Traffic Shaper for Android - Networking

Was wondering if anyone knew of an app for Android similar to Netlimiter (Windows) or Trickle (Linux), etc. I've looked but have not been able to find anything. Would be great if I could throttle my bandwidth in some way as I am usually on a shared WiFi connection. If an app similar to this does not exist, does anyone know if this is due to some sort of limitation of Android?

mfucci said:
Was wondering if anyone knew of an app for Android similar to Netlimiter (Windows) or Trickle (Linux), etc. I've looked but have not been able to find anything. Would be great if I could throttle my bandwidth in some way as I am usually on a shared WiFi connection. If an app similar to this does not exist, does anyone know if this is due to some sort of limitation of Android?
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Look for /proc/net/psched in your device. If you got this (you probably have), the kernel is compiled with traffic shaping enabled (QoS) and you should be able to control it using the command "tc" in the iproute2 package (/system/bin/tc most likely). Its a bit tricky, but there's lots of howto's using tc on GNU/Linux.
- tldp.org/HOWTO/Traffic-Control-HOWTO/intro.html
- lartc.org/howto/

kuisma said:
Look for /proc/net/psched in your device. If you got this (you probably have), the kernel is compiled with traffic shaping enabled (QoS) and you should be able to control it using the command "tc" in the iproute2 package (/system/bin/tc most likely). Its a bit tricky, but there's lots of howto's using tc on GNU/Linux.
- tldp.org/HOWTO/Traffic-Control-HOWTO/intro.html
- lartc.org/howto/
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Thank you. I will look into that. I do wonder why an app for this has not been released, though. Seems like it would be pretty useful.

mfucci said:
Thank you. I will look into that. I do wonder why an app for this has not been released, though. Seems like it would be pretty useful.
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I really think the traffic shaping policy should be enforced by the router, and not in the Android device. A tc frontend app to Android I would say have quite limited use.

kuisma said:
I really think the traffic shaping policy should be enforced by the router, and not in the Android device. A tc frontend app to Android I would say have quite limited use.
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I think that depends on if you have a router that has that functionality I know there are some apps on Android that have bandwidth throttling capabilities so to some extent it is already available.

kuisma said:
I really think the traffic shaping policy should be enforced by the router, and not in the Android device. A tc frontend app to Android I would say have quite limited use.
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True, but what about the cases where you would like to conserve the bandwith you have using mobile data

shades3 said:
True, but what about the cases where you would like to conserve the bandwidth you have using mobile data
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Not really. You don't save anything forcing your web page / mail / whatever to load at a slower pace. And if you want to disable some services, still using other, not disabling mobile data in all, netfilter (iptables) is the way to go, not traffic shaping (tc).

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kuisma said:
Not really. You don't save anything forcing your web page / mail / whatever to load at a slower pace. And if you want to disable some services, still using other, not disabling mobile data in all, netfilter (iptables) is the way to go, not traffic shaping (tc).
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I'm guessing you didn't think about streaming video. Many content providers like Netflix and Amazon instant video stream higher quality video if it detects that you have sufficient bandwidth. My 4G LTE connection regularly exceeds 8 Mbps. Consequently, if I try to stream something, I get the highest quality video and eats through my data allotment like there is no tomorrow.
I would love to have a bandwidth limiter app.

I have been wondering why there's no app too, I use Netlimiter on all the pc's here, we don't have the greatest of bandwidth so when someone is downloading a game or something, I choke it down so it doesn't lag games we play like Blacklight or GRO. I would use it exactly the same way on our devices.
If anyone is interested in creating one, let me know. I'm a logo/graphic designer so we can make it look sweet

Still no way to do this?! Google play (on "low" quality) eats through my 5GB data at a ridiculous rate (100MB+/hour). Would love to limit it to 128kbs to get a little more mileage as I listen all day at work.

There is no way to do it. Next release Android L was commented to have bandwidth throttling, but is just a guess.
Google May Build Bandwidth Throttling Feature Into Android

This is something that I would be looking forward too, should it come with L. I'm an avid NetLimiter myself

Bandwidth ruler Free ( an Android bandwidth manager)
There is already an APP that implements bandwidth shaping /throttling for android .
you can download it via this link :
Also , you can find its description in the following xda thread :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-bandwidth-manager-android-t2972889

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There is already an APP that implements bandwidth shaping /throttling for android .
you can download it via this link :
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Also , you can find its description in the following xda thread :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-bandwidth-manager-android-t2972889
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I've just tried the free and pro version and don't work well with my device. I can't select the specific option for bandwith shaping, is enabled but the dropdown list doesn't work.

scandiun said:
I've just tried the free and pro version and don't work well with my device. I can't select the specific option for bandwith shaping, is enabled but the dropdown list doesn't work.
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If speed limiting is set to None and desactivated , it means that either your device is not rooted or your device is not QOS capable.
Could you please click on help and tell what device capabilities outputs ?

