As a wifier with a pda2k , how does one know if he has been discovered by the network owner and in addition , where he has gone , not to mention the pda's security . My files can't be looked at can they? I need serious security assistance . My personal data may have allready been compromised! Damn .
Thank you.
(I'll just wait here on a secure network till I can secure my 'lil unit
Treat your PPC as if it were a portable computer running on celeron. As of the moment I can only recall maybe 4 known viri for Windows Mobile. If you are an avid WiFi'er as I am, try to browse your unit from your desptop pc without activesync activated. You might want to port scan the PPC as well. I run an FTP and web server on my unit (for my own purposes), and I have never had any files compromised unless I allow it. If you are really that peranoid, encrypt the files you don't want read without your permission.
Well I'm a Mac guy so browsing on a desktop won't happen. I just need to be able to surf annomously and not have the network owner view me or my files.
The netwqork admin will always know you are using the router because the wifi router assigns you an IP address. No getting around that. But it will be highly unlikely that he can access your unit resources unless you have a backdoor trojan running on your unit. If you don't know, google up "antivirus scanner for pocket pc", and install it.
Hey MACGUY have you seen PocketMAC? It could be useful!
SORRY i didnt mean to hijack your thread!
NOMADMAN - you said your are a wifi junky - How do I surf the net from my MDA3 using WIFI. Is appears that I can connect to my belkin wireless router but when I open IE - No page can be displayed and then it asks me to check my settings but then all the new connection settings doesnt include wifi connectivity? HELP!
meatychi said:
...How do I surf the net from my MDA3 using WIFI....HELP!
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The are all kinds of info already posted here mate. What I would tell you here, I and many others have already posted in the past.
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The netwqork admin will always know you are using the router because the wifi router assigns you an IP address. No getting around that. But it will be highly unlikely that he can access your unit resources unless you have a backdoor trojan running on your unit. If you don't know, google up "antivirus scanner for pocket pc", and install it.
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Thanks . I installed the viri scanner and found nothing. It maybe that the open AP is being tapped by someone else as well as me , explaining the third MAC address. Can this be possible? It's a ff.ff.ff.ff.ff
At work we have wifi, but it's limited to the MAC addresses of the laptops that have been handed out. Is there any way to spoof the mac address on my phone to match that of my laptop (which would be switched off at the time) ?
Thanks,
I haven't heard of any way to do that for pocketpcs. Why don't you use smac on your laptop and change the laptop's mac to your current pda's mac adress? And you need administrative rights or an admin that will to let you do this / change your laptop's mac in the system database or whatever.
No go on that I'm afraid. It's my IT department that controls the issuance of laptops and the same people that lock down the wifi access by mac address. They'd notice a mac address that doesn't belong because we only use Thinkpads.
Well I was interested in that too but when I didn't need it anymore I stopped searching. If you search a lot you might find a working solution, take a look there if you have a ee-subscription (I don't) http://www.experts-exchange.com/Networking/Microsoft_Network/Q_21206803.html
or take a look at the netstumbler forum or the efnet channel. I will do a little research too. I think the mac adress can probably be changed through the registry settings, some cards support that.
....not with a pre-made tool or simple reg.tweak AFAIK
there were some old threads somewhere here on xda about it,
Now, I don't remember the details, but I'm pretty sure someone managed it, but only with some badass coding, instructions for which were way above my head. Check the old threads in networking sub-forum...
Hi!
I was able to do Remote Desktop by connecting with my tilt 2 to my local Network so I used my Desktops address (192.168.1.4) as computer name and I was able to connect with the Tilt2.
Now, I am trying to figure out how to do the same but when I am not home thus connected to my network.
I tried using my REAL IP address but it was not able to connect to it.
I am running Windows 7 Ultimate any my tilt 2 has a stock 6.5
Thanks
You'll need to set up port forwarding on your router. Looks like this site has a bunch of guides to do so. You need to set it up to forward port 3389 to your desktop address (looks like 192.168.1.4) and you should be good to go, no specific config necessary on your tp2.
Edit: As a side note for security's sake only allow non-administrator accounts to remotely connect and make sure you use strong passwords!
That worked out great...thanks mate!
