[Q] T-Mobile VPN Throttling - T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II

First of all I apologize if there is any similar forum related to this topic because I couldn't find any. If you do, please forgive me.
This recent 2 months, I noticed that T-Mobile has been throttling VPN connection speed. When first time I used VPN, I used hotspot shield, viatun and nvpn.net. All of these VPN gave me very good speed on T-Mobile network. Now, I only barely get 2 Mbps on hotspot shield and viatun even though I am in LTE network.
For nvpn.net, it uses openvpn client so I can connect from PC or from my GN II. If I am connect my GN II through wifi and use nvpn.net, I will get the speed about 13 Mbps which my home internet wifi is 15 Mbps. However, if I am in T-Mobile network although in LTE network (Normal speed 18 Mbps), the speed is only limited to 7 Mbps.
I am just wondering if T-Mobile is throttling vpn connection and also happening on you guys.
Thank you very much

VPN config.
Hopefully I am not threadjacking here ... But,
I am interested in how you configured your VPN since I am researching how to set up my GN II as a VPN server so I can use it as a hotspot for my laptop. Questions I have:
I am assuming that my IP address is going to be my VPN servers address? either that or do I need to register a domain server to set up a VPN?
Any feedback you have would help and again sorry I couldn't answer your question as to T-Mobiles Throttling. Hopefully this isn't a trend and the only thing I could think of of would be to switch VPN software?
Again I am new to VPN but from what I understand you can use different SW to encrypt your tunnel. Thanks again and sorry if this seems off topic.

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VPN or GPRS (T-Mobile)

I have a VPN internet plan on my T-Mobile plan. I use GPRS (internet3.voicestream.com), I'm wondering if VPN is more faster or anything?...
A VPN plan usually means you can connect to your corperate VPN over GPRS. With this plan, you can also still use GPRS as is.
There is not usually a speed difference, the difference is you are not behind a nat firewall. However different ISP's have different policies.

Using my TP2 as a Router

Hi guys,
as said, i try to use my TP2 as a router, via my T-mo connection. I have an unlimited dataplan, and flashed the EngeryROM from Warhawk i guess.
Here is my Problem:
I can't access certain sites while using my TP as a router, and what annoys me the most is, that i cant run icq or steam on my laptop, using the TP...
Altough, icq runs on my TP.
Is this a port problem, or is it because T-mo blocks it?
Or any other idea?
Any help would be appreciated
I can't imagine that they'd block it. I'm not entirely up to speed on using the phone as a router, is it possible that the ports are blocked? Does the phone have an interface you can connect to similar to that of a traditional router? (IE tether your phone to your computer, once connected run an ipconfig and then type the address of the default gateway into your browser and see if there's an interface?) I might be way off base with that, though.
As an aside - I'm not sure what T-mobile's deal is with "unlimited" data plans. If it's anything like AT&T then once you cross that 5GB line you'll probably be on watch (from what I've gathered online), so you might want to look into that if it is your intention to pull a lot of data downstream from the likes of steam.
not familiar with t-mobile's data connection/setup but maybe its a proxy issue? try disabling the proxy if there is one and see if that helps.
I am using Energy Rom on my Tilt2 but I am on ATT
I had exactly the same issue.
Basically I had to disable proxy (which is a trick to get it to stick)
and switch to a different APN
I know it may not help but the default AT&T apn is wap.cingular
I use isp.cingular which supports direct connection without a proxy.
I am not sure how TMO does it's connections, but this may point you in the correct direction.
I guess its the proxy, cause i definitely know, that it's not volume limited.
Can anyone link me a tutorial or describe me how i can change that proxy or whatever, cause i'm really a noob when it comes to this...
The TP2 is my first WinMo device, so i ain't that experienced yet...
If you start WiFi Router, is there a choice for the internet connection in the lower area? I remember that I had several preconfiguratet connections on my MDA V when I got it from T-mobile. Maybe you can choose another connection there and it works. Did EnergyROM automatically set up your connections after flashing? Maybe you try these settings:
Name (Profilname): T-Mobile Internet
APN (Zugangspunkt): internet.t-d1.de
Benutzername: internet
Password: t-d1
DNS-Adresse: 193.254.160.001
IP- / Proxy- / Gateway-Port: 9201
Verbindungssicherheit: aus
GPRS-Ablaufzeit 2 Minuten
hey, tried out your settings, they seem to work, but i still cant connect with steam and icq -.-
i can only select the t-mobile internet connection in the wifi-router.
aaaaand i cant find the field where to enter this gateway port stuff you wrote.
Hope this links hel you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=533664
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=407563
And donĀ“t forget to vote for Rhodium!
Nope, still not working. These tuts just show how to establish a connection, but i already got one. The problem is, that i can only access the internet via browser
No steam, icq, skype or else, which is pretty annoying, cause i don't want to pay an extra 25 euros for a surf stick by tmo...