@scandiun , for an uncovered use case, an update of the APP had been made , could you please update to latest version and see if it works for you , as your device is supposed to support the feature .
Thank you

would be great have such function integrated in the roms

You can give BradyBound a try. It limits/shapes the download speed at the OS level.
Disclaimer: I'm the author of this app.

oxplot said:
You can give BradyBound a try. It limits/shapes the download speed at the OS level.
Disclaimer: I'm the author of this app.
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Does it require root?

scandiun said:
Does it require root?
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Yes, and it's also open source.

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T-Mobile and Tethering

TMoNews is reporting that they've received word that T-Mo will stop allowing tethering of devices. It hasn't been officially announced, but they received an anonymous tip today about it.
Do any of the U.S. carrier allow it?
How will they know if we're tethering? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't see this impacting any of us who are rooted.
If it hasn't been officially announced, and just from a so called "anonymous" source, I wouldnt worry about it.
phatmanxxl said:
If it hasn't been officially announced, and just from a so called "anonymous" source, I wouldnt worry about it.
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Yeah, hopefully it's just a rumor. Who knows?
We'll find out soon enough I guess.
uansari1 said:
How will they know if we're tethering? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't see this impacting any of us who are rooted.
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Not really sure if this applies or not, but ...
http://blogs.zdnet.com/projectfailures/?p=1078
uansari1 said:
How will they know if we're tethering? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't see this impacting any of us who are rooted.
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Deep packet inspection can see the user agent in http headers. That's the quickest and most direct tipoff. Performing UA spoofing should be enough to bypass.
blueheeler said:
Not really sure if this applies or not, but ...
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It does not apply at all, because apps allowing tethering over 2G/3G were removed from the Market a while ago. The "killswitch" cannot remove applications not installed by the Android Market (e.g. preloaded in a "ROM" or installed from sdcard, etc).
jashsu said:
Deep packet inspection can see the user agent in http headers. That's the quickest and most direct tipoff. Performing UA spoofing should be enough to bypass.
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You know the kind of resources they would have to apply to checking each user running an android device to see if they're tethering? There have been hundreds of thousands of android devices sold on TMO alone, and even if 25% of those are rooted, thats a hell of a lot of people to monitor 24/7.
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You know the kind of resources they would have to apply to checking each user running an android device to see if they're tethering? There have been hundreds of thousands of android devices sold on TMO alone, and even if 25% of those are rooted, thats a hell of a lot of people to monitor 24/7.
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I doubt they care if a subscriber using 100MB/month (or even 1GB/month) is tethering. But for those consistently reaching the 10GB cap and then going over on EDGE... It's more likely they'll flag that account for packet inspection. All this is just speculation of course.
That said, the dedicated hardware to perform packet inspection exists and doing it for just the traffic generated by mobile devices is trivial. It's often referred to as "traffic shaping" hardware.
BTW root is not strictly required for tethering. PdaNET can perform tethering in userspace.
jashsu said:
Deep packet inspection can see the user agent in http headers. That's the quickest and most direct tipoff. Performing UA spoofing should be enough to bypass.
It does not apply at all, because apps allowing tethering over 2G/3G were removed from the Market a while ago. The "killswitch" cannot remove applications not installed by the Android Market (e.g. preloaded in a "ROM" or installed from sdcard, etc).
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User agent means nothing and can't be used as a tipoff. Anybody can run a browser on their phone that has a custom user agent -- and this is actually quite LIKELY for a couple of reasons; 1) there are already several browsers with different user agents, 2) in order to access the "normal" pages, sometimes it is necessary to set a user agent like regular firefox, 3) some websites are intentionally hostile to non-MS browsers and filter browsers by user agent (even if other browsers will work perfectly/better).
Also, due to the nature of the device, other kinds of deep packet inspection can NOT be used to distinguish the network traffic as being due to tethering. Really, this is a regular (albeit very small) computer that can run all kinds of neat stuff.
lbcoder said:
User agent means nothing and can't be used as a tipoff. Anybody can run a browser on their phone that has a custom user agent -- and this is actually quite LIKELY for a couple of reasons; 1) there are already several browsers with different user agents, 2) in order to access the "normal" pages, sometimes it is necessary to set a user agent like regular firefox, 3) some websites are intentionally hostile to non-MS browsers and filter browsers by user agent (even if other browsers will work perfectly/better).
Also, due to the nature of the device, other kinds of deep packet inspection can NOT be used to distinguish the network traffic as being due to tethering. Really, this is a regular (albeit very small) computer that can run all kinds of neat stuff.
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All very good points by lbcoder and Jashu
I agree here. And we need to understand that everything is cost vs. return driven.
Will the costs to implement any particular detection/prevention system go beyond the returns gained (actual or projected)?
What does TMO see as the impact of tether users? That's the real question. I can see that they want to eliminate the gross offenders that are trying to use tether as their primary internet connection rather than those of us using it for convenience.
Jashu has a good point, 1GB users will not likely see any action by TMO. I feel less than top 5 percent users or so will probably be looked at. To look at a larger population would be to costly. So, think about it if you fit in the top 3%, you might be a target for action.
lbcoder said:
Also, due to the nature of the device, other kinds of deep packet inspection can NOT be used to distinguish the network traffic as being due to tethering. Really, this is a regular (albeit very small) computer that can run all kinds of neat stuff.
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I imagine they could guess with confidence I was tethering if they saw multiple gigs of access to hulu.com or 20 simultaneous connections to Giganews NNTPS.
But you're right on the part where smartphones basically are small computers. The whole notion of "tethering" will become more and more irrelevant as heavy bandwidth consuming activities are more and more natively done on the phone. To continue to offer tethering-specific plans seems like nothing more than a money grab at this point. The logical and honest way to penalize heavy network users is to either institute hard caps or bill in tiers. Carriers are just reluctant to do so because "unlimited" carries greater psychological emphasis.

