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Hi,
I'm currently on a HTC Trinity using Mary's 3.3.5 ROM and want to be able to connect to my universities WiFi network but to do so I need to use a VPN tunnel, anyone recommend a good PPC App that will allow me to connect to my universities VPN?
Cheers,
Mike
mikecsmith said:
Hi,
I'm currently on a HTC Trinity using Mary's 3.3.5 ROM and want to be able to connect to my universities WiFi network but to do so I need to use a VPN tunnel, anyone recommend a good PPC App that will allow me to connect to my universities VPN?
Cheers,
Mike
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WM6 Pro includes both a PPTP & a L2TP/IPSec VPN client. This will work with most VPN routers & firewalls, however they may not be configured to support it. If you can connect using Windows 2000/XP's built-in PPTP or L2TP/IPSec VPN Client then you can almost certainly connect with WM6's.
A lot if VPN Routers & Firewalls are supplied with a 'free' Windows client that has the documentation geared around it. However most (if not all?) of these products will work with the native VPN client in Windows 2000+ (and WM5/6). I would try and stick with the L2TP/IPSec client but this requires some additional steps over setting up PPTP - on both the client & server (router). It is worth the extra steps in my opinion though.
Andy
I have the same problem ... I am not able to connect using the default VPN client ...
Hi,
There's a great review of vpn clients by Menneisyys in the Wiki. It's entitled:
'Access Your Desktop PC From Your Pocket PC!'
I'm sure you'll find it very useful because it would point you in the right direction as regards VPN tunnelling to your Uni's server.
kiwi992.
kiwi992 said:
Hi,
There's a great review of vpn clients by Menneisyys in the Wiki. It's entitled:
'Access Your Desktop PC From Your Pocket PC!'
I'm sure you'll find it very useful because it would point you in the right direction as regards VPN tunnelling to your Uni's server.
kiwi992.
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HI!
Thank you for your reply, but this articles are about "Remote desktop" - like solutions for WM - based devises. Not for connecting to VPN.
Did anybody have had any success so far?
Any working 3-rd party VPN clients / Solutions?
Thank you in advance.
Dmitry.
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keyword list: VPN; connection; VNP over WIFI; VPN WM5; VPN WM6; VPN problem; VPN client;
Hi,
You might find Manneisyys' review very long but if you take your time to read it, you'll see that he talks about the various VPN clients and how they compare. VNC, VNC+, etc are all mentioned there.
Just take your time to read it.
kiwi992.
Nice article, is the VPN working?
Do you have the WM6 VPN client working? Specifically the ActiveSync -> VPN -> MS Exchange functionality that was there under WM5?
kiwi992 said:
Hi,
You might find Manneisyys' review very long but if you take your time to read it, you'll see that he talks about the various VPN clients and how they compare. VNC, VNC+, etc are all mentioned there.
Just take your time to read it.
kiwi992.
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Thank you for your answer!
But. Once again: the article talks about REMOTE CONTROL with the use of things like: RAdmin, MS RDP, etc.
This sofware - are remote desktops, so called VNC, not VPN clients in a classic way.
There is a little mess we get at the moment. (I've defenetelly got)
Let me describe in detail:
People need VPN here for many reasons, for me it is:
- to connect to some VPN through WIFI with our WM5 \ 6 device.
In my case- this is a public WIFI internet provider, which has a wifi coverage in the city.
Wifi is open PPTP. I need to type in a login \ pass on the web page I get, to start using the internet in current wifi session.
The ALTERNATIVE way to conect to internet - is to establish a VPN connection over the wifi.
I can successfully do in on the laptop.
With my UNI, WM5, AKU 3.5 - I can connect to VPN with the built-in VPN Client, but the first request to internet (via browser or Messaging send-receive) - drops my VPN connection, as it described here in the forum.
So: we need some software that can work.
I tried so far:
1. BlueFire VPN - just can't connect.
2. Antha VPN - just doesn't work.
I have heard thah on some other ROMs there is no problem with the built-in VPN client for PPTP, will try with some other WM6 ROMs later.
