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Has anyone successfully setup a VPN between their E4GT and their DD-WRT Router? Previously my HTC Hero worked flawlessly with CM6 ROM, however I cannot get my stock E4GT phone to connect.
I had it working with my Evo & Cm7 but I didnt try it yet with my epic (I know that doesnt help)
anyone else try? I havent be successful yet with my setup. Its complaining about firewall issues - I'm wondering if it is on the sprint side?
This morning i decided to call sprint up on this issue after reading this post (http://androidforums.com/droid-support-troubleshooting/165907-vpn-issue.html#post1865066) about Verizon. Well i was on the phone for over 1 hour and asked to talk to a manager. Thats when the phone all the sudden was disconnected - amazing.
In any case, i wish others on here would try to connect their phone to a VPN. It appears that it is something on Sprints side that is restricting the connection. The lady on the phone told me to contact the manufacturer of the phone. I told her that there is nothing the manufacturer can do about network issues.
I know that this is a sprint issue, but help from others to confirm this would sure help. If anyone has a VPN they can test this with I would appreciated it.
I assume you've disabled Sprint's proxies already right? I wrote a guide on this in the General forum.
I believe I tried without the proxies and had the same issues. This is where you use the msl and set the ips to all zeros as well as the ports?
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Tested out the vpn by tethering my phone to a friends Verizon phone over wifi and I was able to connect. Sprint must be blocking vpn ports.
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dbldown768 said:
Tested out the vpn by tethering my phone to a friends Verizon phone over wifi and I was able to connect. Sprint must be blocking vpn ports.
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Are you sure you disabled Sprint proxies? This is a known issue caused by Sprint proxies, as I suggested above, and in your response you only state you believed you had done so.
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I assume you've disabled Sprint's proxies already right? I wrote a guide on this in the General forum.
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Are you referring to the Custom PRL? I would really like to know cause I want to do VPN and would try anything out.
Yes i have tried to removed the proxies with this post (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1283229). The same results show up, complaining about a firewall issue. I know this has something to do with either the phone or the network blocking this connection.
Has anybody solved this issue. I am trying to connect using pptp and am getting the same error complaining about firewall. I used to have an EVO 4G and was able to connect before.
any luck with the EPIC? Considering this as well... Thx!
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Has anybody solved this issue. I am trying to connect using pptp and am getting the same error complaining about firewall. I used to have an EVO 4G and was able to connect before.
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I haven't looked into this but doesn't the kernel have to have tun driver?
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Not sure what is differnt in ICS but after the official OTA I can now vpn onto my router again.
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The strange thing is when I try to see the forum at home - I get huge lags and the forum looks as if they do not connect the CSS styles. In Chrome, Mozilla, Opera is the same.
Switching on the XDA2010 theme doesn't help.
Can be a problem in the Internet provider? How can I fix this?
Might be a problem with our CDN provider. What do you get when you visit this url? http://debug-14.netdna-cdn.com/
Can't open it on home comp.
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Sounds like it might be a problem with your computer, firewall/router, or ISP. I can open that page fine. It says "You are hitting the NetDNA New York Datacenter"
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Sounds like it might be a problem with your computer, firewall/router, or ISP. I can open that page fine. It says "You are hitting the NetDNA New York Datacenter"
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I get the same thing at work and phone. At home I'm not getting anything. And earlier (about a couple of weeks ago) forum worked fine.
So strange. I would understand if the forum is not open at all. But it opens, but very slowly and very crooked looks.
Something must have changed within your browser, router, or firewall settings. Since the rest of us are having no problems it has to be something in your computer. Flush your DNS, reboot your router, and check your firewall settings. Also try different browsers and see if you get the same results. You can also try OpenDNS, which will solve the problem if it lies with your ISP.
We've just changed CDN providers last night. OP, let us know if you still have this issue.
bitpushr said:
We've just changed CDN providers last night. OP, let us know if you still have this issue.
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It's OK now! Big thanks!!!
The previous issue was being caused by some ISP Dns servers. Often these kinds of issues can be alleviated by switching your DNS to something better
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The previous issue was being caused by some ISP Dns servers. Often these kinds of issues can be alleviated by switching your DNS to something better
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I have gotten good results from Google's DNS servers. 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4. We even point to them from my work instead of the ISP's DNS servers.
Level3's DNS servers are ok too, 4.2.2.2 and 4.2.2.1.
I'm trying to search this forum, but it seems to be down right now.
I am just wondering what exactly the VPN client app on our phone could be used for. I have a general idea of what it is, and possibly some uses for it, but the uses I'm thinking of make me suprised that it comes stock on our phone.
Anyways, when I try to check the "about" on the app, it wants me to set up a password..... I'd just like to know more about it before I get all into creating passwords etc. Is anyone using this?