Registered WP7 Developer looking for ideas!

As the title states, suggest away.
direct sync to outlook .pst
What the [email protected]#$% was MS thinking by leaving this out? Even the iphone syncs to outlook.
mightyeric said:
direct sync to outlook .pst
What the [email protected]#$% was MS thinking by leaving this out? Even the iphone syncs to outlook.
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Jesus, how many times is this going to be brought up? The function is NOT there, and it was known BEFORE any device came out. Quit the *****ing and get a phone that supports it, or move on.
Anyways, I'd like a good sports app like Sportacular that has notifications when games start, during and after with the scores. Fantasy updates with custom rosters would be great too.
Not sure what the SDK will let you do, but is it possible to develop an app that can be pinned to the start page, that toggles 3g/wifi/bluetooth? I know we can just drop in to the Settings menu, but I would pay for an app that put those three in one easy place.
I would also like an app that rotates, like a slideshow I guess, all sorts of images from the various Xbox games I've been playing across the tile. That would look cool on the start page. Maybe it does a Bing image search to find the images to rotate, etc. I'm not a developer, but it was something I thought of earlier today.
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Jesus, how many times is this going to be brought up? The function is NOT there, and it was known BEFORE any device came out. Quit the *****ing and get a phone that supports it, or move on.
Anyways, I'd like a good sports app like Sportacular that has notifications when games start, during and after with the scores. Fantasy updates with custom rosters would be great too.
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this is comming in dec development almost done..
The direct sync with outlook is not possible with the WP7 SDK. That would have to be incorporated into the Zune sync software. The WP7 is meant to be a cloud device so I don't see this coming anytime soon.
The idea about toggling the radios is also not possible im afraid. The SDK does not give developers any direct access to the hardware like that. Hell, we can't even adjust the volume.
rruffman said:
this is comming in dec development almost done..
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love to see more on this...
JMackey said:
The idea about toggling the radios is also not possible im afraid. The SDK does not give developers any direct access to the hardware like that. Hell, we can't even adjust the volume.
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That really blows. Just thinking about what various iPhone and Android apps can do easily, it seems this platform is much more closed than even iPhone's. The key to both Android and iPhones success has been as much the developer community as it has been the solid hardware the apps run on, maybe even more so the developers. The new WP7 hardware seems solid enough so far. If MS doesn't open up the SDK to a greater array of components, this will just continue to lag behind, even fall farther behind.
...Hoping someone can cook up some nice WP7 ROM's
ability to take any music file and assign it as a ringtone!
an independent youtube app that doesnt simply goto a web page. Also bein able to watch high def on 3g, and not only on a wifi connection.
TOA Duck said:
an independent youtube app that doesnt simply goto a web page. Also bein able to watch high def on 3g, and not only on a wifi connection.
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There's already one in the Marketplace for free. You have to have the YouTube app installed to use it, but it allows for searching, etc. from within the App.
prubin said:
ability to take any music file and assign it as a ringtone!
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This is supposedly coming in January according to reports this morning. See: http://www.wpcentral.com/rumor-january-firmware-update-wp7-include-custom-ringer-support-more
(Sorry, forgot to multi-quote.)
not sure if you can make do this or not, but I would like to be able to connect to hidden networks. Also be able to use the device as a wifi router.
Could it be made downward compatible? It would be nice to be able to run some of my already-purchased software.
As an alternative, the single-largest bummer of making this switch for me will be loss of the two coolest apps I have EVER had – “Pocket Earth”, and “Pocket World” by Bluepoint Studios. These apps, especially Pocket Earth, were stunning! I don’t know their status, but if you could buy the rights and the code and somehow rewrite them for WP7, I suspect you would do very well.
I need programs which are NOT web-dependent. Dictionaries, translation programs, an atlas, etc. which are device-based. Traveling internationally is where one needs the language converters and I work a lot on the plane. I’d prefer to give up space in the device than to continually pay for international data.
Best of luck,
Dave
Battery indicator showing remaining strength in percentage or bars.
A recorder...
There are a few out there, but I need it to either have voice activated start/stop, or stop/start control from my bluetooth. I am a sports photographer, and if I can describe what is on a picture that I take right after I take it, it is much easier to do my captioning when I get home. But I don't have time to take the phone out of my pocket and start/stop after each play.
It seems a lot of the suggestions are things to do with hardware. The only hardware access the SDK gives developers is the GPS, Accelerometer, and the radio. We don't even have direct access to the camera. (When an app takes a picture, it opens the camera app then sends the taken picture back to the app).
riceboyler said:
There's already one in the Marketplace for free. You have to have the YouTube app installed to use it, but it allows for searching, etc. from within the App.
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Will we ever be able to watch high quality youtube vids over 3g. Now you have to be on wifi. I know on iphone the vids are HQ over 3g.
1) Something that bypasses Exchange-enforced password entry. Android has it; and frankly, PIN enforcement is a meaningless layer of security that does nothing more than inconvenience the end-user.
2) Something that let's you copy synced Calendar entries and Contacts to the Phone instead of forcing them to exist in the stupid cloud. <--I would pay good money for this. Again, something that Android let's you do that I like.
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3) An app that keeps the phone on and unlocked. I don't like this forced lock/timeout thing, I'd prefer to have complete control of when it is locked and when it isn't.
1) A Remote Desktop Application compatable with MS's current RDP services
2) Something that periodically rotates the Logon Screen Picture
3) Something that would quickly display Battery Life, Used/Remaining Storage, etc...
- MEK