Any solution so far?
Thank you, kiwi992
Thanks to everybody!
Hi, im sorry for my bad english.
I have the same Problem. I search for an VPN tool. I have wm6. I know ther ist an VPN client but it doesn't work. To connect to the VPN in my University I need the L2TP/IPSec "safety andcertificate" but I don't kwon where I can load this.
thank's for helping
IronMaster1987 said:
Hi, im sorry for my bad english.
I have the same Problem. I search for an VPN tool. I have wm6. I know ther ist an VPN client but it doesn't work. To connect to the VPN in my University I need the L2TP/IPSec "safety andcertificate" but I don't kwon where I can load this.
thank's for helping
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Hi! The L2TP/IPSec is a special story.
It is widely discussed here at forum: xda-developers > General discussion > Networking >
Search for *VPN* string on this forum.
This is the: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=302520&page=2&highlight=*VPN* one of the success stories.
You need to obtain the certificate from the system administrators of your network. You may also have some "magic" URL in your campus network, where you can download the required certificate. This URL should point to the inranet web page of the web interface of the VPN server.
If your goal is to securely connect to some specific computer on the network, you should use one of the VNC programs: the VNC server part on the computer, and the VNC client on your device.
In any case - first check your certificate \ settings on, say, Windows XP laptop, connected through WIFI, first, then continue with the device.
Good luck!
Dmitry
VPN problems
I don't know if this issue is specific to my device (pharos gps 600 gps phone), or to windows mobile 6 which I'm running.
I can't connect to my vpn through wifi, the reason being is that I cannot associate any connections through the wifi card with the vpn info.
Wifi card doesn't show as a selectable modem in the modem tab next to the vpn tab in the vpn config. Only modems are cellular line modems, bluetooth, and one "hayes compatible com1" which is my usb I would guess.
Does anybody know how I might get around this?
it's there a way to connect or use my company VPN on android?
my company uses cisco VPN.
Yes. Look in the "Settings -> Wireless and Networks -> VPN".
Which way will you be connecting to your VPN? L2TP? PSK? Cert?
It may be important for you to know up front that Android doesn't yet support 3DES encryption, only DES.
I had the same problem until I switched to an older APN... Under Settings, Wireless and Network, Mobile Network Settings, Access Point Names (APN), add a new APN, all you need is to name it and the APN is internet2.voicestream.com This is an older APN T-Mobile used to allow for VPN connections. As soon as I used it instead of the epc APN, I connected without issue.
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I had the same problem until I switched to an older APN...
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What problem was that? Unless I misunderstood the OP's post, the problem is how to connect to one's corporate VPN infrastructure from an Android phone. Your post seems unrelated to that unless I'm missing something.
epakrat75 said:
Yes. Look in the "Settings -> Wireless and Networks -> VPN".
Which way will you be connecting to your VPN? L2TP? PSK? Cert?
It may be important for you to know up front that Android doesn't yet support 3DES encryption, only DES.
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Yea I looked under there but I read online that Android 2.2 doesn't support pure Ipsec witch is what I need....I just can't believe Google dropped the ball like this! I hope they took care of that in Honeycomb because my company wants to buy tablet but without VPN is a no go....
And the funnything is that Google knows about it since 2009:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=3902
emonero said:
I hope they took care of that in Honeycomb because my company wants to buy tablet but without VPN is a no go....
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While running the Honeycomb SDK Preview on my Nook Color, I checked this very thing out and found that no additional support / options were provided to me. I'd like to think this additional functionality was left out of the SDK preview but I'm not convinced. Perhaps it'll be different on either the Motorola XOOM and G-Slate tablets but I'm not optimistic since they've had so much time to deal with it but seem to not have done anything yet.
Another Tech and I installed Honeycomb on a Nook color just to check that settings and it doesn't have it...I hope Moto include it like they did with the droid Pro...
emonero said:
I hope Moto include it like they did with the droid Pro...
