Top 5 Best Free Proxy Server Web Sites

Some websites track their visitors secretly and collect data from your ip address without telling you in their privacy policy. Sometimes you cannot go to a website because your ip address is blocked for some reason. Tired of having these restrictions? you can now prevent these data collection and bypass your access to a website with web proxies. Web proxies are tools that make your visit to a website become anonymouse, mainly for security reasons. Here are the top 5 best free proxy server websites.

5. Proxy Service









Locate your Local IP and Public IP address

To connect to a network you will have to acquire IP addresses both local and public. Your local IP address is a private IP address that is  reserved for private network use and is within three reserved IP address range. Your public IP address is what the internet sees given by your ISP and is not in the range reserved for private IP addresses.

In order to locate your local IP address for windows you can use the ipconfig command in cmd and it will be the the number beside IPv4 address.


Next, lets find your public IP address. These are some ways on how to get them.

1. You will be able to see your public IP address by visiting this POST.
2. You can go to whatismyip.com and will be shown like this.


3. You can go to google.com and type "what is my ip", at the top of the results your public IP will be shown.


IPv6 Guide


IPv6 is to be IPv4's successor. With more encreasing devices that needs to be connected to the internet it will IPv6 to accomodate all the needed addresses.

We most commonly use IPv4 the first version of internet protocol to be internationally deployed for addressing. The news is that IPv4 is running out of addresses so Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) developed a revision  IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6).

IPv6  has a larger address space it has a 128-bit addresses allowing for 2^128, or approximately 3.4×10^38 addresses which is more than IPv4 32-bit addresses, allowing for only 4,294,967,296 unique addresses worldwide. IPv6 addresses will look something like this 2607:f0d0:1002:0051:0000:0000:0000:0004
compared to 192.168.1.1 of IPv4

Some major advantages of IPv6 is stateless address auto configuration (SLAAC) which is the automatically  configure of hosts when connected to a routed IPv6 network using the Neighbor Discovery Protocol. Multicasting which is a transmission of a packet to multiple destinations in a single send command. Network-layer security which is Internet Protocol Security (IPsec).

IPv6 just launched last 06 june 2012. Since most companies who sell products like routers and internet providers still use IPv4 it will take some time for the transition and some time to getting used to. 


So since IPv6 has a large address space it will be providing internet addresses for a very long time.

What is my MAC address?

Your MAC (Media Access Control) address is a identifier for physical number network adapters installed on your computer, like IEEE 802, and Ethernet assigned in the network interface cards (NICs) by manufacturer for identification.

To find your MAC address for windows just Open cmd.exe > Go to Start > Search programs and files or run > type cmd click enter or > click open cmd.exe at the results > type ipconfig /all. Your MAC address will be the physical address under Ethernet adapter local area connection.


To find your MAC address for you Linux system use su to become root. Type ipconfig -a and eth0 results will have a HWaddr. The number next to HWaddr is your MAC address.





How to know a domains IP address using ping

A domain is a identifier for IP addresses. We use domains because it is much easier to remember domains rather than IP address. If you choose http://74.125.71.102 compared to http://google.com then google.com will be the right choice. We barely use the IP address that is cloaked by the domain but we will never know until they might be useful. So here is a guide to get the IP address of a domain. We will be using Windows 7 as the OS for this guide.

Open cmd.exe
Steps: Go to Start > Search programs and files > type cmd click enter or > click open cmd.exe at the results


Just type ping <domain> as the command. Example in the image below and just copy the IP address and your done!


New Google Search Tools And Set Location

Google has new functions in the left side bar that will let you set your location option and more advanced options. With this search results will be defined to you location. What it does have is an option to change your provinces and cities location but not the country. The new functions are seen in the images below.


If you click the more search terms link there will be a drop down menu where you can choose how the results will be shown by duration and the advanced options.


TCP/IP and Networking Commands For Windows

There are a whole list of cmd commands that you can use to test your Network Connections. These commands are available to Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7, Server 2003 and Server 2008. This commands will be the tools to help setup or know your IP address, DNS, WINS, Subnet mask, Default gateway and other addresses. You can use this commands in the command promt. The command promt (cmd.exe) is the command line interpreter. To use use these commands go to Start-Run or Start search and enter "cmd" to open a Command window.



ping <hostname> - Determine your connectivity to another website.
ipconfig /all - Displays the full TCP/IP configuration for all adapters.
ipconfig /renew - Renews DHCP configuration for all adapters.
ipconfig /release - Discard the IP address configuration.
ipconfig /flushdns - Flushes and resets the contents of the DNS client resolver cache.
ipconfig /displaydns - Displays the contents of the DNS client resolver cache.
ipconfig /registerdns - Dynamic registration for the DNS names and IP addresses that are configured at a computer.
ipconfig /showclassid - Displays the DHCP class ID for a specified adapter.
ipconfig /setclassid <classid> - Configures the DHCP class ID for a specified adapter.
arp - Displays and modifies entries in the Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) cache.
netstat - Displays the active TCP/IP connections and ports.
netsetup.cpl - Easy network install.
hostname - Use the Network Control Panel Applet to set hostname.
route - Displays and modifies the entries in the local IP routing table.
tracert - (traceroute) Show hops as path to another computer.
control netconnections - shortcut to network connections.