[Q] VPN Questions

Hi Everyone,
Sorry if this is a dumb question, I'm fairly good with Android/computer-y stuff in general, but I have absolutely no experience with VPNs so my knowledge of them is very limited.
I know that if I set up a VPN with my home network, I'll be able to access things like private network shares over the internet. This is great, but I'm curious if I can use the VPN to route my phone's network traffic through my home internet connection? I know it'll add latency, but I'm mainly interested in giving my phone the same external IP as my home network, even while out and about. I feel it'd probably help from when I'm on IRC and the phone disconnects and reconnects every time I connect to Wireless, but if it was all done over VPN, it shouldn't matter. Is this possible with a VPN, or do I still have to go about setting up a proxy server?
When you connect to your home VPN - it's IP range will be the same as if you were at home, connected normally to the wifi network.
Now that's what I wanted to know! Thanks, Tander!

[Q] VPN connection lost

Hey there
I've been setting up a VPN connection on my Nexus with my VPN provider. But after half an hour or so the nexus constantly disconnect the VPN.
anyone experiencing the same issues ?
is there any work around or things to look out to fix that matter ?
Thanks
PPTP is stable here, except when connection drops or switching over from mobile to wifi or the other way.

S4 tethering to a Draytek router

Anyone know how I can attach a Galaxy S4 mini to a Draytek 2820n router?
I'll give a bit of background that might explain why I'm trying to do what I'm doing.
I'm a heavy internet user. I need to download medical image files that are 300MB at a time on a frequent basis, as well as wanting to do usual downloading from iPlayer, Sky etc, plus app updates and all the usual keeping computers up to date. I live somewhere that I cannot get a decent ADSL connection (download speed is about 256Kb/s) never mind fibre. However, do have a good 3G (HSDPA) connection with three.co.uk. Have a Draytek 2820n router so I can use a 3G dongle via the router's USB so in essence the whole house has a fairly rapid internet connection. Only problem is that three's mobile broadband plans limit you to 15GB cap per month.
I've got a Galaxy S4 mini on monthly contract which gives unlimited (All You Can Eat) data and allows tethering.
I've been able to successfully connect wifi devices to the S4 via wifi tethering and use the internet but it's a pain having to switch wifi connections if say I want to control an XBMC server on my LAN, for instance. What would be ideal is to have the router distribute the S4's internet around. I can't just put the SIM in a mobile dongle as three have a way of blocking that (something to do with IMEI recognition) and I don't want to risk trying it.
Anyone got any ideas how I might be able to go about this. The Draytek router has various settings you can put into the 3G setup - I've attached a screenshot. I've tried various things but nothing works and I'm not sure how to access the router's debugging output. I set the S4 with USB debugging on in the developer settings. Wondering if there is something I can do that is fairly straightforward on the S4 so that I can try some generic dial string settings on the router to see if that works. I'd read something about putting the S4 into USB Kies mode but I don't seem to have that option.
My other thought was I might be able to leave the S4 in wifi tethering mode and somehow bridge this with my router but that would probably screw up my LAN DHCP assignments as I'd have to switch the router DHCP off and then I would be limited to 10 connections.
Sorry it's a bit long and complex. Any thoughts anyone?

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