Yeah thanks Toleraen! I was just now finally getting around to check out the remote desktop client on both my phones, and was looking for exactly that
Glad I could help
Pretty cool to do this indeed...any other software you consider better than this to remote in to my PC?
shaolin95 said:
Pretty cool to do this indeed...any other software you consider better than this to remote in to my PC?
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I hear VNC get recommended a lot, but I haven't had a chance to check it out yet (I'll do that once I've tried remote desktop). I've attached the cab for it, but I can't find any threads on it's use, you'll have to dig that up yourself
I must have tried a million different settings over several hours and never was able to connect via 3G or even locally when hooked in through wifi. I used to be able to do this with my Treo 750 with little hassle. I have the port forwarding set up on my Linksys WCG200 router. I have even tried turning all firewalls and encryption off. No joy. Anyone else have a Windows XP setup with a Linksys router that has had success with a Tilt 2 stock ROM? Note: I do not have a static IP. Has anyone successfully done this with a dynamic IP?
I am doing it to Windows 7 with a dynamic IP...I just make sure I got the one for the day(week) before living home if I want to remote in from work.
I use Hamachi to create a VPN connection and then remote into my PC that way, leave hamachi running on my desktop and then just run the mobile version on my phone when I want to remote in, that way there are no open port security issues to worry about and the VPN IP address never changes.
Is it any slower or faster than Remote Desktop?
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I use Hamachi to create a VPN connection and then remote into my PC that way, leave hamachi running on my desktop and then just run the mobile version on my phone when I want to remote in, that way there are no open port security issues to worry about and the VPN IP address never changes.
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Sweet! I had no idea hamachi had a mobile client now!!
I'm trying it out as soon as I get home today!
I use "Remote Touch Server" to remotely access my computer. The main reason i use it is because it keeps your computer on while you are accessing it. I use it for a handheld monitor for powerpoint presentations. That way I can see what the computer is doing, and tap the screen to advance to the next slide
CIFS + UTF-8 Kernel Module Support
User CONTRIBUTED HOWTO Guide and Tips!
What is CIFS:
[Alfresco CIFS Wiki]
[Wikipedia CIFS]
XDA's own developer (f3d0r) has created the [CIFS Manager] to help setup CIFS+UTF-8 modules
I have added CIFS + UTF-8 support to both my Froyo Kernel and Gingerbread Kernel... ALL user of my Kernels have this cool capability available to them...
Please help contribute to this GUIDE / HOWTO. I will link all the cool tips and setups to the OP and give proper credit to those who contributed
Please help each other out... This is what makes XDA the best community among other Android communities...
Thanks
[Windows 7 LAN Setup] by user Dclaw_Fantum (make sure you hit Thanks button for him if he helped you)
[Windows 7 WAN/PPTP Setup] by user se1000 (make sure you hit Thanks button for him if he helped you)
[Windows 7 WAN Setup] by user Dclaw_Fantum (make sure you hit Thanks button for him if he helped you)
[CIFS Manager App Tip #1] by user Dclaw_Fantum (make sure you hit Thanks button for him if he helped you)
CIFS = Win
Okay, screens will come later. I only have the Windows part typed out, I will edit it more soon. Some of the steps may not be clear without screens. The phone part is coming too. I moved my SDK install location, DroidExplorer won't run, gotta reboot, so here is the text for setting up the share in Windows:
For this guide I am using Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit and Royal Glacier v1.0.
First things needed to get CIFS working are:
CIFS Manager
Have the ability to gain Administrator rights on your Windows install.
A rooted phone running one of Faux's kernels (or any kernel with CIFS support).
Let's Begin:
First we have to setup the folder we want to share on the Windows PC.
1. Find or Create the folder you want to share. I created a folder named "CIFS Share".
2. Right-click the folder and select Properties.
3. Under the Sharing Tab, click Advanced Sharing.
4. Click the checkbox at the top, the text fields will fill with the folder's name. You can add a comment if you like, it isn't necessary.
5. Click on the Permissions Button.
-By default, the group "Everyone" is assigned read access.
-This is not a secure setting but is okay when you are only doing a LAN share, behind a firewall. Files shared under this group require NO authentication, hence the name Everyone.
-***This is where you can change which users have rights to the shared files: ***
6. Click the "Add" button to create a new user permission.
-In the large text box, type in the username you want to have access to the share.
