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Hi guys, I'm one of the many people having problems connecting to the internet over wifi with a proxy. I just can't get it to work. I am using my university wifi network, and I can connect to the network fine, access the login pages, and browse the university intranet fine, but cannot connect to any outside pages.
The uni provides a PAC file (and strongly recommends it's use) but there doesn't seem to be any way to use this in 6.1. Does anyone know of an app or anything that can configure proxy using a PAC file?
(I have tried connections-connection-advanved-select networks-new and entering the proxy manually but just doesn't work.)
Cheers.
Same problem here...
Not sure about the PAC file but you can use TransProxy or AutoProxy to configure the proxies in your phone. Open the PAC file using a Notepad and it should show you the Port and IP address of your Proxy Server. Use that information while configuring the proxy software.
I know this is old, but this is an ongoing problem and I figured out how to use a .pac proxy file! After reading about proxy's and what .pac files are, I stumbled upon a little hint and after a little tinkering I was able to use my work's wifi that uses an auto-config .pac file and my phone and tablet has full internet access with browser, apps etc including Netflix for example.
Here are the steps you need:
1) Your phone has to be rooted to take advantage of the proxy apps on the market, I personally use ProxyDroid, which is free and has a feature to bind certain proxy profiles to automatically turn on when a certain wifi network is connected.
2) Usually there is an option that gives you an http proxy pac file to manually input to your browsers or what not, so whatever the link is, put it an active internet browser to download the pac file (an example of the url with the pac file would be something like http://internet.xxxxx.com/proxy.pac)
3) Where ever you download the pac file, open it with notepad or wordpad and this will reveal all the proxy info you need in order to access the proxy enable wifi. What the ProxyDroid app needs from the PAC file is the Host url and Port number. When you open a PAC file in notepad, you'll see something like this near the top along with a bunch of other things under it:
"Cisco Remote Envelope Service
if (dstHost=="internet.e-mail") {
return "PROXY internet-x-x.xxxxxx.com:9090""
- So in "Host" under Proxy Settings in the ProxyDroid app you would input: internet-x-x.xxxx.com
- For the "Port" you would put input: 9090
4) After inputting those 2 pieces of info into the ProxyDroid app, turn the wifi on for your Android Device then enable to ProxyDroid app, you should able to connect to the proxy enabled wifi!
*Some notes for the ProxyDroid app.
- It allows for Authentication, but since my work wifi does not use that, I'm not sure how it would work
- For Proxy type, I set it as an HTTP
- I binded the specific proxy profile to my work wifi so it would ProxyDroid would automatically enable when work wifi was detected
Hope this bit of info helps other that have Android devices and were unable to use a proxy enable wifi to finally access them. Hopefully in the future, Android will make using proxy and pac files a lot easier like how it's done on the ipad where they allow you to manually set up proxy settings by having the device download the PAC file.
This works on both a rooted AT&T HTC Inspire and a HP Touchpad running CM7 Alpha
If anyone is reading this, there is an easier way. Check out Autoproxy on the market. You can add a new proxy, put in the address to the proxy.pac file, and it will connect to the correct proxy everytime.
That's also useful if you're on a network where they keep changing the proxy (like the place I work). It auto-connects to the proxy when you're on that network, so it's set and forget.
Thank you, dtothesquare. I finally managed to connect my Galaxy S to my university's wi-fi, something that I couldn't do for over a year. The university doesn't officially support Android. I must have done dozens of Google searches to find this. Your advice really works, I'm so happy!
Hi I recently signed up for a StrongVPN 3 Country deal to give me a stable VPN connection in China. I have set up all ok om my home PC and it works fine allowing access to sites otherwise blocked here.
Then i set up a VPN connection on my HTC Touch Diamond2 I can get the VPN to connect using either IPSec/L2TP or PPTP methods, however neither Tunnel seems to allow Internet access to either MS Explorer or Opera Mobile 10 or any other internet program.
In fact when i have established the VPN connection and then start my internet explorer or any other program which needs to access the internet then the VPN connection is dropped.
If I connect the VPN tunnel on the TD2 i can site there watching it for ages so it does not seem to be dropped after any specific time frame, only when I start an internet access program. for instance if i open my Hotmail account then the VPN connection stays until the point when i tap send and receive then it drops immediately and the hotmail account then synchronise mail via the standard wifi connection.
I also set-up my home PC to allow incoming connection and then set up another VPN connection on my TD2 to allow it to connect to my home PC. but whilst i can connect to my home PC i can not surf the internet using the VPN tunnel......I had thought that i might be able to start the StrongVPN connection on my homePC and then access it via the VPN connection from my TD2 to my HomePC but it does not seem to work that way.
My objective is to use my mobile phone to be able to surf social networking sites that are otherwise blocked by censorship.
Sorry for the long post but please could anyone with advise or experience at setting these two functions up on WM 6.5.3 please advise.
Well I think I may have found out the reason for the VPN connection to drop out....I needed to change my setting in CONNECTIONS and where before i selected my GPRS or EDGE service provider i now need to change that to "My Work Network" as this is where i set up the StrongVPN connection. now i have done this change to the settings the VPN connection does not drop out when any Internet program is started.