Thanks
I was able to get into the "about" section of the app, and then Google the version and dev of the app. So I have a better understanding of it. But just curious, is anyone using it?
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You use it to establish a secure connection to a server. Your data is encrypted between you and the server to keep it private and hide where you're going as well, since all traffic is through the VPN.
The client is useless to without server to connect it to. Always a very good idea to use a vpn if you're on a public open wifi hotspot.
I use OpenVPN to connect to GigaNews VPN Service.
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You use it to establish a secure connection to a server. Your data is encrypted between you and the server to keep it private and hide where you're going as well, since all traffic is through the VPN.
The client is useless to without server to connect it to. Always a very good idea to use a vpn if you're on a public open wifi hotspot.
I use OpenVPN to connect to GigaNews VPN Service.
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I was looking into some servers last night. In your opinion, is the only difference between "Free" and monthly fee servers with the size limit? Or is it also a security preference. Honestly, the reason I became aware of this was because of threads talking about TPB.
Is there a reason you don't use the app that came on the phone?
The other day I was trying to log into Facebook app...didn't work. Tried using dolphin to log on..didn't work. Used my bimmer post app..that was OK. Gmail doesn't work..using dolphin to log into yahoo news worked. Hotmail is a no go..a lot of random sites would work though. Using WiFi everything is OK. Yesterday everything worked like normal and then today back to random connectivity. Oh I get notifications from those apps just can't launch them. Any ideas?
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u have droid wall or android firewall installed? adfree?
sounds to me more like a problem with your ISP then your phone, does the problem ever occur on 4g? what about if you have even spent a extended amount of time at a friends or family's home where they have wifi as well. it could be your router at home. I remember I had a Belkin router that just didn't like my phone and once I got rid of it, I immediately saw more reliable connections over wifi
No firewall or anything of the kind installed. Problem doesn't happen with WiFi..it only happens connecting to mobile data. I tried pulling battery and sim card and that worked. I'm experiencing it again so gonna try doing that. I pulled only the sim out and problem still there. Facebook won't connect but xda app connects. That's how I'm posting this now. Its weird that certain apps and sites will connect while others won't.
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on a secondary re-read I almost guarantee that's a DNS issue. Do u maybe have a social networking only data plan, or a data plan with certain restrictions perhaps?
Hi all, I need some help with my VPN. I have TMobile and when I connect to VPN I can't load any pages. It works on all of my other devices except my OG pixel, and now my pixel 2 XL. It's only when I'm on my mobile network if I'm connected to WiFi everything works fine. I have searched and can't find anything.
It's kind of weird that this is only happening on my pixel devices?
vwgti18 said:
Hi all, I need some help with my VPN. I have TMobile and when I connect to VPN I can't load any pages. It works on all of my other devices except my OG pixel, and now my pixel 2 XL. It's only when I'm on my mobile network if I'm connected to WiFi everything works fine. I have searched and can't find anything.
It's kind of weird that this is only happening on my pixel devices?
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I use ipvanish never had a problem. Now using adguard and no problems with it either. So maybe it's your VPN provider
mac796 said:
U use ipvanish never had a problem. Now using adguard and no problems with it either. So maybe it's your VPN provider
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But I don't get how it could be if it works on my Galaxy note 8 my Nexus 6p and was working fine on my LG G6.
vwgti18 said:
Hi all, I need some help with my VPN. I have TMobile and when I connect to VPN I can't load any pages. It works on all of my other devices except my OG pixel, and now my pixel 2 XL. It's only when I'm on my mobile network if I'm connected to WiFi everything works fine. I have searched and can't find anything.
It's kind of weird that this is only happening on my pixel devices?
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I have a paid VPN on my Nexus 5X, running Android 8.0. It is set to autoconnect and it disconnects when I go on the cell network. Seems to stay connected on wifi 90%+ of the time without intervening. I've never messed with it when it disconnects when the cell network. But I just tried and the VPN turned on and websites didn't load. So it seems to be acting the same way. I'm on Fi, but connected through the Tmobile network. I also have Fi's Wi-Fi Assistant on, but I've never seen it connect to any wifi hostpot so I don't think it is coming into play. I also tried Opera VPN on the cell network and websites were also blocked using that.
I wonder if it is something to do with stock Google Android. I personally think Google messes around too much with things that are working fine.
So I guess all I've added is I am having the same thing happen on my stock Google Nexus 5X when using cell data.
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I have a paid VPN on my Nexus 5X, running Android 8.0. It is set to autoconnect and it disconnects when I go on the cell network. Seems to stay connected on wifi 90%+ of the time without intervening. I've never messed with it when it disconnects when the cell network. But I just tried and the VPN turned on and websites didn't load. So it seems to be acting the same way. I'm on Fi, but connected through the Tmobile network. I also have Fi's Wi-Fi Assistant on, but I've never seen it connect to any wifi hostpot so I don't think it is coming into play. I also tried Opera VPN on the cell network and websites were also blocked using that.
