How to Change Your Wireless Router Name

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You can generally reset the name of the Wireless router by going to the official webpage of the router in your default browsing application. In case it is not working properly, then you have to reset the Wireless router and after that, connecting to it again will permit you to reset the name of the Wireless router. In case you wish to change the Wireless Router name on Windows PC, then you can do so by following the instructions mentioned below.

How to Find Your Wireless Router’s Web Address?

•    Go to the “Start” menu. Tap on the Windows symbol located in the end left-hand side of the display.

•    Go to the “Settings” option. Tap on the gear-shaped symbol located in the left-hand end column of the “Start” menu.

•    Tap on the Network and Internet. It resembles a round shape symbol given in the Settings option.

•    Press on the “Status” button. It is located in the top left-hand column of the screen

•    Tap on the “View Your Network Properties” option. You will get this option at the end of the webpage. After clicking on this option, it will start showing the Wi-Fi networks which are available for the system.

•    Go down to the option named as “Wi-Fi. It is located at the end of the drop-down list.

•    Go through the “Default gateway” IP address.

How to find a Router IP Address in Mac OS X?

•    Go to the “Apple” symbol. Press on the Apple symbol located in the upper left-hand side of the display. You will see a pull-down menu on display.

•    Press on the “System Preferences” option. You will get this option in the pull-down menu.

•    Tap on the “Network” button. It resembles a round shape symbol located in the System Preferences option.

•    Press on the “Advanced” option.

•    Tap on the “TCP/IP” option.

•    Find the Router IP address.

How to Change the Name of the Wireless Network?

•    Go to the browsing application.

•    Type the router’s IP address.

•    Type the password you wish to place for the Wireless Router.

•    Choose the name of a Wireless router’s.

•    Find the Service Set Identifier number.

•    Type the name which you want to place for the Wi-Fi network.

•    Now, you have to save the created name for the Wi-Fi network.

How to Factory Reset Your Wireless Router?

•    First, you have to understand when you wish to go through this procedure.

•    Ensure that the Wireless router should have the sticker which contains the password.

•    Now, you have to search for the “Reset” option in the Wireless router.

•    After that, keep pressing on the “Reset” option for a few seconds.

•    Free the button after a few seconds.

•    Permit the Wireless router to complete the reset procedure.

•    After that, pair to the Wireless router from the system you are currently using.

Source :- http://1mcafee.uk/blog/how-to-change-your-wireless-router-name/

Kellie minton is an avid technical blogger, a magazine contributor, a publisher of guides at mcafee.com/activate, and a professional cyber security analyst. Through her writing, she aims to educate people about the dangers and threats lurking in the digital world.

Pokemon GO: Confirmed Bug Research Tasks, Events and Rewards

Niantic has recently introduced a new Bug Event which allows Pokemon trainers to interact with a variety of different bug type Pokemon in the title. This Bug Event is currently live in the game and will be available for Pokemon trainers until the April 9th 1 PM PST.

Similar to previous events, the Bug Research event would feature its unique quests which trainers can accomplish in a limited time period only. As the name suggests, players will have to grab on to multiple bug type Pokemon in the latest Bug Research event.

This week players will be able to interact with the unique bug type Pokemon and spend some time in understanding these unusual creatures.

Bug-type Pokemon are very effective against water, grass and Poison-type Pokemon so grabbing on to some of the powerful Bug-type Pokemon would help in forming a reliable team against any such Pokemon and defeat pocket beasts in Raid Battles.

By completing the assigned Research task, players will be awarded with boosted spawn rate for the Bug Type Pokemon and allow players to catch loads of Bug Pokemon to help in completing the Pokedex.

Also one of the Bug event tasks rewards players with exclusive Stardust which could be used to evolve the Pokemon, so players should try and complete all the tasks in order to win awesome rewards.

Players are designated with five different set of quests to complete in order to win exciting goodies, so you can refer to the list below to better know about the tasks that are required to be completed before April 9th.