--My user is named "User0". So I typed "user0" in the box.
-Click the "Check Names" button. Windows will put the proper name in place. My box changed to "GREG-PC\User0"
-Click "OK" and close the Select Users or Groups.
7. Now the user you just added is in the "Group or user names" box.
-Click the user name to select it.
-If you want to read and write* to the share, click the "Full Control" checkbox. *CIFS mount is Read-Only. We can get write access elsewhere.
-To just allow read access, leave only the "Read" checkbox ticked.
-I suggest selecting the group "Everyone" and then clicking the "Remove" button. Assign another user access before you apply removing Everyone.
-Click "Apply" then "OK" to exit.
Congratulations, you are now sharing any files contained within this folder to the users specified. Next, we have to set up the phone...
Looking forward to the guide, tried to set it up on my own, but have no networking experience and honestly was just taking a shot in the dark. Needless to say, CIFSManager laughed then punched me in the throat for having the audacity.
Thanks faux123, CIFS is so cool to have.
Thanks for the info on CIFS Manager. My Phone is playing so nicely with my Synology NAS.
Using your LV Kernel with CM7 Nightly #14 and all is going good so far.
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Looking forward to the guide, tried to set it up on my own, but have no networking experience and honestly was just taking a shot in the dark. Needless to say, CIFSManager laughed then punched me in the throat for having the audacity.
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CIFS manager needs some additional steps, most importantly, it will create a folder on the SD card that it will use to see the files from your computer. It makes the phone think the shared folder from the computer is that local folder on your phone. That was where I messed up in my haste the first time I tried to set it up. First time I had an error happen when trying to setup a sharing service.
Forgot that I had to redirect CIFSManager to the correct location of the module. In Settings of CIFSManager, tick the checkbox for "Load via insmod" then tap on the "Path to cifs.ko[:<modpath>]*". Now you have to type in "/system/lib/modules/cifs.ko" in the text box. Also, Faux added cifs support @ 0.8.2, RoyalGlacier comes loaded with 0.8.1.1. You have to update your kernel if you are on anything before 0.8.2 for this to work.
Text for setting up the Windows LAN sharing is up, haven't gotten to the WAN sharing or phone setup parts yet, the WAN sharing will come last, after the screen shots. The WAN sharing part is going to be the worst part, everyone's router has a different interface.
I'm tired, I will post more sometime late Saturdaynight/early Sunday morning (3/12 or 3/13), I'm gonna be busy during the day tomorrow.
All I did to set this up on Windows 7 was:
1. Download CIFS manager on my phone
2. The computer part I right-clicked on the folder I wanted to share, went to properties then sharing then advanced sharing, like dclaw_fantum explained (his posts are def more detailed than this, but this is how I'd explain it to a friend), and checked to share and that was it. (I setup a password on my computer login under control panel settings)
3. Then on your phone, you open CIFS and add new share. Input your IP address followed by / and the name of the folder (ex. 11.65.8.52/music), the mount point field autofilled for me, then put in computer user ID and password.
4. Check the "Load cifs module" and "Load via insmod" boxes in CIFS Manager app and it worked perfect! (This is where I got an error the first time I tried it, but after rereading the linked thread in Faux's kernel thread I checked these)
Hope this helps, it's not super professional and I'm not sure how secure it is (I assume it is, but I haven't done too much computer network stuff), but it worked for me! "Unmounting all" gave me an error, it unmounted one share but the other one wouldn't unmount so I rebooted my phone and haven't tried again, yet.
Any ideas on battery/data consumption when you're not using files from your computer? Like when the shares are mounted but you're not necessarily using anything from them?
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How do I set up for 3g/4g connection?
Just forward a specific port?
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How do I set up for 3g/4g connection?
Just forward a specific port?
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WAN access via 3G/4G requires more sophisticated setup including:
Router configuration
Dynamic DNS account
and a few other things...
Hopefully some advance users here can show the setup for it, or you can exercise your GoogleFu and research on this topic and post back here to share with everyone else
What I meant earlier is that I have no complex network experience, local networking is easy, it's streaming over the internet I want and cannot accomplish.
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What I meant earlier is that I have no complex network experience, local networking is easy, it's streaming over the internet I want and cannot accomplish.
