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Notice - This topic is for the very advanced computer users.
I will need help from WM6 developers and SUPER advanced users for a variant of this. Please go to the COMPLETE bottom to read what I need for help.
What is it for? : Gain full access to TCP ports while using carrier's WAP/GPRS/HTTP proxy. Access IMAP/POP3/Internet Radio/Streaming TV/Skype while still using your carrier's cheap/free GPRS APN.
(currently only works on tethered, but I am working on making it work directly from the phone, I need help from those in the know-how)
Summary: The PC is tethered to the phone for GPRS/3G internet. PuTTY client connects to a SSH server THROUGH the carrier's proxy and opens up a SSH tunnel with dynamic forwarding on port 1080.
What you need :
- PC with Windows or Linux
- PuTTY http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html
- A simple SSH server directly connected to the internet (could be a modified Linksys WRT54G/GS/GL router with OpenWRT, no need for a PC)
optional - ProxyCap or SocksCap (commercial, look on bittorrent). They force softwares that required DIRECT internet acess to work with this guide
Settings:
1- Your SSH server needs to listen to port 443
2- In Windows go to Control Panel / Internet Options / Connections / LAN Settings / Proxy Server /
-Check the box "Use a Proxy Server for your LAN"
-Click advanced under SOCKS: , write: localhost" with port: 1080
3- In PuTTY
-Session TAB
Hostname = IPaddressOfYourSSHServer
port = 443
-Connection / Proxy
Proxy Type = HTTP
Proxy hostname = YourCarrierProxyAddress
Port = 80 or 8080 (whatever your carrier tells you to put)
-Connection / SSH / Tunnels
At the bottom, select Dynamic & IPv4
Source port = 1080
Click ADD
You should see "4D1080" appear in the white box under "forwarded ports"
-Session
Type any name you want under Saved Sessions
Click "Save" so that anytime you reload Putty, you click ony your sessions and load to restore all the above settings.
Final Step
- Disconnect your PC from any internet access
- Connect your PC to your phone's GPRS/3G internet
- In Putty, load the session and click on OPEN (This should open up a black window with no text)
- Wait a few seconds, you should see a new window asking you if you accept a new KEY for the new host you are connecting to. Click YES
NOTE: this will only happen the first time you connect to the SSH server through GPRS. It will never appear again
- You'll be asked to enter your username and password (those are the ones from your SSH server). You'll then gain SSH terminal access to your SSH server.
- type and enter "top" in your SSH terminal
WHY? : Your carrier's PROXY closes any IDLE connections. "top" makes the SSH server send you the server status every few seconds, keeping the connection active.
- Open internet explorer and see if you can load web pages.
- Congrats, you got non-carrier-proxied non-carrier-cached internet access.
TROUBLESHOOTING
Problem: PuTTY times out when I open my session
Diagnostic: PuTTY cant connect to your SSH server, this could be due to :
- Check if you got the right SSH server IP address
- SSH Server does not listen to TCP port 443
- SSH Server is behind a firewall that blocks port 443
- Your ISP may block port 443 (mine blocks port 80)
- Your wireless carrier may not allow SSL connections, test by loading a HTTPS web page while using their HTTP proxy (find a web page such as ebay, paypal, or whatever that requires an encrypted login, see if HTTPS is in the address bar). You're screwed if its blocked
- Your wireless carrier's proxy might not be on port 80/8080, please check
- Double check your Putty settings for your session.
Problem: PuTTY says "connection not allowed" "permission denied" or something
Diagnostic - Your wireless carrier probably does not allow SSL on 443, or scans your packets to see if it is TRUELY SSL. You're screwed in that case.
Problem: When I type my username and password, I get denied
Diagnostic: you don't know your OWN SSH server's access information, moron
Problem: Im connected to my SSH server, but IE won't load pages
Diagnostic: Either you forgot to set the dynamic port forwarding (review step 3 in settings) or you didn't set the proxy settings in IE (review step 2)
Please make sure you got NO other proxies entered other than in the SOCKS section of IE
WHAT I NEED FOR HELP
As you can see, this is only for using GPRS/3G on a PC/Laptop
Im very close to getting this to work directly on the phone.
PocketPutty is a conversion of PuTTY for WM5/6
http://www.pocketputty.net/
There is no Proxy tab in PocketPutty, but go in the registry
HKEY_current_user/Software/SimonTatham/Putty/Sessions/YourSessionName
This is IDENTICAL to what you'll find on your windows PC if you create a session. Create the proper session on your PC and copy the registry entries onto your phone's registry.
