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activesync server sync help!!!!

Hi guys,
Right i have an XDA exec and an XDA mini , ones for work ones for personal use.
I've set up an exchange server at home for the mini however it has to listen on port 8080 (the web outlook frontend).
However I'm trying to connect the activesync client to this via
address:8080 in the server field on the device but it doesn't seem to work
I can obviously access the site via 8080 on http but not via activesync. I've tried this on both the XDA MINI and the XDA EXEC and neither can access the server and i can't move the ports .
does the client support ports?
can you override them?
help!!!!

Activesync works by default over port 80 (non-secure) and 443 (secure) only. There may be a reg hack but I am unaware of one. If your cable or phone company is blocking port 80 just install a certificate, which you REALLY should be using anyway) and connect over 443 using SSL.

this is the problem, both portss 80 and 443 are taken up already by an apache web server.
I have exchange running under a virtual machine on the linux server. The windows 2003 box intergates with the existing mail sub system giving me access to the pop3 and smtp service on the linux side of things so its transparrent.
So apache runs on both port 80 and 443 so I can't bind anything to them.
I was looking into a reg hack if there was one.
If i find anything i'll post it but until then i have the same problem...which is a real annoyance!

the other thing is that the server i'm working with is only allowing port 8080 to be directed to it. Does activesync use any other port for the sync via web? As that might be the other problem.

right i've found a partial solution.
What i've done is use mod_proxy as part of the apache2 stuff to do a reverse proxy to the server over a virtual host on the system...
soo all traffic for the virtual domain foo.com goes to 192.168.1.20 which is the server behind the firewall (which just happens to be a bridged virtual machine).
That means now I can access exchange web via http on port 80 so atcive syn now connect to it.
unforutnately the crap thing is now active sync constantly asks for a username and password all the time and doesn't sync. So I'm guess it can see the server but not get any further...
so does anyone know if active sync needs access to any other ports as I can forward them much easily through the firewall.
help and thoughts please .

HAHAHAHAH GOTCHA
right that did it...
two things..i'd made a mistake int he domain name on active sync and added an E into the domain name where I should have!
also because i'd promoted the VM to a Domain Controller after installing IIS etc I had to re-register the ASP.NET framework so OMA worked.
I now have push mail working on linux out of a VM whilst apache is running on the same box
nice

Can I challenge you to document your setup and post it on a new thread for others to learn from?

yeah i'll do that , currently however I've been having a bit of a war with the SSL setup as the first pass was "open communications"
I've hit a snag where access to to OWA works for everything bar for internet explorer. I think i know the problem and have a solution so once I've tried that I'll document it and get it up here.
I do have reversed proxy SSL working to exchange though so now everything is secure and I can access OWA via firefox so again thats cool.
The I.E thing im certain is an issue with the actually app and that when it detects I.E it trys to be all clever but unfortuantely the domains don't match atm so its https://foo.com/exchange to http://bar.com/exchange and because of the domain name difference its getting a little twitcy.
theres three solutions, re-install everything from scratch (fat chance).
try to convert the active dicrectory domain to the one that matches foo (have you READ the documentation!....80 odd pages or something). Or change the https domain name on apache and redo the certificate (nice and easy but i'll do it tuesday).
once I can get it working seamlessly i'll do the docus

Active sync - Exchange: SSL over a non-default port

My ISP blocks all ports below 1024 so I had to setup my SBS2003 Exchange server to run on port 8080 (HTTP) & 4443 (HTTPS), which works perfectly (tested locally & on remote locations).
When I add the correct secure portnumber to the server address (ActiveSync > Tools > Configure Server Source), ActiveSync cannot find our Exchange Server. When I remove the portnumber everything works fine as long as I'm on my local network.
I enter it like this: exchangeserverdomain.com:4443
I have OWA running perfectly by using the same external server address:<port>, and all needed certificates are on my WM6 device (it's the HTC Touch Dual).
Seems like ActiveSync doesn't like portnumbers.
Any tips?

Me 2
I'm having a similar problem.
Anyone can help?
Many thanks in advance.
Pozi.

If anyone has found a solution for this, I sure would appreciate knowing. As I'm sure you found, older stuff retrieved by Google makes it clear that MS just didn't provide support for ActiveSync on custom ports in previous WM versions, but couldn't they have remedied this oversight by now? Reg key?

Active sync - Exchange: SSL over a non-default port - Solved in WM65 ?
Any idea if there is a workaround for this problem in WM 6.5 ?
thanks,
Koen.