IP Addressing and Classes

This is simply a configuration of your TCP/IP a 32 bit address. For access to the internet to work you must have the right address range that goes with a subnet mask We can classify them to 5 classes A, B, C, D and E. Bits is a unit of information expressed as either a 0 or 1 in binary notation like 0101 is 4 bits. A subnet mask determines where the IP address belongs to.

Class A
Decimal Range - 1 – 126
Bits Start With - 0
Default Subnet Mask - 255.0.0.0
Number of Networks - 126
Address You Can Use - 16,777,214

There will be no 127 - 127.255.255.255 this is reserved IP range.

Class B
Decimal Range - 128 – 191
Bits Start With - 10
Default Subnet Mask - 255.255.0.0
Number of Networks - 16,382
Address You Can Use - 65,534

Class C
Decimal Range - 192 – 223
Bits Start With - 110
Default Subnet Mask - 255.255.255.0
Number of Networks - 2,097,150
Address You Can Use - 254

Class D
Decimal Range - 224 – 239
Bits Start With - 1110

Class E
Decimal Range - 240 – 254
Bits Start With - 1111

Private IP Addresses:

Class A
Private Network - 10.0.0.0
Subnet Mask -  255.0.0.0
Address Range - 10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255

Class B
Private Network - 172.16.0.0 - 172.31.0.0
Subnet Mask -  255.240.0.0
Address Range - 172.16.0.0 - 172.31.255.255

Class C
Private Network - 192.168.0.0
Subnet Mask -  255.255.0.0
Address Range - 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255

List of wireless routers default IP addresses browser web interface

Usually a wireless router comes with a CD setup software that will walk you though steps in setting up the router. There is an easier way and you'll probably want to skip the CD setup process. By pointing your URL address in your browser to http://default-ipaddress you will be greeted with a web based wizard that will guide you to set-up your wireless router.




How to make youtube videos play faster

Everyone wants to make their youtube videos play faster. For sometime now I haven't had much buffering when I go to youtube and watch the videos since I have been changing the quality of the videos to minimum. Minimum settings are still very watchable. You may have heard about changing the quality of the videos to make videos load faster. I myself have a internet connection that makes youtube videos buffer when still set on the default quality setting. Here i will show you how to make your youtube videos play faster in 2 simple steps.

Step 1: Go to your youtube video and locate the change quality button as seen in the image below


Step 2: Change the the default setting 360p to 240p.


Your done! Your youtube videos play faster now. Say goodbye to buffering.

Best free short subdomains with DNS or URL redirection

This is the list of the best free short domains and subdomains available as of 2013. Create your subdomains and use cname, dns, url redirection to your free web host to create your own websites. Some subdomains need to be renewed every year for free and some dont need to be renewed as long as you have them. The disadvantages of using them is they are not yours and they have low SEO. Just try not to violate the rules of the free subdomain company since they are free and the free subdomain company can take away your domain if you violate them. The advantages of using these subdomains is they are free and if you put enough dedication to your free subdomain then they can still rank high in search results.

1. .tk

2. co.nr

3. cu.cc 

4. usa.cc

5. subdomain.net - subdomain.x.gg and many more

6. co.vu

7. afraid.org - subdomain.us.to and subdomain.uk.to and many more

8. com.nu

9. me.pn

10. uni.me

11. me.cc

12. fr.mu

13. shorturl.com - subdomain.vze.org

14. zor.org

15. biz.ly

16. net.tf

17. de.vu

18. net.ms

19. go.to

20. thiz.org 

21. 8up.org

22. e-e.ee

23. exab.it

24. f2b.be

25. com.co.in

26. fr.nf

27. bl.am 

28. popnic.com  (us.pn, com.au.pn)

29. np.pe 

30. ne1.net

How To Color Code Category 6 (Cat 6) Patch Cable

Cat 6 cable is used for Ethernet connection on local are network (LAN). Straight through cable is used to connect computers, printers to networking devices such as hubs and switches. Crossover cable is used to connect two like devices without the use of an uplink port. There are 8 wires on a Cat 6 cable with a specific color. Both ends of Cat 6 wire will be connected to an RJ-45 pin and both pins will have specific wiring setup. In this guide we will be able to use color coding to make a twisted pair straight through and crossover cable. We will use wiring schemes T-568A and T-568B