I got it to connect to my SSH server the same way you do on a PC, however, I can't get Pocket IE or any other software to use localhost:1080 socks proxy.
I've tried the obvious "proxy settings" in the connections manager, but IE still tries to connect directly unless I specify a HTTP proxy. Putty cannot do HTTP proxy so I can't just open up a second dynamic port on 80.
I tried in the registry to manually enter data. I noticed that even if you got NO proxy settings, you still got two proxy entries in the registry
HTTP , which uses "new-inet" on 1118
null-corp, which uses "new-corp" on 1118
I've made some tests and come to the conclusion that IE will only listen to the HTTP proxy entry in the registry. However, it will not use it if the "type" is set to "0". Setting it to "4" (SOCKS) gives me an error that IE cannot use my GPRS connection.
Im at loss here since im not a programmer or anything. Im wondering if any programmer/developper/professionals knew anything on the matter. It's only a matter of dynamic forwarding. I know PocketPutty can do it.
I was wondering if this was possible myself... I run a linux server at home and when I am at school/work/etc. I like to use my server as a socks proxy (using the method you stated) in order to get around those pesky firewalls and content filters. I've found that in general I like to tunnel everything through my home ISP's connection. It just 'feels' more secure, albeit a lot slower due to roadrunner's poor upstream bandwidth.
Pocket IE apparently did leave out the SOCKS proxy feature, and I don't know if it's even possible to tunnel through SOCKS on a WinMo phone.
This ancient guide from 1999 says that SOCKS is not implemented on WinCE, but surely this is outdated and useless information, right?
So I ask: Does anyone out there know how to use a SOCKS proxy on a PocketPC?
I don't know how much this will help you, I'm not nearly as advanced, but I saw the word SOCKS and a bell rang. Under Settings > Connections > Connections, when you setup or edit the proxy server, the SOCKS option is at the bottom. I always manually put in the AT&T proxy settings when I need to so it sounded familiar. Hope that helps.
Hey alkizmo !
I think that your idea is not really good, because there is an easier solution, with OpenVPN. This vpn allows you to do HTTP encapsulation, like PuTTY ...
And OpenVPN server/client is faster to install.
TKz said:
Hey alkizmo !
I think that your idea is not really good, because there is an easier solution, with OpenVPN. This vpn allows you to do HTTP encapsulation, like PuTTY ...
And OpenVPN server/client is faster to install.
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A VPN connection cannot be initiated through a proxy where all ports are blocked except 8080/80/443
VPN is not the solution to proxy bypass.
Then again, go ahead, try to prove me wrong and you'd have found a much simpler solution.
oh and this thread is outdated, I did finalize this project and have it working now.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=316890
alkizmo said:
A VPN connection cannot be initiated through a proxy where all ports are blocked except 8080/80/443
VPN is not the solution to proxy bypass.
Then again, go ahead, try to prove me wrong and you'd have found a much simpler solution.
oh and this thread is outdated, I did finalize this project and have it working now.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=316890
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Ok, i know your solution work, but three things :
1. Mine too (sorry, I bypass proxy through vpn)
2. Mine is easier ... that's all !
3. http://ovpnppc.ziggurat29.com/ovpnppc-main.htm
Personaly, I think the problem inlies with the way Pocket PC use proxys. If there was a way to make the Phone use the same proxy for everything it would work. but from what I can tell, the phone choses the right proxy for the right thing. by looking at the proxy settings it has a for Http wap, etc.
Well, the other programs don't work with these proxies, as far as I can tell. The best wayt, IMHO, would be to make a program that routes all connections to one proxy, and maybe then the prxys would work correctly.
TKz said:
Ok, i know your solution work, but three things :
1. Mine too (sorry, I bypass proxy through vpn)
2. Mine is easier ... that's all !
3. (deleted link, no url posting privileges for new members)
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excellent.
As of this writing, the link is still alive. And the latest release of openvpn ppc is 2.1 released December 10/2009. Or, about a month ago.
see:
the changelog
Is there some tutorial/help on using hte Remote Desktop Mobile to connect to a PC? I haven't been able to connect TP 2 to my PC running Vista. I put in the Computer name, User name, password, and domain and when I clicked "Connect", it returned an error:
Cannot connect. Likely reasons are:
1. specified computer name or ip does not exist.