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I've been a little busy the past few days, hopefully I can get up the WAN configuration for you when I get home tonight, eliasadrian and I already have the majority of the phone setup posted above. I'll have to get screen shots up after I get the posts together.
In a nutshell, port 445 needs to be forwarded, the PC should have a dhcp reservation with your router and having a DynDNS account makes things much simpler in the long run for you. Do not forward any unprotected ports.
The cool thing is that after this is setup, you can put the same info into es file explorer and you will have read/write access. Then you can use the CIFS mount to stream media that es will not allow to stream.
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I've been a little busy the past few days, hopefully I can get up the WAN configuration for you when I get home tonight, eliasadrian and I already have the majority of the phone setup posted above. I'll have to get screen shots up after I get the posts together.
In a nutshell, port 445 needs to be forwarded, the PC should have a dhcp reservation with your router and having a DynDNS account makes things much simpler in the long run for you. Do not forward any unprotected ports.
The cool thing is that after this is setup, you can put the same info into es file explorer and you will have read/write access. Then you can use the CIFS mount to stream media that es will not allow to stream.
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Can't wait for the write up Post some screen shots too if you don't mind...
dclaw_fantum said:
I've been a little busy the past few days, hopefully I can get up the WAN configuration for you when I get home tonight, eliasadrian and I already have the majority of the phone setup posted above. I'll have to get screen shots up after I get the posts together.
In a nutshell, port 445 needs to be forwarded, the PC should have a dhcp reservation with your router and having a DynDNS account makes things much simpler in the long run for you. Do not forward any unprotected ports.
The cool thing is that after this is setup, you can put the same info into es file explorer and you will have read/write access. Then you can use the CIFS mount to stream media that es will not allow to stream.
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Can't wait for the tutorial, I wish I understood enough of the middle paragraph to take the info and run but sadly enough I don't. Gonna try to google my way through it in the meantime.
WAN Configuration (for CIFS over Internet)
Okay, this is the part that let's you have the ability to use CIFS outside of your WLAN. The setup is going to take a little more work than a LAN setup, but, if you follow along you will have a very reliable CIFS connection for streaming files from your PC to your phone anywhere you have a data connection.
**Before anyone posts about how the songs/videos they are streaming are choppy/not fluid, I have no control over the buffer settings in CIFS manager. Also, the connection throughput is king when streaming. If the path the data takes slows it down below the playback rate of the media, it will become choppy. So, even if you are on HSPA+, it may be choppy. Somewhere between your phone and your PC, there is a slow link.**
Again, for this guide I am using Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit and Royal Glacier v1.0 w/ Faux's 0.8.5 kernel.
Prerequisites:
CIFS Manager installed and working.
Have already setup the share on your PC.
Administrator access to your router/gateway.
**Not required, but very helpful:
A DynDNS account.
Let's Begin:
Since you already have CIFS working on your LAN, we are going to setup the router to allow the data to go out to the internet.
DHCP Reservation:
1. Log into your router. Find the area pertaining to "DHCP Reservation". On two of my routers, this was a button (Linksys/Cisco and Vizio).
2. Now we need the IP and MAC addresses.
a. Control Panel > Network and Sharing Center
b. Click on the network connection name, in my case FancyEagle.
c. Click the Details... button.
d. The Physical Address is your MAC address. The IP address will be labeled IPv4. mine are 00-1B-9E-69-E6-3D and 192.168.1.104.
3. Add the IP and MAC addresses into the DHCP reservation area. This will bind that IP address to your PC, keeping it available for your PC and not assigning it to any other device.
Port Forwarding:
1. Find the "Port Forwarding" section of your router.
2. There are several fields to fill in. Here is what you need to fill in:
192.168.1.[104]---Port 445---TCP---Enabled
Repeat for the following ports/protocols: 135/TCP, 137/UDP, 138/UDP, 139/TCP.
*Replace [104] with your IP address from the DHCP reservation portion.
3. Apply/save settings.
Now you have the WAN link setup, you need to know the router WAN IP address to connect at this point. Since majority of us don't want to pay extra for a Static IP address, the ISP rotates their available IP addresses around. This is where DynDNS comes in handy. You don't need to even know it. You create an account with them and then enter the login info into the router.