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Interesting. I didn't realize that the Droid Pro even supported it. It might the only device that currently does. If that functionality were extracted and offered as a mod for the Vibrant, etc that would be worth paying for.
As such, I have had to advise my company away from using Android because it doesn't work our SonicWall VPN. However, the few Apple iDevices we have already connect to our VPN.
Cisco VPN Working on Vibrant
You can get it to work, you need to get open vpn installer, open vpn settings, vpn robot, and tun.ko file for the vibrant. Need to be rooted. It was a pain to get setup but works like a charm with an ASA 8.2 box. Cisco Anyconnect has been launched on a few android devices such as the vibrant 4G, hopefully this will get ported to the vibrant 3G, it would be so much easier and better since its all SSL based and not ipsec.
Hi all,
I have been tinkering with connectivity into my corporate network and so far been able to get a connection to our Office Communicator server via ASProxy and a secure wireless connection. However I am looking for a solution that works across my 3G connection via a VPN.
I have looked at the market place versions of OpenVpn and I cannot get it to work with our Cisco Gateway. I got stuck at the tun and adb part, so not sure what I need to do at this point so though I would ask the experts on here ;-) There has been much work on a very important missing part which was a user authentication proxy, so the next bit for me would be a means of connecting to an IPSec/UDP Cisco VPN Gateway that works with my Domain username and then a fob generated password.
Any help from you guys would be most appreciated and perhaps I can share my ASProxy configuration for anyone wishing to get their's working....
Thanks
Avalon
Hi,
you can't use an OpenVPN client to connect to a Cisco (IPsec) VPN server.
If you want to connect to an OpenVPN server then you can use OpenVPN Installer and OpenVPN Settings from the market.
If you want to connect to an IPsec server then use the built-in android VPN client or even some proprietary Cisco client from the market... (don't know about these as I only use OpenVPN)
Hi, thanks for the reply, however the built in VPN client will not work with our server. There is a Cisco anyconnect client that does connect, but we need a license for it which we dont currently have.
I will keep trying....
Have anyone tried connecting to VPN servers on their Galaxy Tab 7.7?
I have tested more than 3 VPN servers. (They all work on PC, iPhone, iPad, Tab 10.1, Tab 8.9, HP TouchPad). When I try to connect them on Galaxy Tab 7.7, it connects successfully but fail to let me do anything once the connection is made.
I have created 2 test accounts and please feel free to test it using them or your own servers... let me know how it go...
BTW, I tried restoring. no help at all.
PPTP Server 1: pptp.vpn2.hk
PPTP Server 2: pptp.vpn2.us
Login: test
Password: samsung1234
William
Hi,
for PPTP you'll need kernel 2.6.35.x!
Otherwise you'll be able to get a connection but your data transfer will break down after 5sec-3min!
I will edit this post with a link to "Issue 4706: Droid phone PPTP VPN dying after a short while." after I'm allowed to.
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C3POID said:
Hi,
for PPTP you'll need kernel 2.6.35.x!
Otherwise you'll be able to get a connection but your data transfer will break down after 5sec-3min!
I will edit this post with a link to "Issue 4706: Droid phone PPTP VPN dying after a short while." after I'm allowed to.
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are you saying that i need to upgrade my VPN server to kernel 2.6.35.x just for 7.7? just wondering cos my VPN servers (and many other VPN servers out there that I have tried) work for all other platforms, like Tab 10.1, iPad, Windows, OS X etc etc...
Yes I do. google botched PPTP for VPN.
But you need to upgrade (/downgrade) the kernel of your Android device (client), not the server. Or do you run your VPN server on Android???
You can search for "issue 4706" or "android PPTP VPN problem" and you will find a lot of pi**ed people and maybe some answers like kernel version and needed OS version.
I can confirm that it works with kernel 2.6.35 and since GB2.3.7 / CM7! Some say it works fine with ICS, but I found also that higher kernel versions will not work.
And yes, all other plattforms will work fine with PPTP.
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C3POID said:
Yes I do. google botched PPTP for VPN.