2. A network error occured while establishing connection.
I tried both domain name and ip. Made no difference.
I also tried both on 3G as well as WiFi but it made no difference.
You'll need to set up two things:
set the vista machine to accept the remote connections
http://howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/turn-on-remote-desktop-in-windows-vista/
forward port 3389 on your router if you have one
http://portforward.com/
Then you should be up and running!
'tunes
Thanks, mad-tunes. Got it working now, at least when connected by WiFi. And when the phone and the PC are on the same Wifi network, I can connect simply by putting in the computer ip address. No domain is required and no port configuring required too.
Lord_BlackAdder said:
Thanks, mad-tunes. Got it working now, at least when connected by WiFi. And when the phone and the PC are on the same Wifi network, I can connect simply by putting in the computer ip address. No domain is required and no port configuring required too.
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Good stuff, glad it helped a bit....
If you can't connect from the outside world (ie, using GPRS), then it's most probably a port forward thing...
If you want to get this bit working: How's the machine you're trying to RDP to connected to the 'net exactly?
(ADSL modem, router etc?)
mad_tunes said:
Good stuff, glad it helped a bit....
If you can't connect from the outside world (ie, using GPRS), then it's most probably a port forward thing...
If you want to get this bit working: How's the machine you're trying to RDP to connected to the 'net exactly?
(ADSL modem, router etc?)
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Yes, the PC is behind the router. So probably woould need to do port forward as you have suggested. Having tested it yet. Would try this out later this week.
I was wondering, is theres a way to do this if youre on a home edition of windows?
the home edition I dont believe has remote desktop.
Remote desktop mobile using 3G connection
Has anyone gotten remote desktop mobile to work using only a 3G connection? I've got it working perfectly using wifi but can't for the life of me figure out how to do it over 3G. I searched and the closest thing I could find to being helpful was the following:
I had the same problem till I created two VPN connections. One for internal use (WiFi) and one for extenal use (3G).
The internal one uses the internal IP address of the VPN server and the external one uses the external IP address.
You have to sleect which connection you want to use before starting the connection depending on whether u r using WiFi or 3G.
Hope that makes sense. It works 4 me.
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This makes sense but it's confusing about what to change in the VPN connection settings. Can anyone explain in more detail?
Thank you very much
squirtpunk said:
I was wondering, is theres a way to do this if youre on a home edition of windows?
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No. You can only use third party solutions like VNC. RDP host is not included in Home Edition.
You have to go into your router and set up a port forward so that 3389 goes to internal IP address of the system you want to remote into. If you have port forwarding/triggering, you can have a different port (eg, 3390) trigger to 3389 internally. If you don't have port forwarding, you can change the listening port from the default 3389 to, eg, 3390 and then you can create a port forward to remote in that way. To access, add :3390 to the end of the remote address (eg, 64.246.222.91:3390). The registry path to the listening port is:
HLKM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\WinStations\RDP-Tcp\PortNumber
You must reboot after changing the setting.
If you have a domain, it is incredibly useful to set up DNS for this, then you can simply enter the DNS name in the client. This works internally as well.
Update: So i just went to a Starbucks and tried using the wifi there to connect to my remote desktop and it couldn't connect!? But it can connect when I'm using the same wifi router as my remote computer does this mean I don't have the router properly port forwarded? Or is it some other issue? Any advice would be great.
Thanks
When you use your wifi at home, it ends up in the same IP subnet as the remote computer, so all you need to do is to enter the computer name.
When you're at a hotspot, you need to enter the public IP address for your router and step up port forwarding. Wifi outside of your home is no different from using EVDO as far as IP addressing is concerned. You must enter via public IP.
If you don't know what your public IP address is, open a browser from any computer at home and go to this URL:
http://whatismyip.com
It will tell you what the public IP is.
Cheap Loop-Hole
I got Remote Desktop to work on 3G.
First open Opera (or what ever your default browser is) set a home page to something that takes at least 5-10 second to load (if longer, even better), like an email account or m.myspace.com. Simple sites like m.google.com won't work because they load to quickly.
Close OPERA: I mean make sure its closed not just minimized.
This next part needs to be done rather quickly, so I advise making Remote Desktop a top icon in your Start Menu.
So Launch opera, and quickly launch Remote Desktop and hit connect.
Remote Desktop will piggy back off the Opera browser connection to get out to your computer.
Note: (make sure remote desktop works at home first, either by wifi, blue tooth, or direct usb, and by checking it from a computer outside of your network) once you know it works you should be able to connect to it.
