus is considered as not only one of the leading router-selling companies around the world, but also a top brand in gaming and laptops. Asus has also very recently launched a new series of mobiles, e.g: ASUS ZenFone™ series and is rapidly growing. About OpenVPN OpenVPN is an open source tunneling protocol was developed by OpenVPN Technologies and ...

About Linksys Linksys is an international company that specializes in all types of networking products. It mostly targets households and small businesses. It was founded back in 1988 and was originally named DEW International. It wasn’t until later when it was changed to Linksys. Today, Linksys produces one of the best wireless routers available in the market. However, having a good router is not enough to secure your online activities even if you are connected to a wire...

Based in Shenzhen, China, Tenda is an international company that was founded in 1999 with one very specific goal. This goal was to provide networking technologies which are reliable, affordable and very easy to install. Today they are a leading name in the networking industry and provide advanced networking products to both households and businesses. Their routers are extremely reliable and very easy to setup. Tenda routers provide their users with a very easy gateway to ...

Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) act as a secure bridge between your device network connection and the remote server you are trying to reach on the internet. However, sometimes, you might face troubles establishing a connection with your VPN server. There are many VPN error code messages, however, one of the most common errors is “Error 800”, which gives the following error message: “Unable to Establish VPN Connection”. It is a very ambiguous warning message, but i...

Why Your VPN Cannot Detect WiFi After Upgrading to Windows 10 Microsoft said that the reason why a VPN connection is not sometimes able to detect active WiFi connections on a recently upgraded Windows 10, is mainly because the VPN connection was active while Windows was being upgraded. Because of that active VPN connection, your computer becomes unable to locate the WiFi connection. Another reason why a user’s VPN fails to identify the WiFi connection is because the VPN ...