 
RJ45 Pin


T-568A Straight Through Ethernet Cable. This will apply on both ends of the RJ45 pins.
1 - White and Green
2 - Green
3 - White Orange
4 - Blue
5 - White Blue
6 - Orange
7 - White Brown
8 - Brown

T-568B Straight Through Ethernet Cable. This will apply on both ends of the RJ45 pins.
1 - White Orange
2 - Orange
3 - White Green
4 - Blue
5 - White Blue
6 - Green
7 - White Brown
8 - Brown

Crossover Ethernet Cable.
On the first end RJ45 pin we will be using T-568A guide.
On the second end RJ45 pin we will be using T-568B guide.






What is my IP PHP Script - IP Checker PHP Script

This is how to make a simple what is my ip website. This code will show the visitors IP address. It is very simple to apply this code to your website. I have made a left and a center position for this script. You can change the font style but please dont change the php code.  Read the instructions below on how to install this script.

You can change color="#FF3300" to color="yourcolor"  by choosing a web safe color from here http://www.december.com/html/spec/colorsafe.html

You can change face="courier"  to  face="yourfont" by choosing a web safe font from here
http://www.angelfire.com/fl5/html-tutorial/fontlist.htm

You can change size="3"  to size="yourfontsize"

Center position
<font size="3" color="#FF3300" face="courier">
<?php
####################################################
# whatismyip-address.blogspot.com                  #
# Please do not change anything inside the php code#
####################################################
$ip = getenv("REMOTE_ADDR") ;
Echo "<center>Your <a style='text-decoration:none' href='http://whatismyip-address.blogspot.com'>IP</a> is";
Echo "<br />";
Echo $ip . "</center>" ;
?>
</font>

Left position
<font size="3" color="#FF3300" face="courier">
<?php
####################################################
# whatismyip-address.blogspot.com                  #
# Please do not change anything inside the php code#
####################################################
$ip = getenv("REMOTE_ADDR") ;
Echo "Your <a style='text-decoration:none' href='http://whatismyip-address.blogspot.com'>IP</a> is";
Echo "<br />";
Echo $ip;
?>
</font>

Instructions:
Step 1: Choose a file with a .php extension open it and copy one of the codes above.
Step 2: Place the code anywhere between the body tags like this.

<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
Place php code anywhere here
</body>
</html>

Step 3: Click save. Your Done!

Advanced IP Checker Widget

I will share a great widget that will show visitor location, Country code, IP State and Address, Hostname ISP organization. This widget is very useful specially if you have an ip checker website. In the Html code comes with a link that helps us promote this widget. Please do not remove it and help us with this free service.

How To Add In Your Blog?
1. Go To Your Account In Blogger
2. Open The Blog Where You Want The Gadget To Appear.
3. Go To Layout. Click "Add A Gadget" Where You Want To Add It.
4. Now Scroll To "HTML/JavaScript" Click "+" Icon To Add It.
5. Now Copy The Below Code And Paste It There.
6. Click Save, You Have Just Configured Your IP Checker.

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Top 10 IP checker tools

This is the top 10 list of best ip checker. Sites that don't just show your ip but also other information that you may need whether just for personal use or for somebody else's ip need. I made this list to show the easiest and most informative ip checkers online.

10. www.dslreports.com/whois
What is my IP address?, broadband news, information and community.

9. www.tracemyip.org
Track website visitors & GEO IP trace computers. Search & check people location with IP address location tracker & Cookieless Tracking solution.

8. www.lawrencegoetz.com/programs/ipinfo
Find your IP address with IP Info. Get the IP address of your computer connection.

7. ipchicken.com
IP Chicken - what is my IP? Displays your current IP address.

6. ipaddressworld.com
IPAddressWorld.com is the easiest way to determine your IP address. Anywhere, Anytime and Free.

5. whatsmyip.org
Your IP Address plus Port Scanners, Traceroute, HTTP Compression Test, Ping, Whois, DNS, IP Geo Location, Password Generator and many more tools and how-to's

4. my-ip-address.com
I am certain that the question 'What Is My IP Address?' has cropped up in your mind just like anybody else who operates internet. 

3. whatismyipaddress.com
IP address lookup, location, proxy detection, email tracing, IP hiding tips, blacklist check, speed test, and forums.

2. www.myipaddress.com/show-my-ip-address
myIPaddress.com. To view your IP address, please type the letters shown below and then click the button: About myIPaddress.com. 

1. www.whatismyip.com
What Is My IP Address - IP Lookup, Change IP, IP WHOIS, Internet Speed Test, Trace An  Email, Host Name Lookup, User Agent, Server Headers Check.