No, I don't know if WM6.5 finally added the ability to specify port number for Activesync server.
We solved this need by using "SSL host headers," which permit multiple IIS sites to use the default SSL port 443 with different host names. Although the IIS (6.0) GUI doesn't provide this capability, it can be done at the command line using adsutil.vbs found in Inetpub\adminscripts. It requires a wildcard SSL certificate, is a little tricky to get right, and results in a misleading error message in the event log every time IIS starts, but it does work reliably.
See:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pr...108-b1a7-494d-885d-f8941b07554c.mspx?mfr=true

ISP blocks all well-known ports - server activesync not working
thanks for the information, the configuration of Exchange is indeed not an issue.
Problem is that my ISP blocks all well-known (service) ports like 443,...
I would like to configure server activesync to use a different port (above 1024).
The Activesync interface on Windows mobile does not allow to enter a port number to specify the protocol.
eg. remote.company.com:4433 is automatically changed back to remote.company.com.
Any idea of a reg-key on WM to change the port to use for server activesync ?

If there is a way to do that in WM65, I don't know about it.
What kind of ISP "blocks all well-known ports"?
Good luck.

Not a solution per se but could you use SevenBeta to get your mail pushed? i think it works as long as you can get to the OWA server from the device. probably wouldn't give you contacts but at least you'd get mail while out of the office.

It's not Exchange, but the client...
I dislike it's come to this but it's true, the iPhone handles this over custom ssl ports just fine and I have not come across anything else that does. I do not know why. With the iPhone or iPod touch too I'd guess, you just enter your email address and password. It tries the regular ports and fails, and where you enter the server you enter your port like servername:customsslport and then you have full active synch abilities, synched email, all your subfolders, and the option to synch calendar and address book too.
I recently tried an android phone and looking for a solution, at this very site found out windows phones couldn't do this either... Developers have tried to give google this code correction but they won't accept it for whatever reason. I ended up using a tether to my old iPhone just to get decent ActiveSynch over custom SSL ports until I gave in and took back the Atrix for the newer iPhone, as my old phone was falling apart and was the older slower one. I've tried 2.1 & 2.2 Android phones and when you try to enter the port using serverort syntax you get invalid server format or the save button just gets grayed out until you remove the port. There's a few buggy market apps that sorta work in a limited way. It's possible the Blackberry may allow custom ssl ports on Exchange synch setup too, but I don't know, only that Windows and Android phones had issues with this but it works perfect on the iPhone, so it can't be a limitation of Exchange exactly. I haven't run into any good desktop clients for this, but to access full mobile email, synching even sent items and pushing select custom folders, calendar and contacts the iPhone truly synchs all these fine by entering the same port you use for custom OWA ssl in the Exchange email setup. I wish even desktop Outlook handled custom ssl port synching this well, and I'm not sure how the iPhone does it, as it seems very lightweight.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=602494
Lukasss said:
My ISP blocks all ports below 1024 so I had to setup my SBS2003 Exchange server to run on port 8080 (HTTP) & 4443 (HTTPS), which works perfectly (tested locally & on remote locations).
When I add the correct secure portnumber to the server address (ActiveSync > Tools > Configure Server Source), ActiveSync cannot find our Exchange Server. When I remove the portnumber everything works fine as long as I'm on my local network.
I enter it like this: exchangeserverdomain.com:4443
I have OWA running perfectly by using the same external server address:<port>, and all needed certificates are on my WM6 device (it's the HTC Touch Dual).
Seems like ActiveSync doesn't like portnumbers.
Any tips?
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hmmm this is interesting

wifi network questions on HTC HD2

Hi,
Using a HTC HD2 I am trying to access my home network via WIFI (WPA2/PSK - AES). Some of it works, some of it doesn't and I was hoping some of you would be able to point me in the right direction:
I can connect to intranet pages (for instance utorrent web interface) via IP, but not via hostname.
I cannot connect to network (smb) shares at all, either via IP or hostname.
A program which requires the hostname to work (since I use it over Hamachi VPN as well as locally and don’t want to change the IP based on how I use it) does work over Hamachi and not over WIFI.
I'm quite confused
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Cheers,
Elco

Sounds like your DNS isn't working. Do you have custom DNS servers configured in the "Name Servers" tab of network card config?

Yhanks for responding!
It should get it from DHCP (though I have tried assigning a static IP and dns, but this gave the same result)
Also, I have another older win mobile device, and with the same setttings it does allow me to access the network shares (by IP and hostname)
I've combed all settings regarding wifi and network, but since they are the same I am guessing it is probably a different at the registry level?
The HTC HD2 does have 2 broadcom wifi adapters mentioned though, a normal one and one with a DHD postfix.
Cheers,
Elco

@Talisman_: same problem here. have you solved it?

