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Blocked ads (Google adsense specifically) via router with urls and successful​ly works on every device connected through router. G6 is still able to pull ads unless I proxy my wifi to a local server within my network. Is there a setting I missed that is causing the phone to be tunneling traffic even behind my own network?
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Example AndroidPolice.com will normally have ads at top of webpage and in between posts. I blocked the ads urls via my synology router and works on all devices(10+ devices all varying manufacturers) EXCEPT the G6.
My suspicion is that the data over WiFi is being either proxied or tunneled somewhere else but I currently have no way of fully verifying how or where to. I will try to look into it when I have more time.
I run my own home proxy server and if I set the wifi connection with the local proxy address then reload the website all Google Adsense urls are blocked again.
I have checked all the settings I could and short of a factory reset, all diagnostic help, send data to improve, ect have been either turned off or disabled. Even put it in airplane mode and turned off wifi calling. I tried to remove as much LG and T-Mobile software as possible. Still didn't work.
If anyone could test my theory or help out please do.
I have the T-Mobile version running March '17 Patch.
If there is a setting I'm missing, perhaps at the setup? Let me know.
Apologies is this is posted somewhere else. I couldn't find it and this is my first carrier phone in 10yrs.
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My Xoom usually disconnects the VPN immediately after opening any file from an SMB Share using ES File Explorer. I preferred Astro but the SMB addon doesn't work with Honeycomb yet. A variation of different vpn clients all do the same, as soon as data is done being transferred from a single download, the VPN will disconnect.
Is there a workaround for this? It would be great to only have the VPN connect when resources on the network were accessed or written.
I haven't found a workaround or solution to keep the VPN up and stable.
(btw, this is a typical MS 2008 PPTP on a Windows Domain)
At the moment, I'm having to reconnect after every file transfer- again, the wireless network doesn't seem to make a difference (although the 3g connection is obviously poor)
I've done a little troubleshooting on this in the last few days using the magic of wireshark. MS PPTP Server, makes the connection and then drops after SMB traffic is attempted, as well any website will not load, and no email / communication will work.
I believe this fully involves a Default Gateway setting on the Xoom, being it's a client-side setting and the Xoom doesn't appear allow that option to be changed (silly that it's missing, imo).
When I make a connection, Verizon's firewall policies see a foreign IP return traffic at some point on their network and blocks the transmission completely, eventually causing PPTP to timeout.
Here's a good read on how to get around the restriction:
http://jbenisek.wordpress.com/2010/10/05/android-2-1-and-2-2-vpn-pptp-over-verizon/
I myself have been on the phone this morning regarding this issue, I'm up to about a 3rd level of tech support and he is trying to tell me 'nothing is blocked at all on the Verizon network'...
I'm awaiting a call back now... at which I'll try to show him the above site/resource and maybe he'll move me to an unrestricted IP block. We bought 3 Xooms with the intention of working remotely in the field using PPTP- 4 more coming soon---
At this point, I'm still tempted to go back to Sprint and just wait on their Xoom release.
*btw, you can verify the above by tethering to the Xoom and changing your default gateway on a laptop/pc, the connection will work fine.
edit:
AH-HAH!
And more info;
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=4706
Apparently this is a known issue.
Encrypted PPTP is broken on Android: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=4706
I've posted about this problem in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=992876
I've tried it on every version of Android since 2.1. I tried it with my Xoom on 3.0 and the problem remains. It appears to be a pretty low priority for Google.
sangreal06 said:
Encrypted PPTP is broken on Android: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=4706
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Turned off encryption on the server and all was well. I can't believe google let that slide... !?
I guess I'll transition to a L2TP VPN...
I just bought a Nexus 6P, rooted it, and installed PureNexus (Android 7.0.0). At home my WiFi works perfectly fine but I have issues at work.
Little background on our setup at work, we have 2 different wifi networks. One is a guest network with certain sites blocked at the firewall but nothing else really unique. The other is the main network with no firewall restrictions but you have to install a certificate to allow SSL traffic to be decrypted. Without the certificate you can go to any non-SSL sites, but secure sites will not load.
I'm able to connect to the guest network with no problems, but anytime I try to connect to the main network my phone says it has no internet connection. I'm able to get to internal resources on our network and the web browser actually does allow me to go online, but other applications won't. I've tried without the certificate, tried installing the certificate as WiFi and VPN/Apps but it doesn't seem to make a difference. Before the Nexus 6P I had an iPhone, which worked perfectly fine on the main network with the certificate. The last Android I had was on KitKat and it worked fine with the network configuration at work. Other people with Android have no problems with the network, but nobody has Nougat, yet. Any ideas on what's going on here or what I can do to fix it?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions or help you can give!
I have LG V20 H915 (from Freedom Mobile), and I've been having HotSpot DNS issues ever since I got it. When I start a hotspot on the phone and connect any device to it, the built in DNS server (192.168.43.1) doesn't work (if I try using nslookup command, I get error - "*** Unknown can't find hostname: Query refused). I can work around this by setting Google DNS servers (8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4) in my device connected via HotSpot, but it's a big pita, and I have one laptop from work where I don't have admin rights and can't even set my custom DNS servers, so not able to use that device with the phone hotspot.