New android malware

http://www.ubergizmo.com/2012/09/new-naval-app-secretly-recreates-environments-from-your-phone/
The Naval Warfare Surface Center in Crane, Indiana today revealed a smartphone app that puts the capability of modern smartphones to observe areas in sharp relief and shows the power of malware to tap into those capabilities. The app, PlaceRaider, is capable of running in the background of any smartphone running Android 2.3. While running in the background, it takes photos at random while recording the orientation and location of the phone. Those photos get sent back to a central server, where they can be used to reconstruct a pretty good idea of where the phone has physically been.
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What do you guys think?
I'm gonna do it to my every single one of my friends and creep on them.
At least with Android it will eventually be found and will be a fix or a way to prevent it, who knows what Apple is doing with iOS and even if the problem is founded, one would have to wait for Apple to patch a bug, but only if they choose to.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-20014356-37.html
In some embodiments, an unauthorized user can be detected by comparing the identity of the current user to the identities of authorized users of the electronic device. For example, a photograph of the current user can be taken, a recording of the current user's voice can be recorded, the heartbeat of the current user can be recorded, or any combination of the above. The photograph, recording, or heartbeat can be compared, respectively, to a photograph, recording, or heartbeat of authorized users of the electronic device to determine whether they match. If they do not match, the current user can be detected as an unauthorized user.
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The linux kernel have the iptables as firewall, if you are rooted, you can use DroidWall to manage it, not even that spying app can get any internet. Personally, I always manage which app gets internet access on my device.
eksasol said:
At least with Android it will eventually be found and will be a fix or a way to prevent it, who knows what Apple is doing with iOS and even if the problem is founded, one would have to wait for Apple to patch a bug, but only if they choose to.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-20014356-37.html
The linux kernel have the iptables as firewall, if you are rooted, you can use DroidWall to manage it, not even that spying app can get any internet. Personally, I always manage which app gets internet access on my device.
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Very nice tip! I downloaded DroidWall and it does exactly as you say!
Thanx!
However, with DroidWall you need to enable all the system apps and services, otherwise you'll start finding things like PlayStore not working.
If using DroidWall gets confusing LBE Security Manager also have internet firewall, but it doesn't utilize the same method, DroidWall works at the kernel level and will override LBE. Although LBE is also a very essential app. It can monitor how much data each app uses as well and set the permission for each app. Although if you flash roms all the time it gets tiresome to configure after each flash, also you have to know which permission to enable for some apps to not interfere with its normal functions.
Dear hacker guy,
Good luck reconstructing the images and dimensions of my butt pocket.
-signed dgaf user
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suchavibrantthang said:
Dear hacker guy,
Good luck reconstructing the images and dimensions of my butt pocket.
-signed dgaf user
Sent from my SGH-T959
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?????

Testers wanted for PeerDeviceNet -sharing thru wifi, wifi direct and mobile hotspot