Also note: as some one stated above, make sure that proper ports have been open on the computer and router than you should be good to go.
I'm sure their is a registry fix to get the remote desktop working without doing this, but this is the only way I've been able to do it for now..
Hope this helps...
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I'm currently using AT&T Tilt 2 Stock Rom and Radio.
Check this out guys, it might be of some help: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=533664
Thanks a lot guys! It's working just fine now (on both wifi and 3G!) turns out I didn't have the router properly port forwarded.
just started trying to figure this out today. spent about 15 minutes but couldnt get it going.
just installed windows7 on my old pc and im trying to get my htc tp2 (rhodium) to work with the preinstalled Remote Desktop Mobile application. i forwarded port 3389 on both tcp and udp since i didnt know which was necessary.
is a static ip necessary to get this setup by going into the ipv4 settings? also, what is the application looking for with the input for "domain"? - subnet mask? default gateway for my home network?
so far i have tried the following inputs in my tp2 for Remote Desktop Moble:
Computer: public ip
User Name: windows7 login name
password: windows 7 login password
domain: ???
any help is appreciated. going to try this more when i get home from work.
apathyps said:
just started trying to figure this out today. spent about 15 minutes but couldnt get it going.
just installed windows7 on my old pc and im trying to get my htc tp2 (rhodium) to work with the preinstalled Remote Desktop Mobile application. i forwarded port 3389 on both tcp and udp since i didnt know which was necessary.
is a static ip necessary to get this setup by going into the ipv4 settings? also, what is the application looking for with the input for "domain"? - subnet mask? default gateway for my home network?
so far i have tried the following inputs in my tp2 for Remote Desktop Moble:
Computer: public ip
User Name: windows7 login name
password: windows 7 login password
domain: ???
any help is appreciated. going to try this more when i get home from work.
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network-wise what you need to do depends on how your PC's connected to the 'net...
if it's connected directly via something like a USB ADSL model or Virgin media cable box, then you'll only need to let 3389 through your PCs firewall.
If it's connected via anything like a router, then you'll also have to allow 3389 through your routers firewall, as well as forwarding port 3389 to your machine inside your network.
it's the port forwarding which needs the internal IP of your PC, so a static one's a good idea (otherwise, if your PCs internal IP address changes it'll stop working). you could set your router to always hand the same IP to your PC MAC address, which can be the best of both worlds (and how I do it).
http://www.portforward.coms a good place to start to find how to forward ports for your router if you're using one..
You also have to go to control panel>system>advanced system settings>remote and set things as you need in the 'remote desktop' section.
if you don't have the 'remote desktop' section, then you're running one of the home versions of the OS which doesn't support Remote desktop conenctions (out of the box )
re domains...if its a normal home PC and nothing to do with a business, then you wont have to enter one at all.
Once you're at home, get your TP2 on your internal network (wifi), and then try to rdp to your machine using its INTERNAL ip (192.168.*.*) and see if that works.
if it does, the PC end's fine and it's your router config you need to get right. if it doesnt, then its something at the PC..
post back here if you still have trouble..
ok, so connecting with the tp2 via 192.xxx.x.x works fine from within the network at home on wifi.
however, once i try and connect with the public ip, it doesnt work. did the port forwarding thing.
i setup the static ip, i tried putting the host pc in the dmz, and still nothing. i tried disabling the host pc's firewall, and nothing.
in remote desktop mobile, im putting in the public ip of the host pc, and have tried filling in the username and password fields, and also tried leaving them blank.
any ideas?
apathyps said:
ok, so connecting with the tp2 via 192.xxx.x.x works fine from within the network at home on wifi.
however, once i try and connect with the public ip, it doesnt work. did the port forwarding thing.
i setup the static ip, i tried putting the host pc in the dmz, and still nothing. i tried disabling the host pc's firewall, and nothing.
in remote desktop mobile, im putting in the public ip of the host pc, and have tried filling in the username and password fields, and also tried leaving them blank.
any ideas?
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if its workin from inside your network, your PCs set just fine...so it must be the firewall or port forward on your router...
double-check that 3389s alowed through its firewall
and
the forwards set to point UPD+TCP on port 3389 to the current internal IP of your PC.
tbh, I cant think of much else but let me know how you get on
ah, got it working. had to forward from ANY -> 3389, not 3389->3389. duh. works now.
thanks guys
Strange, you shouldn't have had to. RDP defaults to 3389 so the client should be using that from the word go (I know mine do!)...it could be a wierd router thing.