But you need to upgrade (/downgrade) the kernel of your Android device (client), not the server. Or do you run your VPN server on Android???
You can search for "issue 4706" or "android PPTP VPN problem" and you will find a lot of pi**ed people and maybe some answers like kernel version and needed OS version.
I can confirm that it works with kernel 2.6.35 and since GB2.3.7 / CM7! Some say it works fine with ICS, but I found also that higher kernel versions will not work.
And yes, all other plattforms will work fine with PPTP.
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thanks for the info. now for the million dollars question... how do you downgrade the kernel on Android? does this require flashing a new custom ROM? I couldn't really be bothered with custom ROM as I am waiting for the official ICS upgrade notification ... I guess the furtherest I am willing to go is to root my device and install some replacement kernel (if this is even possible)...
I know linux but my main device is an iPad so I am just too lazy to spend too much time backing up / reinstalling the Android for custom ROM... anyway thanks for your time...
williamli1983 said:
thanks for the info. now for the million dollars question... how do you downgrade the kernel on Android? does this require flashing a new custom ROM?
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Yeah, that's it, BUT I would wait - like you mentioned - for the ICS upgrade and try than again.
Or you try another protocoll like L2TP over IPSec…
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C3POID said:
Yeah, that's it, BUT I would wait - like you mentioned - for the ICS upgrade and try than again.
Or you try another protocoll like L2TP over IPSec…
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L2TP over IPSec was a bit weird too. the server address has to be an internal IP for it to connect, giving it an external IP or domain won't work. God figures! oh well good thing it's not my main device so I won't stress much over it.
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oh well good thing it's not my main device so I won't stress much over it.
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You are lucky, my MS2 is my main device and has a locked bootloader and only a 2.6.32 kernel .
I solved the VPN problem by changing to CM7, which wasn't possible for a long time, and using OpenVPN/SSL now.
Lucky me.
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The Samsung Galaxy Tab with Android includes support for Virtual Private Network (VPN) connectivity. Here we show you, step by step, how to setup a VPN connection.
Add a new VPN connection:
Press the Home icon, press Menu, and tap Settings
Tap Wireless & networks
Tap VPN settings
Tap Add VPN
Select the type of VPN to add (PPTP, L2TP, L2TP/IPSec PSK VPN, L2TP/IPsec CRT VPN)
Fill in VPN details such as VPN name, VPN server, etc (the required settings will depend on type of VPN selected)
Connecting to the VPN:
Press the Home icon, press Menu, and tap Settings
Tap Wireless & networks
Tap VPN settings
The VPN connections you have added are now listed
Tap the VPN you wish to connect to
A dialog box will open asking for your credentials, enter them and touch connect
When connected to a VPN, you will see an ongoing notification in the Status bar on your Samsung Galaxy Tab. If you should get disconnected, you will receive a notification and an option to go back to the VPN settings section.
wilsonj said:
The Samsung Galaxy Tab with Android includes support for Virtual Private Network (VPN) connectivity. Here we show you, step by step, how to setup a VPN connection.
Add a new VPN connection:
Press the Home icon, press Menu, and tap Settings
Tap Wireless & networks
Tap VPN settings
Tap Add VPN
Select the type of VPN to add (PPTP, L2TP, L2TP/IPSec PSK VPN, L2TP/IPsec CRT VPN)
Fill in VPN details such as VPN name, VPN server, etc (the required settings will depend on type of VPN selected)
Connecting to the VPN:
Press the Home icon, press Menu, and tap Settings
Tap Wireless & networks
Tap VPN settings
The VPN connections you have added are now listed
Tap the VPN you wish to connect to
A dialog box will open asking for your credentials, enter them and touch connect
When connected to a VPN, you will see an ongoing notification in the Status bar on your Samsung Galaxy Tab. If you should get disconnected, you will receive a notification and an option to go back to the VPN settings section.