!!! updated 12/28/2012: add code to detect and use mobile hotspot to enable sharing among devices !!!
I'd like to invite people to participate an open testing session for app "PeerDeviceNet - sharing thru WiFi and WiFi-Direct".
It runs on android 2.2 and above. It is free at google play:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xconns.free.peerdevicenet
I have done tests using Nexus 7, Samsung Tab 2.0, Kindle fire(1gen), Galaxy Vibrant. I'd like more complete coverage of devices and vendors.
It supports 4 kinds of device-device connections:
1. for devices at the same wifi net: start PeerDeviceNet at devices simultaneously will allow them find and connect to each other automatically.
2. for devices which are all wifi direct enabled: from system preferences, you can setup wifi direct group connection; PeerDeviceNet will pick up this group info and connect devices in group automatically.
3. if only one device is wifi direct enabled: you can use PeerDeviceNet to create a softwareAP/hotspot at this device (PeerDeviceNet->Connection settings->Create wifi direct hotspot), other wifi devices can use generated ssid and passphrase to connect.
4. for devices with mobile hotspot, you can use mobile hotspot to connect devices and enable sharing.
It extends android's "share/send" feature to allow sharing of the following data:
1. photos/videos (single or multiple) (gallery), audios(astro, solid-browser, or other browsers)
2. web pages (browsers)
3. contact info(Contacts)
4. pdf, word docs (astro or other file managers)
5. apps (google play)
I'll highly appreciate it if you can spend some time installing the app and try out some of the above scenarios. If you encounter Force Closure, please post your device info, android version, or ROM info.
Thanks!
This works fantastically between all of my devices, ranging from Ginger Bread, Honey Comb, and Jelly Bean.
WiFi hotspot also works very well.
This really is a handy app, something like this should definitely be implemented into base Android. Sharing files between devices that have NFC is a breeze, but legacy devices can be troublesome. This is an excellent solution for both worlds.
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Installed and gave it a test drive.
Works perfectly on our Galaxy S III, Galaxy S II, Galaxy Tab 10.1, Xperia X8, Packard Bell Liberty Tab G100 and Wildfire S - after adding the devices manually. For some unknown reason they don't see each other, though the local LAN has no restrictions put into place.
Hi, I´ve been testing this between SGN2 N7100 (Stock Rooted) and MyTouch 4g Slide (CM9.1 R8) and it works great (no FC etc.)
I have several questions though:
a) I´d like to buy you a beer. There is a paid version but that one is far behind the free one in updates...
b) chat works great (as long as I have signal. but within a flat its mostly great). Will there be an implementation into the full version?
c) if I buy the full version, will you be updating it?
Thanks! Keep it up!
EDIT: seems to me that your app fights with anyconnect VPN (even if that one is running in background I get FC from anyconnect and superuser permissions asked all time... I´ll look into the behavior a bit closer if I find some time) else everything works good.
EDIT: after reinstall of anyconnect it works flawlessly. Keep it up!
File Expert by Geek Software Technology
I have been using File Expert to do similar things... perhaps I don't understand this program's full benefits or potential. FE also connects via bluetooth and runs both a web and FTP server.
It would be nice if you implement an option to close the app...
Option to close the app.
paul1508 said:
It would be nice if you implement an option to close the app...
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Agree with that. It's quite painful to close an app by going into settings instead of hitting some button from the home interface.
Testing now
Downloaded and tried it..
I have a GS3 that it seems to work on, and a Nook color (the original one) from like 2 years ago running CM7 that it just gives a black screen on. I can use the regular wifi connect from the Nook and connect to the hotspot from your PeerDeviceNet but there's no sharing of data back and forth, unfortunately. If the app worked on both I'm sure it'd be much better, but I don't suspect the older Nooks will be a big percentage of your users.
issues related to peer discovery
B.Jay said:
Installed and gave it a test drive.
Works perfectly on our Galaxy S III, Galaxy S II, Galaxy Tab 10.1, Xperia X8, Packard Bell Liberty Tab G100 and Wildfire S - after adding the devices manually. For some unknown reason they don't see each other, though the local LAN has no restrictions put into place.
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Thanks for your feedback. The failure to see peer devices in LAN could be related to one issue i fixed in the latest release; please give it a try.
