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Find the devices connected to your WiFi using a smartphone

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The internet has become a part of our lives all these days with the increased usage of smartphones from the past few years. But having a WiFi network in your home or office place definitely requires some care and maintenance. You should be aware of the devices connected to your network and that process should be easy and doesn’t want you to log in through the main computer every time you wish to do that.

There are actually some Android applications that can help you with this task. Using them you can check the number of connected devices right from your Android smartphone. Let us now check a few such applications.

Fing – Network Tools:

This app is available to download for free in the Google Playstore. Simply download and install the application and launch it. And remember you should be connected to the WiFi network which you would like to scan for the connected devices. Now scan for the devices connected. It will then show you the list of devices that are being connected to the same network and you can know the details by tapping on each device from the list. You can even check the Mac address of the device which you can use for blocking it on your router. Fing – Network Tools can thus be a great choice for you.

WiFi Inspector:

You can simply download and install the app WiFi Inspector from the Android playstore. It will show you the network, just tap on Inspect network option. It will scan and show you the entire list of devices that are connected to the network.

NetCut:

Just like the previous two applications, you can simply download and install the application from the Google Playstore. Then just launch it. Make sure you are connected to the network, which you would like to check the connected devices. It will show you a message saying that your device is not rooted, just tap Ok. Now under the Option tab, just enable Fast Scan  Now tap the refresh icon on the home page, then you can see the list of devices that are connected to your network.

Transferring files between your PC and Android device using WiFi

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The most generally used forms for transferring files between android devices and PC/laptops are Bluetooth and USB cables. USB cable supports a very high speed data transferring for its users, but sometimes, it’s kind of annoying to reach out for the cable every time. But have you ever thought of transferring files over WiFi, which has become almost a part of our lives and our source for the internet? But it has actually possible to do in a very hassle free way with the help of a simple Android app called AirDroid.

It is an application that can be used to transfer files from android devices via PC’s web browser. It can be used for both sending and receiving files between android devices and PCs. This application needs no driver installation, no USB cable.

  • First, you need to download and install the AirDroid  Android application from the Google playstore in your Android device
  • Then launch the application and it will start the AirDroid server
  • You can see Web URL, IP Address, Scan QR code options
  • Now from your PC, you should visit the Web Interface  of the application
  • Simply scan the QR code displayed on your PC’s screen using your smartphone, by tapping on the scan QR code option in the Android app
  • Once you are connected you can see the model of your Android device on your PC’s screen
  • Then you can start sending and receiving the files in both your devices.
  • On your PC, click on the file tab from the app’s tool box, then select the files that you wish to send and click on upload
  • To download files on your PC, you just to have open the web interface and select the files, right click on them and select the download option

WiFi can be thus a very powerful and easy to use medium for transferring the files, folders between your devices.

Facebook Express WiFi internet services

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Facebook Express WiFi

After Free Basics failure Facebook now came with Facebook Express WiFi service in India. But this time, it is paid service primarily intended for rural areas.

In Express WiFi initiative Facebook buys bandwidth from the local ISPs like BSNL, Airtel, etc. and provide the same bandwidth to the remote users who don’t have internet facility for an affordable price.

For this Facebook developed software for local ISPs to sell the bandwidth, and the company creates WiFi hotspots in rural India and associate the purchased bandwidth to those hot spots. Already Facebook has created 125 WiFi hotspots in rural India with the help of BSNL in a trial run.

Unlike Free Basics, the “Express WiFi” service provides unrestricted access to websites and applications. You might be familiar with the Free Basic program which Govt. of India banned in India earlier this year. People and Govt. thought that the Free Basics disturbs Net Neutrality in India, so many agitations took place at that time.

At present 462 million Indian has internet access and the internet Giants Facebook and Google tries to expand the web reach to more people in India with different programs. Google is already providing WiFi internet facility in few railway stations in India. Facebook has the plan to introduce internet access by using flying drones, and high-altitude balloons.

Mobile hotspot name caused Flight Delay

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mobile hotspot flight delay

While naming the mobile hotspots people think creatively. It’s our choice to tag any name to the mobile hotspot that we create, but we have to consider other factors also. In Melbourne, Australia suspicious WiFi hotspot name caused a Qantas flight to delay.

One of the passengers found a hot spot with the name”Mobile Detonation Device”, and immediately he reported to the flight crew. Security and the captain announced to the passengers that the flight would be delayed for reasons of safety.

Finally, when they started investigating they ended up with the mobile hotspot which caused panic environment among the passengers.

Such type of practice is not new for us, and I think you already came across phone Bluetooth module names with “Virus,”malware”danger” etc. people feel crazy while naming their devices, but it sometimes leads to trouble. This is the best example of that.