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mmm... we know how to setup the VPN here. just saying that the VPN never worked on any PPTP servers I tried
I have the 6800 and pptp for me works well over wifi. On mobile, I have the same problem you encountered, meaning while I can connect fine I cannot initiate any data transfer. Hope ICS will fix this problem.
pinkowl said:
I have the 6800 and pptp for me works well over wifi. On mobile, I have the same problem you encountered, meaning while I can connect fine I cannot initiate any data transfer. Hope ICS will fix this problem.
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thanks for the info. for me (on the wifi only version) vpn won't work on wifi
I also have the wifi only version, I connect de VPN, works for a while and suddenly stops transfering data althought the connection appears as established. To make it work again i have to disconnect and reconnect.
Just for your info - I got a L2TP VPN connection working just fine on my P6810 Wifi-only Tab. Not sure whether it is just the VPN service (AceVPN) I'm using, or whether I was just lucky.
My wifi tab is an import from HK, Kernal version 2.6.36-P6810ZSLA1
teegee17 said:
Just for your info - I got a L2TP VPN connection working just fine on my P6810 Wifi-only Tab. Not sure whether it is just the VPN service (AceVPN) I'm using, or whether I was just lucky.
My wifi tab is an import from HK, Kernal version 2.6.36-P6810ZSLA1
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i didn't spend as much time looking into L2TP on mine as my main vpn servers are PPTP based.... mine also came from HK (well i m living in it right now )
hope ICS will be out soon! really want to try chrome
you should contact to your service provider. they will help you better
marksmithbvs said:
you should contact to your service provider. they will help you better
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i m the service provider!
but i also tried a few other providers out there as well. none of them work on 7.7
i just got a galaxy nexus and everything works fine on it.
as mentioned somewhere above this post. it is a bug in the 7.7 code
williamli1983 said:
L2TP over IPSec was a bit weird too. the server address has to be an internal IP for it to connect, giving it an external IP or domain won't work.
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Rubbish -- I use it all the time w/ gotrusted...
I know this bug was filed in April 2011:
http://code.google.com/p/cyanogenmod/issues/detail?id=3353
As far as I know, VPN has never worked on the Nook Color. I know there has been new splash screens or pretty wallpapers added, but I don't know of anything changed with VPN. I can watch anime and play video games, but I can never connect to my office to work on a server.
CyanogenMod 7.0, 7.1, 7.2: try to connect to VPN = hard lock.
CyanogenMod 9.0: try to connect to VPN = always fails.
PPTP or L2TP, it's always the same.
I'm guessing when CyanogenMod 10 comes out, VPN will still not work.
Is there any build of any version of Android that works on the Nook Color that allows for a VPN connection to be established?
It's the same with my HP TouchPad. VPN always fails.
BitingChaos said:
I know this bug was filed in April 2011:
http://code.google.com/p/cyanogenmod/issues/detail?id=3353
As far as I know, VPN has never worked on the Nook Color. I know there has been new splash screens or pretty wallpapers added, but I don't know of anything changed with VPN. I can watch anime and play video games, but I can never connect to my office to work on a server.
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Are you stuck with VPN and cannot use an SSH client like ConnectBot?
stolenmoment said:
Are you stuck with VPN and cannot use an SSH client like ConnectBot?
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I've never thought of myself "stuck" with VPN. I just click "connect" and it works. Usually.
Windows - connects to our L2TP and Cisco IPSec devices.
Mac OS X - connects to our L2TP and Cisco IPSec devices.
iOS - connects to our L2TP and Cisco IPSec devices.
Android (Nook Color, HP TouchPad) - no connection possible!
I use iTap/RDP, iTeleport/VNC, and local Intranet web pages.
All those work over SSH?
I didn't intend "stuck" to be pejorative, but lots of places (like where I work) offer both VPN and SSH access.
As for services, I use ConnectBot's SSH tunnels for VNC, email, chat, etc.
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I've yet to find a build that works with the Cisco AnyConnect client, and I've been trying.
The latest CM7 kang build works with VPNs, udp, tdp, etc. perfectly.
It's already configured in the code to work, but you need to download this:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.schaeuffelhut.android.openvpn&hl=en
"openvpn settings" for a quick and easy vpn connect