I haven't yet tried doing a factory reset, but I would like to avoid it at all costs possible, because otherwise I would have to set up Android Pay from scratch, which is a pain. I have installed 2 updates so far (the LTE one in December and the VoWiFi couple of days ago), and they don't seem to have changed anything.
Did anyone else ever run into this issue? Anything I could possibly look at inside the phone's engineering menu?
I had the same issue with a Freedom LG G6. Going to the APN menu and restoring default settings fixed it for me.
I went for a more permanent fix - got op5 ))
Hi-
Just installed LineageOS 17.1 on my Moto G7. When I enable Hotspot, my phone loses mobile data altogether, and I can't get it back until I reboot. I can still ping google DNS servers (8.8.8.8). When I try to use Private DNS to dns.google, I get "couldn't connect". So, it seems like the hotspot is interfering with the phone's ability to resolve hostnames somehow.
Mobile data works fine all other times, and I spent a couple hours on the phone with my carrier, and there's nothing wrong on their end (phone also reports it's still connected to the LTE network).
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!
Update:
Just did the August 16 update -- no change. Here's some more information:
When hotspot has killed internet access on mobile data:
I cannot ping any hostname (I cannot ping websitename);
I can get DNS resolution (I can resolve websitename to 172.217.9.196);
I can ping 172.217.9.196;
BUT, I can't get my browser to load a webpage with 172.217.9.196 (on my phone; it works on my computer).
I also appear to be connected to the local cell towers -- just can't get access to their internet.
None of this goes away when hotspot is turned back off, although if I turn wifi on, I can get access to internet again.
Weird stuff -- especially the DNS resolution that works but doesn't allow me to load a page.
Actually, it looks like I am NOT getting DNS resolution for sites other than google. Instead, I get something about a Canonical name ....
So Xfinity is transitioning all of their public hotspots to 5ghz frequency wifi.. the motive behind this is pretty obvious (they want to keep low end and older model phones off their public network..with them now functioning as a wireless provider, people using out of service and/or low end phones as "wifi phones" cuts into their business.)
Obviously this doesn't really effect users that have active data plans or users that have a relatively new and/or high end phone, but for the other 80% of us this essentially makes a great deal of our "technological arsenal", which could be used as wifi repeaters, music players, security cameras, and so much more, essentially obsolete.
So to circumvent this all you really need is one phone that is 5ghz frequency capable (most newer phones, most Motorolas and Samsungs and pretty much every not super crappy LG phone can do so.) You also need an app called "netshare" (if your 5ghz compatible phone is rooted then I'd recommend "netshare+" as it allows one to reshare the wifi without any proxy forwarding assuming you have active Xfinity credentials), and your also need psiphon pro on all the phones receiving the wifi signal (unless your 5ghz phone is rooted, using netshare+, and is signed into Xfinity hotspots with a valid Xfinity account.). If you won't be using anything but chrome itself then you can get by without psiphon.. but generally speaking most people will use messenger and YouTube and whatever else so, if/when you establish a connection on your receiving devices go ahead and download psiphon.
Once you're connected with an LG or Samsung sometimes depending on model you can simply set your hotspot to reshare the wifi connection (and of course set the band to 2.4ghz), but not every model supports this. (If yours does, congratulations. You're finished), however if it won't allow you to use your hotspot without a sim card or whatever, simply open netshare. Go-to configure name/password or something of the sort. Some models will allow you to change the frequency to 2.4ghz here. If it doesn't (Motorola devices generally don't) simply open wifi direct in advanced options in wifi and connect your 5ghz phone to a receiving 2.4ghz.. just long enough to open netshare and share your wifi signal(this will force it to 2.4ghz, rather than the 5ghz default it would be if not already connected with a 2.4ghz). Once netshare is on and sharing your wifi connection go back to wifi direct settings and end the connection with the 2.4ghz device.. then reconnect as you would any other wifi network
DIRECT-WHATEVER-THE-NETWORK
RanDOM8S
etc..
But be sure to go-to advanced options, proxy settings, change to Manuel.
Proxy hostname "192.168.49.1"
Proxy port "8282"
All without the quotes obviously.
Now you should be able to browse on chrome. If you haven't already, download psiphon pro, and go-to options Proxy settings. Connect through http proxy. Host address "192.168.49.1"
Port "8282".
Then connect. Your receiving devices should now be connected (through your 5ghz phone of course, using it as a hub), and most of your apps working as long as psiphon is on and connected properly.
(This is my first tutorial so please go easy on me. Obviously constructive critique bus appreciated, but please go easy on me fellows.. I'm a bit of a newbie..lol)
And I plan on adding pictures and revising later on depending on wording and whatnot.. but I wanted to at least release a preliminary method of connecting to the newer 5ghz hotspots.. because about a month ago I know I could've used it.. even if it wasn't refined.. anyways thanks for reading, and good luck compadres!!
A very useful and understandable tutorial, this is exactly what I was looking for, because I have a rather old phone model.
Thanks for the useful tutorial! The fastest speeds from Xfinity are available to almost all customers, as opposed to just customers within reach of a 5G tower.