Hello,
Quick question does anyone know how to auto start vpn connect to server in Cyanogen in vpn settings on boot.
I assume it would simply be to isolate the activity and have that added to the /etc/init.d/ directory
Any suggestions? Its not a huge deal as I simply have a short cut settings on my homepage but it would be nice to have the piece of mind knowing that before my gmail syncs it's connected through my personal vpn.
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Has anyone been using VPN connections succesfully on any of the HD2 Android builds?
Thanks for your time.
Luís
Yes I am able to use PPTP from strongvpn with the HiperDroid build.
Works fine and stable. I am using it mainly for watching bbc iplayer.
That is actually the main advantage for my type of use compared to WM: wifi sleep policy management and easy to set VPN connection.
Only inconvenient is you have to type your password every time you connect. Kind of workaround is using 5VPN from market - it just saves your password in the clipboard and provides a quick link to the VPN settings.
Yes,
I am using OpenVPN which has a GUI interface with Cyanogen builds -ChubCraft, Bragsters and HyperDroid-
and it is working pretty fine
Thanks for your replies! I've already managed to get VPN to work over wifi, although not yet over my mobile data connection - but probably because my service provider, China Mobile, is blocking it...
I am also using 5VPN and i've downloaded too the trial for 1VPN, which makes thing even easier.
With more time i'll try some openvpn client to see what I can get with it (for SSL access).
Cheers
If so what's the best approach.
My application is this, I might need to occasionaly word documents on our network for quick reference purposes along with minor document editing.
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Well you can access your network on wifi with Es file explorer. Ive got a home server that I can copy files over to my phone with and also transfer files back to the server. Now as far as editing I'm not sure which app to use.
Agreed, I use ESFileExplorer for all of my local storage and network storage browsing needs. I am able to browse and open files on my home server so long as I am connected to my own LAN with no problems (if on another network I connect to server via AndFTP).
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CIFS Manager is great if you are rooted. Netarchy beta kernels have CIFS support and Cyanogenmod 7 works with the default kernel (unsure about other versions).
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Dropbox. Probably my favorite file sharing solution.
dropbox is awesome! would you like a referral email
Try Team Viewer. I can access my work pc from anywhere in the world as long as I have WiFi or 3g. Best of all it's free for personal use.
Don't forget openvpn. Share those files anywhere in the world.
When I am on a windows network I use samba as seen here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8239139&postcount=128 -- Works quite well. When I am out and about I live/die by dropbox.
Any of these apps support appletalk?
Homepipe will work, and is free on the market.
AndFTP and SSH for SFTP file transfers. All privacy and encryption you'll need.
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Very good replies, I will have to start at the top and try them all.
In fact I will start with the first one mentioned now...
I may need to look into vpn as well, but i'll cross that bridge when the times calls for it.
Oh when you guys say something like 'home server' you mean just a pc with a share setup right, aka work group, not a domain. Not an actual network OS like win server 2008 and what not? I will be connecting to both scenarios between home and work.
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i use built in astro in myns rom.
create a user/pass for my selected shares in win7.
enable sharing for those drives/shares and set permission to what this id can do.
set wireless router to static ip distribution
set phone to static ip
add smb share server address into astro
type in user name/pass and server ip address information
viola
I'm seeing a few issues with es file explorer
1. file permissions, I can only open word docs in read only.
2. For some file extensions I don't get prompted for what all to open some things, for example when I open a picture the default app for pix seems to be esfile explorer instead of giving me a choice and I need to be able to zoom in on these pix.
I don't see any options for either of these limitations, if I don't find a fix I will just move on to another app I guess.
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After having been connected to my company's MS Exchange server on my HTC EVO for over four months, I was prompted to change my password on the domain (on my PC) and since then, I've not been able to re-connect with the new password.
I tried deleting the account and rebooting my phone and re-creating the account from scratch, but whenever I try to re-connect, I get the following error message:
Setup could not finish
Unable to open connection to server
The IT guy at work put in his own credentials and had the exact same problem.
The interesting thing is that I downloaded a trial of Touchdown for Exchange which uses the same credentials, and that seems to connect fine. I have no idea why one works and not the other.
Does anyone know what might be happening when I try to connect by adding a new account?
My suspicion is that there was some change in the Exchange server settings that impacted me once I changed my password to reconnect, but would like to hear other theories.
aagha said:
After having been connected to my company's MS Exchange server on my HTC EVO for over four months, I was prompted to change my password on the domain (on my PC) and since then, I've not been able to re-connect with the new password.
I tried deleting the account and rebooting my phone and re-creating the account from scratch, but whenever I try to re-connect, I get the following error message:
Setup could not finish
Unable to open connection to server
The IT guy at work put in his own credentials and had the exact same problem.
The interesting thing is that I downloaded a trial of Touchdown for Exchange which uses the same credentials, and that seems to connect fine. I have no idea why one works and not the other.
Does anyone know what might be happening when I try to connect by adding a new account?
My suspicion is that there was some change in the Exchange server settings that impacted me once I changed my password to reconnect, but would like to hear other theories.
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I for the life of me don't understand why I can connect to my exchange server using a third-party app (touchdown) but not using the native email app.
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If your company made any changes to their exchange server, then you need to figure out exactly what is needed to connect. I have setup 10 different android phones on our exchange server, and the settings to connect were different on 5 of them. We also had 3 of them that were on exchange 2010 instead of exchange 2003, and those settings were even more different.
matt2053 said:
I for the life of me don't understand why I can connect to my exchange server using a third-party app (touchdown) but not using the native email app.