• Grab on to 10 different Bug-type Pokemon to win Scyther.
• Grab on to 15 different Bug-type Pokemon to win 1,500 Stardust.
• Grab on to 5 different Spinarak to secure a Yanma.
• Grab on to 2 Wurmple Pokemon to obtain Caterpie.
• Evolve 3 different Bug Pokemon to win Nincada.

Amongst the Bug-type Pokemon, Nincada is considered to be a very hard hitting Pokemon who can deal immense damage to its enemies and prove to be a significant boost in the team as Bug-type Pokemon automatically learns moves like poison or razor leaves which can all together turn the tide in a match.

So make sure to complete the Bug Research event task and challenges to ensure a Nincada for yourself. Niantic has built an entirely new pattern of introducing fresh new content for its fans and developers of Pokemon GO makes sure to improve the in-game experience for all their users. Hopefully, trainers will efficiently complete the quests as mentioned above and win awesome rewards.

Source :- https://karenmintonblogexpert.wordpress.com/2019/04/05/pokemon-go-confirmed-bug-research-tasks-events-and-rewards/

Karen Minton  is a creative person who has been writing blogs and articles about cyber security. She writes about the latest updates regarding mcafee.com/activate and how it can improve the work experience of users. Her articles have been published in many popular e-magazines, blogs and websites.

How to Lock Your MacBook to Bolster Privacy

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The computers, laptops, mobile phones contain all our personal information and in case you still do not have a lock on your MacBook, then all the data which is stored on your Mac is not safe. While setting up your MacBook, the first thing you should go through is to put a password on your device. If you want to know how to lock your MacBook, then you need to follow the steps given below.

How to Stop Auto Login for Users?

After starting the users’ system, this process will automatically get the sign in to the Mac account and it will open a front page on your system. This Auto login option is not safe to the system because it permits everyone to use your system. Go through the steps listed below to know how to stop auto login for users:

• Press on the “Apple” symbol, provided in the top left-hand side of the system display.
• Choose the “System Preferences” button.
• Choose “Users and Groups” option.
• After that, click the “Login Options” given in the icons list.
• Tap the “Lock” symbol located in the left-hand side of the display which indicates the option “Click the lock to make changes”.
• Then, type the login password.
• Press the “Unlock” button.
• Find the “Automatic login” pull-down menu and make sure that this option should be in disable mode.
• Now, the users have turned off the “Automatic login” option on their Mac.

 How to Lock a MacBook Using Apple Icon?

In case the users finding that option which will automatically lock their MacBook, then they will get many different ways to do so. Here are the steps to lock their MacBook by using the Apple icon and choose that option which is convenient for them.

• Press on the “Apple” symbol, provided in the top left-hand side of the Mac display.
• Choose the “Lock Screen” button.

How to Lock a MacBook Using Keyboard Shortcut?

In case they do not want to find via “system menus,” then they can lock their MacBook by using keyboard shortcuts keys. They have to type the given key shortcut when they wish to lock their MacBook quickly:

• Ctrl + Cmd + Q

How to Lock MacBook Using Hot Corner?

With the help of the Hot corners, the users can do a particular action as Hot corners permit them to do so. The example of this type of action is locking of the Mac, once the system mouse goes to different corners of the Mac. In case users want to turn on this function, then they can go through the steps listed below:

• Tap on the “Apple” symbol, given in the top left-hand side of the Mac display.
• Choose the “System Preferences” button.
• Choose the “Desktop and Screensaver” option located in the icons list and after that make sure they are below the “Screen Saver” option.
• Press the “Hot Corners” option provided in the end right-hand side of the screen.
• Choose the “drop-down next to the adjacent corner” option where they wish to access the MacBook after that they have to choose the “Lock Screen” button.
• Tap “Ok” button for finishing the process and after that, click on the “Close” option for shutting down the tab.

Karen Minton  is a creative person who has been writing blogs and articles about cyber security. She writes about the latest updates regarding mcafee.com/activate and how it can improve the work experience of users. Her articles have been published in many popular e-magazines, blogs and websites.