Also PeerDeviceNet's "search and connect" is based on peer-peer "pairing": no one is acting as server and waiting for other clients. All participating peer devices must start search at same time or in same short time period so that they can find each other. If one peer finished its searching when a new peer starts searching, the new one cannot see the one just finished. It is for security reason.
Regards
Yigong
XCONNS LLC
a) I´d like to buy you a beer. There is a paid version but that one is far behind the free one in updates...
b) chat works great (as long as I have signal. but within a flat its mostly great). Will there be an implementation into the full version?
c) if I buy the full version, will you be updating it?
I am working on refactoring code and bug fixing for the full edition. Thanks for your feedback.
Regards
Yigong
XCONNS LLC
compare to file expert
eonix said:
I have been using File Expert to do similar things... perhaps I don't understand this program's full benefits or potential. FE also connects via bluetooth and runs both a web and FTP server.
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File expert is a powerful browser with many nice features. PeerDeviceNet is a totally different creature.
As a app, it plainly extends android native "sharing" protocol (send/send_multiple) to connected devices, to allow you share content from one device to another. (As a framework, it provides the components and runtime to support connected mobile apps). It has minimal GUI to support connecting devices and monitoring send/recv sessions. It has strong support for connecting multiple devices, run multiple concurrent send/recv sessions, and running in background.
So normally you will use your favorite apps to browse/view content, and when you want to share the content with another device, you hit "share" button and PeerDeviceNet will be there to help connect to other devices.
So you can use Astro file manager or Solid explorer with PeerDeviceNet to share files across devices similar to file expert.
Also PeerDeviceNet allows you share contact info, web links, or apps from google play to connected devices.
Regards
Yigong
how to close it
xbroadcaster1991 said:
Agree with that. It's quite painful to close an app by going into settings instead of hitting some button from the home interface.
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There is "shutdown" button for that : "Connection settings" -> "Shutdown". It will shut down all background services and clean up notifications.
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Yigong
peerdevicenet said:
There is "shutdown" button for that : "Connection settings" -> "Shutdown". It will shut down all background services and clean up notifications.
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Yigong
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Mmm, too many button presses to get there. It would be easier to have a "Shutdown" button in the notification shade. Otherwise well done! I tested sharing files between LG Optimus 3D (p920) and Xperia Mini (st15i) connected on the same LAN. Everything worked fine.
Can one add a function to "tether" a hotspot? but from wifi and not from 3g?
This would be really awsome.
Greets
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Yo so I got the full version. The lite is good but wanted to buy you a beer... Managed to transfer 4gb of data in few minutes between my and friends Samsung phone (unfortunately in 3 steps because of the data amount limit). Very useful, the chat also works good.
When will we see full version updated with chat and unlimited data transfer?
Thanks
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tether to wifi router
keenofhiphop said:
Can one add a function to "tether" a hotspot? but from wifi and not from 3g?
This would be really awsome.
Greets
Not sure this will really help. because when connecting to PeeerDeviceNet hotspot, we already use wifi connection, so why not just connect to external wifi router directly?
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yigong
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unlimited capacity
Narhim said:
Yo so I got the full version. The lite is good but wanted to buy you a beer... Managed to transfer 4gb of data in few minutes between my and friends Samsung phone (unfortunately in 3 steps because of the data amount limit). Very useful, the chat also works good.
When will we see full version updated with chat and unlimited data transfer?
Thanks
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Thanks for using PeerDeviceNet and offering beer. I am still working on the full edition. For now i removed the limit of transfer capacity. Please chek out the new release at google play. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xconns.free.peerdevicenet
Regards
Yigong
SonyVaio+Htc Salsa=possible?
While my sony laptop has wifi direct facility my htc salsa lacks one and just has traditional wifi and wifi hotspot facility...how do i connect bothe these devices for transferring the data to and fro?