But I still can not access the blocked websites using StrongVPN on my WM device so I do not really know if it is using the VPN connection or not.....
im also in china and got one vpn for the same reasons as u and having exactly the same problem as u..
plz tell me if u found any solution...
ahmadnawaz said:
im also in china and got one vpn for the same reasons as u and having exactly the same problem as u..
plz tell me if u found any solution...
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StrongVPN Help desk advised me to input their DNS server settings in to the VPN account settings. I will try this when i get back to China in September. the DNS settings are found by edit the VPN account then next, next and select "Advanced" then scroll to "Servers" there you can select manaual server address and use the one that you VPN service provider recommend.
Let me know how you get on.
I have a similar problem here. I have setup the VPN in network connections but am still unable to surf blocked sites. The VPN worked fine on my PC. I have also changed the DNS setting for the VPN but no luck. But since there was no popup windows telling me whether it is connected or disconnected, how do I know the status of the VPN connection? Thanks!
to see if you are connected just tap on the top info bar then u should see your wifi connect and also your VPN connection. if you enable sound notification for connections in sounds then you will also get an audible connect and dissconnect to let u know. remember to set all your connection settings to "work connections" as i fount if not then when u open opera or other program that needs internet connection it will disconnect the VPN connection.
Thanks. I have tried that and the VPN was online. But opera was just couldn't open any page. Eighter the factbook tab in TouchFlo3D couldn't login. Any idea?
Have the same problem connecting to my home network - Remote Desktop works fine, until I open a browser on my HD2 - changing settings mentioned above didn't help...
Ok - it seems like I've managed to discontinue the connection drops to VPN.
Added wildcards to exceptions http://*.* and https://*.*
This way everything that tries to connect to internet connects via VPN. To stop that - in Work network setting select the same connection you use to connect to internet (Connections > Advanced > Select network)
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Ok - it seems like I've managed to discontinue the connection drops to VPN.
Added wildcards to exceptions http://*.* and https://*.*
This way everything that tries to connect to internet connects via VPN. To stop that - in Work network setting select the same connection you use to connect to internet (Connections > Advanced > Select network)
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I'm not sure what you mean by "added wild cards to exceptions"....what exceptions and where on your PDA did you add them?
As far as I was aware you are only able to set up a VPN connection in the "My Work Network" connections area. then to stop your VPN connection from being dropped by any application that access the Internet, you simply change your options to BOTH use "My Work Network" then the VPN connection is used for all applications.
However that said, I still cant access blocked sites using my VPN connection with StrongVPN in China. even after setting my Server DNS to that of StrongVPN it still does not work.
Anyone got any ideas why or how to access blocked content in China on their PDA??????
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Sorry, I don't have a solution for you, but I do have the same problem.
SOMEBODY PLEASE!!!! I NEED EVDO INTERNET!!!
LOL!
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Quick update - I now have this working at 100% through WiFi, where I don't need it.
Any updates?
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kainppc6700 said:
Sorry, I don't have a solution for you, but I do have the same problem.
SOMEBODY PLEASE!!!! I NEED EVDO INTERNET!!!
LOL!
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same here
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same here
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Great. Let me know if you get any updates. I'm still stumped on this one. What ROM are you using in your Diamond?
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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...
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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?
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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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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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Rubbish -- I use it all the time w/ gotrusted...
I can use internet on desktop but not in Metro apps so I got the solution in the form of fiddler. What's the issue actually that I have to use fiddler to bypass my traffic ? Is there any permanent solution except it ? Which update caused the issue ??
Sounds like your Internet connection requires a proxy. Most (though by no means all) desktop apps will automatically use proxy settings, but Metro apps don't. The steps needed to make Metro apps go through Fiddler *should* also work for making it go through whatever proxy your Internet connection is using, assuming that's actually the problem.
If that's not the problem, then I have no idea what's going on. What version of Windows are you running? Are you on a local network or directly connected to the Internet? How long ago did this problem start, and did you do anything to/with your Internet connection around that time?
I use latest Windows 8.1 update 2. It was started way back in June-July after I installed some Windows Updates. I couldn't open any site through my browsers, I noticed that some proxy settings were already put automatically after installing updates. I haven't touched anything. I removed those settings and made it back to normal and I could access internet but boom...not a single metro app worked, this happened to my colleague's lappy,too. Right now without adding proxy, desktop apps work very fine, I mean even if I select option of no proxy but no metro app can access internet.
Should I try to uninstall those updates ??
I'm unable to use Wi-Fi Hotspot (tethering) from smartphone after update Adguard to beta 2.12.140 on LG V20. I can enable/disable the Hotspot, but I can't connect to it (no traffic).
Downgrading to any other versions doesn't solve the problem. And it looks like even the uninstallation does not work, clearing data/cache the same.
I made an Android update with no result.
APN settings it works normally, I guess, since the internet is accessible on the smartphone (but not on tethering)?
Are there some adb commands that can be used to fix the problem? I assumed there are some remnants settings related to the beta version which creates problems and changes settings on the OS?
Thanks!
Try looking in adguard's settings for things about blocking local traffic.. I haven't used it myself, but I use another VPN app that has an option like that that breaks tethering/hotspot when enabled.
In Adguard, there is an option to choose which Apps to use the VPN as "Apps Management". But I do not know which App is responsible for tethering on the V20, to disable it from Adguard,