I wonder if it is something to do with stock Google Android. I personally think Google messes around too much with things that are working fine.
So I guess all I've added is I am having the same thing happen on my stock Google Nexus 5X when using cell data.
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What paid VPN do you use? After googling for hours I found some info but nothing that fixed my issue.
I host my own VPN on my unifi security gateway and and kept seeing that the default MTU and MMS is set to 1452 on the the unifi security gateway and needs to be set to 1500... Some people had this work for them, others not.
This sucks I was excited about this phone coming from my OG pixel XL mainly for this reason. I thought my old pixel was just messed up.
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What paid VPN do you use? After googling for hours I found some info but nothing that fixed my issue.
I host my own VPN on my unifi security gateway and and kept seeing that the default MTU and MMS is set to 1452 on the the unifi security gateway and needs to be set to 1500... Some people had this work for them, others not.
This sucks I was excited about this phone coming from my OG pixel XL mainly for this reason. I thought my old pixel was just messed up.
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I use VPN Unlimited. It is on the cheap end of the scale, so may not be the most reliable or up to date app. Works for wifi connections though. I'm also not trying to access a protected network. Just getting around geographic restrictions when I travel and for when I use public wifi.
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What paid VPN do you use? After googling for hours I found some info but nothing that fixed my issue.
I host my own VPN on my unifi security gateway and and kept seeing that the default MTU and MMS is set to 1452 on the the unifi security gateway and needs to be set to 1500... Some people had this work for them, others not.
This sucks I was excited about this phone coming from my OG pixel XL mainly for this reason. I thought my old pixel was just messed up.
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By no means a VPN power user, but I was trying to use the built-in VPN on my asus AC-68U. I have always used the PPTP and it worked flawlessly on my 6P over Sprint. Switched to the Pixel 2 XL and nadda. I tried to research as well to no avail. I simply switched to OpenVPN on the router and downloaded the app (Play Store: OpenVPN for Android). It has been working perfectly ever since. Even has a quick toggle button you can add. Just my $0.02.
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By no means a VPN power user, but I was trying to use the built-in VPN on my asus AC-68U. I have always used the PPTP and it worked flawlessly on my 6P over Sprint. Switched to the Pixel 2 XL and nadda. I tried to research as well to no avail. I simply switched to OpenVPN on the router and downloaded the app (Play Store: OpenVPN for Android). It has been working perfectly ever since. Even has a quick toggle button you can add. Just my $0.02.
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Awesome thank you for the heads up. I was trying not to setup an openvpn server since my security gateway had an L2TP VPN server built in. But it looks like I'll be setting up a VM openVPN server tonight. Thank you wish me luck!
I will report back to let you guys know of that works or not. Still sucks that every device I have connected to my VPN worked except the one I use most! Pixel 2 FtW
OpenVPN server worked perfectly! Kinda sucks cause it's not tied into my Ubiquiti GUI but it works perfectly! So I'm happy thanks all.
I use Private Internet Access. It is a paid sub ($50+ on slickdeals for 2 years) they have an app and quick toggle as well. Works on all my Android devices and PC so far. Pretty happy with them. Claims of no logging either if that is something of importance to you.
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Yeah I have a PIA account also from SD but I dont use it anymore. The main reason for the VPN for me was to access my home network from outside safely. But since I have my own VPN server setup now no need to go bacck and forth to PIA and openVPN.
I am going to be putting my openVPN to the test today and see if I can hold a connection all day long. So far im 3 hours in no drops or disconnects yet... Im loving it.
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Yeah I have a PIA account also from SD but I dont use it anymore. The main reason for the VPN for me was to access my home network from outside safely. But since I have my own VPN server setup now no need to go bacck and forth to PIA and openVPN.
I am going to be putting my openVPN to the test today and see if I can hold a connection all day long. So far im 3 hours in no drops or disconnects yet... Im loving it.
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Didn't think about access to home network from remote location. Might do that as well. Update us on how it goes.
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OpenVPN was perfect! I stayed connected a full 8 hours. And had access to all my music and shares at home.
nlua said:
I use Private Internet Access. It is a paid sub ($50+ on slickdeals for 2 years) they have an app and quick toggle as well. Works on all my Android devices and PC so far. Pretty happy with them. Claims of no logging either if that is something of importance to you.
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Right, nlua, I am also using PIA which is very cheap VPN on the list of best VPNs services. My biggest reason to use PIA is that torrent-friendly VPN with no logs and Unlimited bandwidth and VPN speed.