Depending on the exact option(s) you had to change to get it going though, it's making your machine a little more open to the outside world. but maybe not in a huge way....
(so, is it now AnyIP:AnyPort>YourIP:3389 or AnyIp:AnyPort>YourIP:AnyPort? I think forwarding all ports to 3389 would wreck eMule!)
It's probably worth changing the port used from the default though tbh.
Your change it in the PCs registry and add ortno to the end of what you enter into the client.
(so it'd be something like 192.168.0.1:3390, for example)
Then change the rules on the router to match, of course.
'tunes
I just bought a program called Remote Desktop Client (by Xtralogic) and installed it.
However, when I tried to connect to my work, I get a notification 'Socket Is Not Connected'. I called the helpdesk of my work and they say it is not possible to have the server running on my mobile device......
The address I m trying to connect to is 172.20.20.20 with domain 'flexinet.local'. I used the correct username and password.
Maybe you guys can help me on my way?
First...I wouldn't go sticking those IP details up for the world to see. I'm sure it's safe enough but still. Next, have you checked not only the IP but the ports are correct? Then you should ensure that those ports are forwarded from the external domain you're connecting to.
Another thing you may want to check is if this app needs the prefix, i.e. http://YourDomain.com etc.
Lastly...are you attempting to connect from outside the network? Are you connected to the network via WiFi or are you attempting to connect via 3G from a remote location?
172.20.20.20 is a private address... 10.x.x.x, 192.x.x.x and 172.16.x.x to 172.30.x.x are private ranges and not valid on the internet - you'd need the external ip address or the fully qualified domain name (FQDN)... RDP uses port 3389 (if it's not been changed on the server) so your firewall will also need to be open and the transport you use to connect will also need to allow 3389 (WIFI / 3G)...
That is assuming you're trying to get to your server from outside your local network...
Did you try connecting to your work vpn (if you have one) so you can get inside your work network, then use the rdp client to connect to your machine?
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So, I hope this doesn't sound too far off. I was grandfathered into unlimited data with Verizon, and want to use it as my main source of internet in my home. I have a smart TV to run netflix/hulu and the like, as well as a media server set up over my wireless network to play movies from my computer. Is it possible to use my Note 4's mobile hotspot, and have the wireless signal rebroadcast through my router? (I have a netgear AC1450-100NAR) It does have a wireless repeating fuction, but it asks for the ip address/mac address for the device it is rebroadcasting. Is this possible to setup, or does anyone have experience setting this up?
Thanks!
John
You could try. Go to settings>about phone>status, scroll down and write down the IP address and Wi-Fi MAC address. Log into your router and turn on repeating feature and add your IP address and MAC address.
Please report back if this works.
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That might be the wrong ip address and MAC let me search some more
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That's the wrong ip and mac that's the assigned ip
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Never mind follow the direction above. I had my WI-FI on that's why I had a private IP address.
Try 192.168.43.1. You could also enable the hotspot and connect your TV. You should be able to confirm the network and default gateway (the hotspot address)
Thanks I'll give that a try. The reason I want to share it with a router, instead of just connecting straight to my phone, is I have a ton of devices that need to connect to my router via PC. Printer, Nvidia Shield TV, etc. So having I'd have to keep connecting, and reconnecting devices over and over. So if I can just have everything always connected to my router, I can just connect my router once to my phone, and share my connection with my whole apartment.
This might be too far out but, If that doesn't work for you. I would recommend looking into flashing your router with DD-WRT. Which will open up all sorts of advanced settings on your router and might make it easier to link your phone to it.
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This might be too far out but, If that doesn't work for you. I would recommend looking into flashing your router with DD-WRT. Which will open up all sorts of advanced settings on your router and might make it easier to link your phone to it.
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+1 to that. I've used it many a time on an old wrt-54g.:good:
gerry_753 said:
This might be too far out but, If that doesn't work for you. I would recommend looking into flashing your router with DD-WRT. Which will open up all sorts of advanced settings on your router and might make it easier to link your phone to it.
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I looked into that, and my router doesn't show up :-\ I have a netgear ac1450
I use dd-wrt to do this very often, and on the exact same router too! The AC1450 was a Costco exclusive that was a throttled version of the AC1750 (or better known as R6300v2). It has the exact same hardware specifications, but with a different hardware ID and firmware. you can flash a new hardware ID and R6300v2 firmware, and then either stick with the updated Tx speeds if you decide not to use it as a repeater, or flash DD-WRT and enjoy the increased speeds and repeater options.