Exactly same problem on xperia x2. I just set on manual temporary.

Are you using Hamachi on your phone?
Did you have this problem prior to installing Hamachi?
The reason being is Hamachi installs a network interface which exists whether or not Hamachi is running
You may want to check your Data Connection settings and see if it has applied the "requires a proxy" setting

What are you using as your DNS server though, that is the question.
If it's your broadband router, then chances are it won't be able to serve DNS requests for internal devices (ie computers on your home network).
If that's the case, you'll need a proper DNS server (get an old PC and install Linux) and create a local domain such as home.local, or if you've got a registered domain, you can even set it up the same (domain.com for instance) just tell the DNS server it's the domain master.
It's been yonks since I played around with Linux so I can't tell you how, much easier with Windows Server
Some people advise against using the same public domain name as an internal domain name, but it just means you add A records for any public addressess such as WWW.domain.com or mail.domain.com if it's accessable outside your network as well as inside.
Alternatively, if you're only going to be accessing them via the home network then you could try adding a few hosts to your registry (use the windows calc or similar to convert each IP address number to Hex)
http://windowsmobilepro.blogspot.com/2006/04/etchosts-file-equivalent-in-windows.html
As always, you modify the registry at your own risk.

New video chat/conference software

I ported my ReelPortal video conference to Android recently. It's reported to be working well on the Viewsonic G Tablet with certain ROMs. It also works on the Archos 70/101. So I believe it would work on the A7 as well.
Anyhow, my app is published on AppLibs, or you can get it from the G Tablet thread here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=908613
Please provide feedback if you try it. Thanks.

FYI,
It does work on my LAN on the A7. I just did a video chat between my Notebook (Win7 64bit) and the A7 using the Linux server code on my home Linux server.
Before opening (port forwarding) anything through my firewall, other than the TCP port the server runs at, does anything else need to be configured (ie - UDP forwarding, etc.)?
Also, any change you will change the server code to force a password to prevent unauthorized access from others if you run your own server?
Thanks,
J

rosenbj said:
FYI,
It does work on my LAN on the A7. I just did a video chat between my Notebook (Win7 64bit) and the A7 using the Linux server code on my home Linux server.
Before opening (port forwarding) anything through my firewall, other than the TCP port the server runs at, does anything else need to be configured (ie - UDP forwarding, etc.)?
Also, any change you will change the server code to force a password to prevent unauthorized access from others if you run your own server?
Thanks,
J
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Good question regarding UDP forwarding, but unfortunately I don't have an answer. P2P mode uses UDP, and besides the ReelPortal server, it also requires access to the Adobe Cirrus server, which generate a certain key string, allowing the clients to see each other. But I haven't test P2P mode in my home server, since I set up an external dedicated server.
With regard to a password for server, I'll have to think a little more on it. Thanks for bringing it up though.
Update from http://forums.adobe.com/message/2630255
in order to connect to Stratus (aka Cirrus) and to make P2P connections to other clients, you MUST allow all UDP ports > 1023. if you restrict UDP ports, you may no longer connect to Stratus, and you probably won't connect to other clients.

I'm thinking of adding an optional "subkey" parameter to the server:
> server-linux 192.168.1.1 subkey=ABC
If subkey is defined, then all clients logging into the server must have a Key that contains the "ABC" string, e.g "123ABC456", or "ABCxxxxxx", etc.
What do you think of this approach?

[Q] SSH/VNC over SSH tunnel

Hello, I need to connect to a linux machine behind secure network from my mobile phone. I do this from my other computers by connecting to an ssh server on that network (its port is open), and forwarding ports (for SSH and VNC) with Bitvise client, or the openssh client. I tried to do the same from my phone, and got various different results from different apps:
1. SSH Tunnel did not manage to create the tunnel at all - complete failure, just freezes.
2. SSH Autotunnel created the tunnel properly, but after that, I could not connect any SSH/VNC client using the forwarded ports on localhost (tried both "localhost" and "127.0.0.1" since my hosts file is a mess and I am sure that the ports are correct - I am getting "Connection Refused").
3. ConnectBot manages to connect to the SSH server, but disconnects upon entering the absolutely correct password.
Is it possible to install openssh on android? Also, the need for VNC arises from the fact that I normally just forward X over ssh to another linux box, but android doesn't use X server.
Could the issue be that android has some firewall that blocks my attempts? I haven't installed any of my own.
Thanks in advance for any help.

Sounds like it's blocked. If you could make it work on port 80 instead of 22, then you might be able to get somewhere.