Special Mentions:

- aruljohn.com
View your IP address, country, ISP name, operating system, browser. Convert IP address to hostname, find weather forecast, text to voice.

- www.whatismyip.com.au
WhatIsMyIP.com.au is the easiest way to determine your IP address. It is also a great source for information about the internet hosting. What is my IP address.

The Top 10 URL Shorteners

URL shorteners are very usefull for micro blogging. They will take away your very long URL's and make them shorter for bloggers who like to share URL's. Short URL's give you more space to type on specially in your posts in Twitter. Some URL shorteners give you the ability to track the number of clicks and give you the control of the appearance of the URL. It all makes the dirty long URL's more clean making it convenient for the eyes. Here is my top 10 URL shorteners

1. ow.ly/url/shorten-url



Features:
  • Social Bar
  • Premium Services
  • Branding (Pro)
  • Search engine friendly
  • URL statistics

2. tinyurl.com



Features:
  • Toolbar
  • URL Redirection
  • Custom Alias
  • Preview Feature 

3. su.pr



Features:
  • Real time analytics.
  • Schedule when will links be published
  • An api that lets submission easy

4. urslink.com



Features:
  • Your Ads on short URL's  on cloak (optional)
  • URL Statistics
  • Easy Publish to Facebook, Myspace and Twitter
  • QR Codes and Microsoft Tags
  • Customize URL

5bit.ly



Features:
  •     Share easily to Twitter
  •     URL Statistics
  •     Api and Advanced tools

 6. is.gd



Features:
  • Bookmarklet feature
  • Search bar
  • Firefox plugin
  • Palm Pre and Pixi SmartPhones access to Is.Gd 

7. cli.gs



Features:
  • Custom link
  • Quick Share on Twitter
  • Real Time Statistics 

8. tiny.cc 



Features:
  • Custom URL
  • Log Statistics
  • Edit URL

9. goo.gl 



Features:
  • Link Analytics
  • Good for traffic 

10sn.im



Features:
  • Toolbar snippet
  • Api to shortenURL
  • Multi shorten long URL's

How to set-up (DHCP) Dynamic Host Control Protocol on LAN

DHCP assigns IP address automatically to client computers/machines. This will show you to set DHCP on windows using dhcpd32.

Files needed:
Download  and install dhcpd32 http://tftpd32.jounin.net/

Step 1: Choose what IP addresses you want to use. You should use a unique private IP range that is familiar and easy to use. As an example you can use 192.168.1.100 as Ip range. Use 255.255.255.0 as subnet mask. Use 30 as pool size, pool size determines how many client computers/machines will be automatically assigned with IP addresses.

Step 2: Change your local area connection tcp/ipv4 to 192.168.1.2 and subnet mask 255.255.255.0

Step 3: Open your dhcpd32. In "IP pool starting address" place IP address 192.168.1.100

Step 4: In dhcpd32 Enter the "Size of pool" to 30 and dont write anything on "Boot File" and "WINS/DNS Server" just leave it blank, This is for advanced users. Also dont touch "Domain Name" and "Additional Option".

Step 5: subnet mask must be set to "Mask". This is your subnet mask 255.255.255.0

Step 6: Press "Save".

Step 7: Make sure all your client computers/machines are set to Obtain an IP address automatically.

Your done! you have just set up your DHCP server!

How to get your facebook (ID) identification number

Facebook ID is important if you need a widget for facebook to work. Most facebook widgets will need your id. Since it is not directly shown this is the way to get your Facebook ID.

Usually you have a facebook page that looks likes this.

http://www.facebook.com/ipadipBlog

Note down your facebook url and go to:

http://findmyfacebookid.com/

and place your facebook url like this.

The site will then give your 15 digit unique Facebook ID. You can now use any gadget that asks for you facebook ID.

How to automatically obtain IP from internet service provider (ISP)

This tutorial describes how to setup your IP address automatically. You can use this guide if you have a computer that has been using a manually placed IP address. These are the steps:

Step 1: go to start.



Step 2:  Click/Open control panel.



Step 3: Find and Click/Open network and sharing center.


Step 4: In the top left of the Network and Sharing Center page Click/Open change adapter setting


Step 5: In this page you can set IP automatically on either Local Area Connection or Wireless Network Connection. In this case we will set Local Are Connection. Right Click Local Area Connection and click/open properties.

Step 6: Choose and Click/Open Internet protocol version 4.


 In this page you will see something like this.


Step 7: Change the setting and choose obtain an IP address automatically like this. Click OK.


There you have it you have just set-up your IP address to be automatically obtained from ISP. To know your obtained IP address just look at the ip checker of this site.