Request: Tcping

I'm a network admin and I use the free utility Tcping to ping my access points remotely. I'd like to be able to use it on my phone as well, but there isn't an app that does anything like it as far as I can tell. I tried compiling it from source on my phone, but I wasn't able to get it to work.
Does anyone know if it is possible to port the linux version of tcping to android (without installing debian/ubuntu)?
Link: http://www.linuxco.de/tcping/tcping.html
cheezbergher said:
I'm a network admin and I use the free utility Tcping to ping my access points remotely. I'd like to be able to use it on my phone as well, but there isn't an app that does anything like it as far as I can tell. I tried compiling it from source on my phone, but I wasn't able to get it to work.
Does anyone know if it is possible to port the linux version of tcping to android (without installing debian/ubuntu)?
Link: http://www.linuxco.de/tcping/tcping.html
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Have a look at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=se.ping.android.hostmonitor
It's not tcping, but it's an app capable of tcp ping. A really good app, if I may say so myself.
kuisma said:
Have a look at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=se.ping.android.hostmonitor
It's not tcping, but it's an app capable of tcp ping. A really good app, if I may say so myself.
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Thanks for the suggestion! That app is capable of pinging a specific port, but it lacks certain features that I would need as well. I couldn't find a way to do a manual refresh (necessary for troubleshooting) and the way that this app manages port numbers is just not what I'm looking for. I need to be able to just type in a port and hit go, I don't want to be creating a gigantic list of ports in the app's settings.
However, I did find this app, which is a lot closer to what I want: http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.odinnet.servermonitor&hl=en
cheezbergher said:
I couldn't find a way to do a manual refresh (necessary for troubleshooting)
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Ping HostMonitor refreshes each time the main activity (host list) opens/reopens.
Sorry, I just realized that was your app. Allow me to explain what I need so you can see what I'm looking to do.
I'm a wifi network technician. The company I work for manages the guest networks for hundreds of hotels all over the southeastern US. On each site, we have dozens of access points (theres actually one resort where we have over 500 aps). All of the access points are accessible through our firewall via specified ports that vary from site to site.
We have a webpage that displays all of the APs at each site with their port# and uptime display that is only accurate to within 15 minutes. So if I'm troubleshooting remotely I use tcping to see when an AP comes up in real time after a remote reboot.
Your app seems to be geared more towards what ipsentry does, where it pings in 15 minute intervals. I'm looking to run pings in 3 second intervals or less.
Also, I would like to be able to just type the hostname and port then hit go. Your app is made more for a network admin who manages a single or couple of networks, and it just takes too many steps to enter in a port to be pinged. However, there are some features of your app that I really really like including only pinging a specific host when conected to a certain ssid.
I really like your app, but I need to run pings in 3 second intervals and it's just too difficult on Ping HostMonitor. If you wouod consider adding this feature, I will be eternally grateful.
cheezbergher said:
Sorry, I just realized that was your app. Allow me to explain what I need so you can see what I'm looking to do.
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Something like this?
Hey thanks man! I tried it though and I can't get it to run. I've attached a screenshot, am I doing it wrong?
cheezbergher said:
Hey thanks man! I tried it though and I can't get it to run. I've attached a screenshot, am I doing it wrong?
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The sdcard isn't mounted allowing execute access. Put it someplace else, e.g. /data/local/tcping
holy moly it works perfectly! thanks a million man!
now if you had the time, you could make an app version with a gui. i'd definitely pay for an app that could do this.
thanks again for all your help!

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