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+1. I've spent hours with IT and with Sprint and nothing. I got this from Sprint to help my get it going, so I will post here in hopes it will help you. They sent me this link:
http://community.sprint.com/baw/message/208942
And this email:
"The only way to fix this issue is by having access to Active Directory on a server with Exchange plugins.
Go Active Directory Users & Computers (Enable Advanced Features if needed)
Open the properties of the user that is having the issue
Click on the Security Tab
Click the Advanced button
In the Default Permissions tab check the box at the bottom for "Include inheritable permissions from this object's parent"
Wait for AD to propagate (5-10 minutes) "
The info on the link I was not able to try because it required changes being made to the server that my company would not allow. The email info they sent me did not apply to me because the server at my job was already set up that way.
Good luck. I gave up getting the native app to work right. I don't know why something that should be so simple is such a mission.
Not sure if this will work or if you have tried it but. Clear the application data/cache from the applications menu in settings.
For you server, did you put in "owa.mycompany.com" or "somethingelse.mycompany.com"?
It sounds like this might be the problem. You need to have your owa server listed there instead of the exchange server for Outlook.
Jye75 said:
For you server, did you put in "owa.mycompany.com" or "somethingelse.mycompany.com"?
It sounds like this might be the problem. You need to have your owa server listed there instead of the exchange server for Outlook.
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Yes, I gave that a shot: connect.companyname.com
Thanks for the suggestion though.
I want to set up a VPN at home that my xoom can access. I tried a simple PPTP with dd-wrt but I can't seem to access or ping anything, even though it connects. I want to do this so I don't have to forward SSH, RDP, and other ports that expose my stuff to the outside world.
At home I am running a DD-WRT gateway with a linux server as well as a Windows Server 2008 VM behind the gateway, any could host the VPN service.
I don't need instructions on how to set up the VPN, but advice on what is compatible with android's built in VPN support.
Thanks in advance for any input.
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The windows vpn service works fine for me
I was under the impression I needed to set up a domain to use the included windows VPN service, and I wasn't looking to set up a domain.
Is this an incorrect assumption?
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Here's a link to getting OpenVPN working. Must admit it looks like it's not for everyone.
Salpula said:
I was under the impression I needed to set up a domain to use the included windows VPN service, and I wasn't looking to set up a domain.
Is this an incorrect assumption?
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That was not necessary for me. If it is a requirement, it is specific to Windows Server edition
I have a Windows PPTP VPN that my Xoom can connect to. You do not need to set up a domain.
Unfortunately there is a bug in Android that makes it lose connection to the VPN after a few minutes/seconds.
See here:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=4706
I just bypass androids native VPN and use Neo Router free. Available in the market. You just set up a Neo server on the computer you want to control and use the android app to open an encrypted connection to that computer. You can set up the app to forward any ports to the computer running the server. Works well. Right now im running splashtop remote and plex using it so i dont have to port forward the ports for those apps in my router.
Thanks for all the input. I am working on OpenVPN. I almost have it working (I already have my router set up for OpenVPN, just didn't know I could use it).
I am a PIA (Private Internet Access) subscriber and I'm trying to configure OpenVPN for Android on my Nexus Player. I had no problems configuring it on my Nexus 5 but when I open the app on the player and go through creating a profile, when I try to click the button to "select" a certificate OR if I try to import an OpenVPN configuration I get a brief message from android that it doesn't have an app to do that.
My guess is that something is lacking on my device - particularly the "open from" dialog that appears when you're trying to add/select a file from your sdcard or cloud drive.
Has anyone else seen this and have a solution? I'm so close to getting this nailed down and I don't want to use the PIA app since I can't access my local network resources when it's connected.
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I am a PIA (Private Internet Access) subscriber and I'm trying to configure OpenVPN for Android on my Nexus Player. I had no problems configuring it on my Nexus 5 but when I open the app on the player and go through creating a profile, when I try to click the button to "select" a certificate OR if I try to import an OpenVPN configuration I get a brief message from android that it doesn't have an app to do that.
My guess is that something is lacking on my device - particularly the "open from" dialog that appears when you're trying to add/select a file from your sdcard or cloud drive.
Has anyone else seen this and have a solution? I'm so close to getting this nailed down and I don't want to use the PIA app since I can't access my local network resources when it's connected.
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**no root required, im on 5.1.1**
I got it working but it doesnt rotate but it works and all you need to do is input your info and hit connect.
Here is a VPN client that PIA made for there servers:
HTML:
http://download.apks.org/?server=11&apkid=com.privateinternetaccess.android&ver=1.1.7
install that like this:
adb install /path/to/com.privateinternetaccess.android&ver=1.1.7
Open up SideLoad Launcher and Launch VPN, fill out your info and tick save and hit connect. I confirmed working with Chrome at whatsmyip
Cheers,
DFL
Unfortunately it's not working on mine. When I click on "connect" I get a system dialog asking me if I want to enable VPN access - whatever you push after it doesent connet to the VPN.
Has anyone gotten this working 'better'? I've talked with PIA support and asked them why their app is considered "incompatible" and to please change that status in Google Play if there is indeed no issue. DroidVPN, VyperVPN, etc are in there so it's obviously possible I assume
Barkle said:
Has anyone gotten this working 'better'? I've talked with PIA support and asked them why their app is considered "incompatible" and to please change that status in Google Play if there is indeed no issue. DroidVPN, VyperVPN, etc are in there so it's obviously possible I assume
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I'm wondering if I side load the android app will it work. Did you get it to work?
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