Wi-Fi

The HC-05 is a serial Bluetooth module for transparent wireless serial communication. It communicates with the microcontroller using serial port [5]. It operates in the 2.4 – 2.485 GHz frequency band The HC-05 has 6 Pins. Table 3.1 Pin description of HC06 Pin Description Key to toggle between data mode and command mode, if set to high, it works as command mode, but default is data mode. RXD Receive data serially (received data will be transmitted wirelessly by Bluetooth module). TXD Transmit…

In the mockumentary, “Leaked: The Internet Must Go”, a market researcher, John Wooley, was hired by Internet service providers (ISP) to do market research and talk to people to help them sell their new vision; eliminating net neutrality to reach maximum profit potential. Over many years, ISP has spent billions of dollars to build towers that bring Americans the Internet. However, they believe that there is too much traffic. Their solution to this problem is the “Internet must go”. ISP wanted to…

Net Neutrality Stays The internet is a tool people use every day to talk to people, play games, and do research. What if all the things people do and search on the internet were no longer secret. What would happen if the privacy of internet users were stripped away from them. Today people face fact that net neutrality will be removed, which means that everyone will lose privacy from their own internet providers. This also makes it possible for them to sell people’s search history to anyone such…

Attackers exploiting default configurations to gain access to the network and to information stored on devices in the network are major threat to home gateway devices. In order to mitigate this threat there are many common default configurations a user should change. When setting up a home network, a user should make sure to change the default passwords. They should set up a strong account password and wifi password using best practices.The user should use a strong security protocol such as…

In recent days there has been a lot of speculations concerning a vote on net neutrality. Although many are not of aware of the situation, we do have a few who knows and understands what is going on. First of all what is net neutrality? How does is affect society as a whole? How are consumers affected? To clear the air, net neutrality is basically a principle in which internet providers should enable access to all content and applications regardless of the source and without favoring or blocking…

Come On! It's still loading! Have you ever been stuck on a slow internet connection? One so slow that you can't stream video or you have to give up on using certain sites or apps because they take too long to load. That could be an everyday reality if net neutrality is repealed. Good morning Mrs. Facciolo and classmates, today I'm going to talk to you about net neutrality, more specifically; what it is, what's happening to it now, and why you should care. Let's get into it. Net neutrality is…

Most of us probably believe we have absolute freedom when it comes to what we view on the internet. However, Barbara van Schewick points out in her article ‘Network Neutrality Nuances’, that we only have access to bits and pieces of the internet (Schewick, 2009). What we are able to view is all decided upon by our ISP. Schewick states that ISPs select what we view in order to maximize profits, to ban content which they consider to be inappropriate, or to keep track of all signals on their…

A large amount of people, over 50%, were in favor of keeping “Net” neutrality a reality while only a dismal 18% were against it (Graham). Net Neutrality, or the Open Internet Order, is the basis for keeping the internet an open, and free network for all people to use, previously enforced by Title II of the Communications Act of 1934. This large gap in opinions would lead one to think that today net neutrality would still be around, yet in December of 2017, it was repealed. This repeal came after…

David Wong’s “Why The Internet Is About To Change For The Worse,” from the August 21st, 2017 Cracked.com blog website, encapsulates a variety of key components illuminating several reasons why many websites and online services are requesting monetary contributions. Through his use of crude language, humour, anecdotes and research, David Wong reinforces that “we’re quickly moving toward a walled-off version of the web.” By this, Wong is stating that the internet is becoming increasingly difficult…

According to the Merriam Webster dictionary; the idea, principle, or requirement that Internet service providers should or must treat all Internet data as the same regardless of its kind, source, or destination. When you go on the internet, you have certain expectations. You expect to be connected to the website of your choosing. Net Neutrality means you experience an internet that enables and protects free speech. You would expect that your cable or phone company isn’t playing with the data,…