1. Account w/ DynDNS setup already.
2. Find DDNS or Dynamic DNS service on your router.
3. Enter your login info from setting up your account.
4. Now, go to your phone and replace the IP address in the "Share Path" field in CIFS manager with your dyndns domain.
Now, instead of "192.168.1.104/CIFS Share", it should be "mydomain.dyndns.tv/CIFS Share".
Did you actually get it working? I tried multiple times on my own and was never able to mount the share.
Thing is, CIFS is a chatty protocol engineered for low latency LAN links. Even if it works, it may not perform very well over a relatively high latency WAN.
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Did you actually get it working? I tried multiple times on my own and was never able to mount the share.
Thing is, CIFS is a chatty protocol engineered for low latency LAN links. Even if it works, it may not perform very well over a relatively high latency WAN.
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I keep getting timeouts. I had similar issues when first setting up ES to work this way. Found a little more info, updating previous post...
there are 5 ports associated with Samba/CIFS. I'm getting to the router when I use the IP address, rather than the dyndns domain. Still getting a refused connection. Gotta go back and do some research...
I have successfully set up Gmote for something similar, but Gmote doesn't support streaming most videos. It will stream supported audio files. I missed something in the previous posts, sill getting refused connections with ES and CIFS.
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I keep getting timeouts. I had similar issues when first setting up ES to work this way. Found a little more info, updating previous post...
there are 5 ports associated with Samba/CIFS. I'm getting to the router when I use the IP address, rather than the dyndns domain. Still getting a refused connection. Gotta go back and do some research...
I have successfully set up Gmote for something similar, but Gmote doesn't support streaming most videos. It will stream supported audio files. I missed something in the previous posts, sill getting refused connections with ES and CIFS.
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Yeah I believe it's ports 137-139 and 445 BUT, I set my PC as the DMZ and still got timeouts and connection refused errors.
Works over WiFi like a charm
I really think it's the combination of the chatty protocol and the latency when going over a WAN link.
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Yeah I believe it's ports 137-139 and 445 BUT, I set my PC as the DMZ and still got timeouts and connection refused errors.
Works over WiFi like a charm
I really think it's the combination of the chatty protocol and the latency when going over a WAN link.
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I'm not getting refusals anymore, just timeouts. It is ports 135/TCP, 137/UDP, 138/UDP, 139/TCP and 445/TCP.
I can use the WAN IP and connect using my WiFi, but that just tells me that my settings are correct. Looks like the latency is the issue. I even connected to the neighbor's WiFi to try it and timed out. Looks like the WAN part isn't going to work this way. Kind of a bummer. I'll keep trying different ways to remotely access files, probably gonna be stuck with TFTP.
Without the ability to create a domain and setup VPN, there isn't much choice from here.
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I'm not getting refusals anymore, just timeouts. It is ports 135/TCP, 137/UDP, 138/UDP, 139/TCP and 445/TCP.
I can use the WAN IP and connect using my WiFi, but that just tells me that my settings are correct. Looks like the latency is the issue. I even connected to the neighbor's WiFi to try it and timed out. Looks like the WAN part isn't going to work this way. Kind of a bummer. I'll keep trying different ways to remotely access files, probably gonna be stuck with TFTP.
Without the ability to create a domain and setup VPN, there isn't much choice from here.
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Yeah I agree. I've been trying to setup a PPTP connection to my PC but that doesn't seem to work either.
I'm thinking if we can get PPTP to work, then there's a fighting chance CIFS will connect over that link.
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Yeah I agree. I've been trying to setup a PPTP connection to my PC but that doesn't seem to work either.
I'm thinking if we can get PPTP to work, then there's a fighting chance CIFS will connect over that link.
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I think I'm gonna go a simpler route first for some of the users on here. I might just do an FTP server in the PC and configure ES to handle it. It won't stream, but it will allow access to the files remotely. That will give people something to hold them over until we can figure out a viable solution to this. At least they will have read/write access to the FTP server.
Someone claims that they have had success using OpenVPN. I'm going to try it. If it works, I will have a whole new, complete tutorial with screen shots and step by step instructions to post up. I will probably host it externally so I have greater control of the formatting. Stay tuned in for my next update, I will let everyone know if it works. After that, I will have to go through everything and get screens and type up instructions.