https://aaron.blog/tags/wifi/Recent content in Wifi on The Dangling PointerHugoen-usTue, 27 Oct 2015 19:43:58 +0000https://aaron.blog/extending-your-apple-watch-with-wifi/Tue, 27 Oct 2015 19:43:58 +0000https://aaron.blog/extending-your-apple-watch-with-wifi/<h1 id="wifi-on-apple-watch-">WiFi on Apple Watch!?</h1><p>It's not completely obvious but the Apple Watch supports WiFi networks starting in Watch OS 2.0. How does one configure WiFi to work with the Watch? It's not terribly obvious so I threw this guide together.</p><h1 id="my-situation">My Situation</h1><p>My Apple Watch was not configured to work with WiFi. I have both 5GHz and 2.4GHz networks in my home. I normally do not join the 2.4GHz network because it doesn't work as well as the 5GHz. I looked at the <a href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204562">Apple Support page on WiFi</a> for the Apple Watch and realized my situation. Apple Watch only supports 2.4GHz networks.</p>https://aaron.blog/why-i-use-vpn-on-my-mobile-devices/Sun, 13 Apr 2014 17:09:12 +0000https://aaron.blog/why-i-use-vpn-on-my-mobile-devices/<p>I'm not terribly paranoid about online security compared to some. I do take some extra precautions when doing things online that involves financial data and logging into accounts.  Here are a few rules I follow internally when out and about:</p><ul><li>Public WiFi should only be used when cellular data isn't sufficient or available</li><li>Always ask what the SSID (network name) is when using public WiFi at a coffee shop - don't assume you've picked the right one</li><li>Never ever do anything with financial information (banks, credit cards including purchases)</li><li>Never create new accounts over public WiFi</li><li>Wired and "protected" WiFi at hotels is just as unsafe as public WiFi</li><li>Use a VPN (virtual private network) to a trusted destination when using a public Internet connection</li><li>Secure your home WiFi with a strong password and WPA2-PSK encryption</li></ul><p>A virtual private network connection lets you create a safe connection from where you are to where the VPN server resides.  Depending on the VPN configuration it may allow you to go back out to the Internet from there or you may be limited to local connections only on the server side.  In the case of how I use VPN, I connect to a home server which effectively makes someone in the coffee shop I'm at unable to see my online activity.</p>