Basic Requirements

1.) Window Media Encoder 9 – Get it from here.

2.) Music Source – You can use your CD player output or simply few audio files stored on your computer. Music source can be generated by many other means as well like MP3 player or other similar audio devices.

3.) Selected Port Forwarding by Router – This is most important. Not many of us know how to configure Router to forward the selected port. But don’t worry, I’ll provide you the detailed guide to this problem. First, you should know about your Router manufacturer name. After that, visit this page for step-by-step guides on how to setup port forwarding. (Scroll down to that page and you will see list of all possible routers. Select the name of your router and it will take you to the next page. Find the “Default Guide” link on that new page and click on it to get the detailed information.)

Initially, even I was not aware of how to forward ports but thanks to Madhur who helped me in doing this. Later on, I found the above mentioned site for learning to forward ports on all types of Routers.

Now when you are done with all basic requirements, let’s move to actually configuring our system so that we can able to successfully set up our own radio station.

Configurations

1.) Choose any Port number of your choice and program your router to forward your selected port to your main computer. I chose 2300 at my port number.

2.) Open Windows Media Encoder

3.) Select “Broadcast a live event“.

4.) Uncheck the “Video” checkbox and enable “Audio” checkbox. Now from the drop down list choose your Sound Card and click on “Next“.

5.) Select “Pull from the encoder“.

6.) Enter the Port Number you selected before. In my case its 2300 and I have programmed my router to forward the same port number. (Don’t forget this. It’s very important)

7.) Now comes another important part- “How you want to encode your audio?”

Let’s understand first what does it actually mean. The higher the bit rate, the better will be the quality of the streaming audio. But there is always a certain limit. Suppose you have a Broadband connection of 256 Kbps and you choose 135 Kbps as your desired Bit Rate. If you get 2 listeners who connect at the same time, they will occupy 270kb and your bandwidth maximum limit gets exceeded. You certainly don’t want to do that. Right?

So, its better you choose “Multiple bit rates audio (CBR)” that gives you option at the time of streaming, to select from multiple bit rates (9, 11, 13, 15 and so on) depending upon the users connected or willing to connect to your radio station.

8.) DO NOT select “Archive”. Leave it as it is and click on “Next”.

9.) Enter a Title, Author and other information for your Radio Station.

10.) Finally, click “Finish“.

11.) Now if you are using a CD player as an audio source, plug the output of CD player to AUX input of the streaming server computer (the BLUE jack) and start playing your music in the player.

OR, if you want the audio files from your server computer to be streamed then carry on with the following steps:-

• In the Media Encoder select View -> Source Panel.
• A small window of “Sources” should appear inside it. Click the down arrow and select “Properties…”
• Under “Source from:” option select “File“, and then browse to the actual location of your audio file.
• Under “At end:” option select from the drop down list “Roll over to next source“.
• Add another source and do the same. You can add as many as you want. Just don’t forget to choose the correct “At end:” option.
• Finally, click on “Apply”

12.) Click the “Start Encoding” button.

Your computer will now be acting as a server of streaming Radio Station.

How to Listen to your Radio Station?

Go to http://www.whatismyip.com and you will get your External IP address from there.

Now, ask you friend who want to connect to your Radio station to do the following:-

• Open Windows Media Player.
• Press Ctrl+U or go to File -> Open URL…
• Enter the URL mms://<yourIP>:<port>/

Example: - Suppose your IP is 192.166.217.134 (this should be the same IP which you get from whatsmyip.com website) and the port number you selected earlier is 2300. So the complete URL should be mms://192.166.217.134:2300/

That’s it you are done. Hope you like the tutorial. If you encounter any problem during the whole process just share it with us through comments section and I’ll try to solve those as soon as possible.

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Then after an hour research, I gain knowledge of how to recognize and avoid Fraudulent Websites. I am going to summarize that right here right now.

1.) What is Fraudulent website?

Fake websites are an Internet problem that attempt to take advantage of unsuspecting users. They are websites that fraudulently impersonate or imitate the website of a legitimate company or financial institution. Whether you are searching for bank information or researching a paper, remember that the Internet is not regulated and that the website you are looking at may be fraudulent.
The most common type of fraudulent website is the ‘Spoof’ website. The spoof website is often designed to look the like a legitimate website of a real institution (such as a bank). It will use the same graphics, composition and layout, and sometimes even the same URL in the text.

Spoof websites are designed to fool the user into disclosing their personal information willingly. Before disclosing any personal information, you should attempt to verify that it is not a spoofed website.

2.) How to recognise fraudulent “spoof” websites?

When trying to spot a fraudulent website, look for the following:

• A real-world presence like an address, phone number and email contact.
• By right-clicking a hyperlink and selecting ‘properties’ you can verify the link’s true destination.
• Check for spelling and grammatical errors, and statements that are against common sense.
• Be wary of sites that ask for personal details in full where they usually request fewer details ought to be sufficient.

3.) To check the security certificate

Always verify the security certificate issued to a site before submitting any personal information. Before you submit any personal information, ensure that you are indeed on the website you intend to be on.

In Internet Explorer, you can do this by checking the yellow lock icon (PADLOCK) on the status bar.

In Firefox, you can do this by checking the yellow lock icon (PADLOCK) on the address bar.

(This PADLOCK icon signifies that the website uses encryption to help protect any sensitive personal information- credit card number, Social Security number, payment details, passwords- that you enter)

If the lock is closed, then the site uses encryption.

Also, make sure that the Address bar shows “https://” at the beginning of the address URL and includes the website “domain name” in the address.

• Double-click on the lock icon that should appear on the bottom right corner of your browser window.
• Check the certificate to see that the name after Issued to: matches the website you are visiting.
• If there is no lock icon, it means the webpage is not secure.
• If the name does not match the issued to on the security certificate, then you may be on a spoofed site. You should proceed with caution.

4.) Use an online link checker

You can check whether a website is fraudulent or not is by using an online URL checker. One checker is called LinkScanner.

• Go to LinkScanner Online
• Enter the suspicious URL in box
• Click the Scan button

LinkScanner will then report whether the site contains malware or not.

5.) Use a phishing filter

Another tool that can help with recognizing fraudulent websites is with a phishing filter, which is designed to warn or block you from potentially harmful websites.

It’s available in Windows Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), and Windows Vista.

Firefox 2 or later also contains a built-in Phishing Protection feature that warns you of suspected Web forgeries, and offers to take you directly to a search page so you can find the real Web site you were looking for.
You can test the Phishing Protection feature by browsing to this test site.

Hope, these informations are helpful enough to prevent any one from getting trapped by these Fraudulent Websites. Next time you enter any secured zone, make sure it protects your privacy by following the above mentioned methods and steps.
What security measures you take when you fall upon a suspicious webpage?

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