You will want to do this to upgrade your router to a r6300v2: http://advancedhomeserver.com/upgrade-a-netgear-ac1450-router-to-ac1750-r6300v2/
then follow the guide here to install DD-WRT: http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Netgear_R6300v2
then follow this guide to get the repeater bridge up: http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Repeater_Bridge
I do this, but I use a computer and a router. I turn my hotspot on and connect my computer to it, an Ethernet cable runs from my computer to the router. On the computer you have to make a network bridge and then it'll work
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Is there a way to sideload apps onto the Fire TV without being on the same network?
contentryder said:
Is there a way to sideload apps onto the Fire TV without being on the same network?
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If you are asking about ADB, you can. But only if you can open port 5555 (or any port) on the FTV's network and forward that port correctly to your FTV device IP and port 5555 on your router. But be very leery about this, ADB has no authentication or encryption and if you leave port 5555 open, you will open your FTV to attacks. A better option would be to run something like SSH server (e.g. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=berserker.android.apps.sshdroid&hl=en ). It is a more secure option. I am sure there are other and/or better options. But, any solution that you implement should have some sort of authentication and encryption. And you will need to have rights on the FTV's network router to implement NAT rules.
EDIT: If you can control the remote network's router, you can run a VPN server on it like PPTP or OPENVPN. Newer routers with later firmwares have the ability to run VPN server on them. Or, you can flash the router with something like DD-WRT and that gives you the option to run a VPN server as well. If you can VPN into the network, you don't need to open any ports or need any NAT rules. It is the easiest setup and very secure (OpenVPN option).
Also, you can install somethng like WEBKEY (I don't know if it is allowing new account creation) but it needs a rooted FTV. But, it is an awesome piece of software that gives you true RDP capability into your FTV as well as give you a proper shell to interact with your FTV remotely. The one big drawback is that it works only over HTTP if your port for HTTPS is not open to the outside world.
Another option is AIRDROID. It does not need rooted FTV and if I remember, you can install apps using it (though not using ADB).
You can install Box! Upload any apk toy want from your phone to your Box acct. Then use for tv app box with the same account to download the apk...
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Box in the Amazon app store is free
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You can also install kodi that way
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If you are asking about ADB, you can. But only if you can open port 5555 (or any port) on the FTV's network and forward that port correctly to your FTV device IP and port 5555 on your router. But be very leery about this, ADB has no authentication or encryption and if you leave port 5555 open, you will open your FTV to attacks. A better option would be to run something like SSH server (e.g. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=berserker.android.apps.sshdroid&hl=en ). It is a more secure option. I am sure there are other and/or better options. But, any solution that you implement should have some sort of authentication and encryption. And you will need to have rights on the FTV's network router to implement NAT rules.
EDIT: If you can control the remote network's router, you can run a VPN server on it like PPTP or OPENVPN. Newer routers with later firmwares have the ability to run VPN server on them. Or, you can flash the router with something like DD-WRT and that gives you the option to run a VPN server as well. If you can VPN into the network, you don't need to open any ports or need any NAT rules. It is the easiest setup and very secure (OpenVPN option).
Also, you can install somethng like WEBKEY (I don't know if it is allowing new account creation) but it needs a rooted FTV. But, it is an awesome piece of software that gives you true RDP capability into your FTV as well as give you a proper shell to interact with your FTV remotely. The one big drawback is that it works only over HTTP if your port for HTTPS is not open to the outside world.
Another option is AIRDROID. It does not need rooted FTV and if I remember, you can install apps using it (though not using ADB).
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Need something that doesn't require root and be able to download straight from the Amazon app store on the AFTV box/stick. AIRDROID isn't on there unfortunately....
davidstjohn1 said:
You can install Box! Upload any apk toy want from your phone to your Box acct. Then use for tv app box with the same account to download the apk...
Box in the Amazon app store is free
You can also install kodi that way
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Will look into this! Thanks! If it's able to download on the amazon app store from the box/stick and install, then that is what I want...
Yep it's available on the Amazon app store I downloaded it from my Amazon fire TV from the App Store installed it and uploaded Kodi 15.0 isenguard and success work perfectly
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I also uploaded firestarter to box, install and now I have a new launcher cleaner easier to operate with a direct link to kodi