Opening/Forwarding Ports when Tethering - Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Greetings all,
I'm in a predicament and hope someone can help. I've tried browsing forums on XDA/other sites, implemented some suggestions, but nothing seems to work.
I have a camera that is connected to my laptop that streams live video (sort of a make-**** surveillance system). I want to access this stream externally. The camera supports DDNS, and has been enabled. I have software installed on my laptop to auto-update the ip. However, in order to view this video externally, I need to find a way to open up some ports (as defined by the camera) when tethering from my rooted note 2 on T-Mobile: 8554 (for RTSP), and 8000(server). According to canyouseeme.org, these ports are blocked. The two other ports that are needed for this setup, 443 (HTTPS), and 80 (HTTP), seem to be working fine. Please note that I have DDNS enabled for this setup.
Some forums suggested using a VPN. So I tried. I enabled privateinternetaccess (they have their own app) on my phone, but then my computer won't connect to the internet (note that tethering is still active). When I use PIA's Windows software, the computer connects via the VPN but no difference is made in terms of the ports being opened, etc.
HowardForums suggested using a proxy/SOCKS. I configured my note 2 to use a proxy server via an app, but then the same thing happens: the computer won't connect to the internet.
Does anyone have any suggestions? Port forwarding, etc? I know this is a lot, but any help is much appreciated. If I left anything out/can answer any questions, please let me know. Thanks again.

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Remote Desktop Connection from TP2 to Vista home PC... anyone made it happen?

Has anyone got this to work.
I spent the last 8 days trying to figure out what was wrong with this, only to find out that vista cannot (by default) act as a RDP host.
well after i found that out i was RDP'ing to my home computer in as little as 5 minutes. I can connect to my home PC from my laptop or anyother computer using my external IP or my Dyndns name. Works awesome.
Now i am getting a new error on my TP2 when i try to connect.
the error reads
"The connection was ended because of a network error.
Please try connecting to the remote computer again."
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I installed a "hack" as it were to give my Vista home premium machine the ability to become a RDP Host instead of just a client and i am wondering if maybe that this fix was not designed to allow this kind of connection
the fix turned on terminal services for RDP and set the port 3389 and said it was listening.
so i was wondering if anyone else using Vista Home (premium or basic only not the others) has got this to work on their TP2
Need some help please. i have a question on yahoo answers microsoft answers, ppcgeeks, and 2 other forums. and i am not getting anywhere...
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I'm using Vista Ultimate so the hack to make remote desktop work was probably different than what you've done, but if you have it working from another location/device there is no reason remote desktop should not work from your TP2. I have mine working just fine. I connect to servername:443 (the port I am redirecting traffic to). There are multiple steps involved in this since you need to forward the traffic from your router to your PC if you are connecting from outside your LAN.
i have gone through a bunch of steps.
i have my ports forwarded and all that..
like you say... if i can connect from my laptop... there is NOOO reason i shouldnt be able to connect from my TP2.
I connect through either my external IP or my DYNDNS from my latop..
(Lan IP works too) But when i type either in my computer name nothing works
i have tried adding :3389 to the end of both and i have tried my user name and password and i have tried it withought. i have tried it with my routers domain name and without. i have tried everything i can think of..
simply there is no reason that this shouldnt work if i can connect from other computers... there is even pictures on PPCGeeks of people having it up and running. so its possible im just missing something.
it worked straight for me. With stuff like this it helps to break it up into it's component steps:
can you get it to work on another PC networked
can you get it to work on another device (PC) remotely and through the firwall?
Then you are left with TP2 issues if it doesn't work when the previous steps do.
This may not be much help as it seems that you know what you're doing
PS it worked for me straight away 'cos I was already using RDP on the PC with other devices
havent used vista home, afterall if your 'hacking' it for remote desktop........
but you have to forward port 3359 i believe it is on your router, to your pc's static ip. You HAVE to set a password if you havent done so already. It works rather well actually once connected.
Have a look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=533664
It´s almost the same process for Vista
bajunadustin, were you able to fix the problem? Because I am having the same exact problem myself right now.

Reverse USB tethering achieved (kinda)

Hey guys,
I'm stuck in the middle of nowhere with no phone coverage, a satellite internet link, a laptop without WiFi (ethernet to sat modem), no WiFi routers, and my HTC Desire, and having just flashed my Desire with some sweet, sweet Modaco goodness, I wanted to start reinstalling everything
So, as the only way I could get any sort of link between my Desire and my laptop is via USB, I figured I'd give it a crack. Situation:
- Phone in USB tether mode
- Laptop tethered to phone via USB
- HTC USB tether interface bridged to local area connection on laptop
- Laptop setup as PPTP VPN server (standard WinXP "Incoming connection")
- VPN established from phone back to laptop
End state: I can browse the internet, on the phone, via the laptop, via the satellite
However, this only works through the browser. All other software on the phone is convinced it has no data connection (which by all reports, it doesn't. no GPRS, no 3G, no WiFi), and as such, things like Marketplace, Mail, basically all apps except for the browser don't work.
I'm not after a solution or anything, I'm going back to civilization tomorrow, I just thought you guys might wanna know. I know there have been a few threads of people attempting to achieve this.
-Edward
Just without having a detailed look into it.
You have to make sure you route absolutely everything throw your VPN connection.
At the moment it looks like you only route port 80 for HTTP.
Android market uses 5228 if my very quick google search is correct.
Never used VPN on Android but the problem you desribed is well known for "wrong" VPN settings.
Hope that helped a bit.

[Q] Internet works - tehering doesn't

Anyone else had this happen? It's a Telstra phone with the latest Telstra ROM on it, and it used to work perfectly but I recently changed providers and it doesn't work any more - I know the data connection is still OK though as browsing on the phone still works.
Not sure if it's provider blocking (but that's sooooo 2009) or if the phone itself is hard coded to use the 850MHz band for tethering or something? The error I get is simply "Error APN" - but I know the APN is correct (it's just 'internet').
You're trying to USB or wifi or BT tether the data cxn on your phone to your PC, yes...?
I guess I'm confused as to why an APN even comes into play here.
This is with USB tethering - the same as it always used to work - you plug it into the PC, select Internet on the phone and after a few seconds the PC has access to the internet. File access works fine, internet connection on the phone works fine, just not when tethered as a modem.
I've also loaded GBX0C and Windows can't recognise the device when I'm running XDA (via USB or wifi tethering - it's a desktop PC so no BT) so I can't easily test if it's the ROM or the hardware.
Nukkels said:
This is with USB tethering - the same as it always used to work - you plug it into the PC, select Internet on the phone and after a few seconds the PC has access to the internet. File access works fine, internet connection on the phone works fine, just not when tethered as a modem.
I've also loaded GBX0C and Windows can't recognise the device when I'm running XDA (via USB or wifi tethering - it's a desktop PC so no BT) so I can't easily test if it's the ROM or the hardware.
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Please, let's keep troubleshooting to WinMo in this section... If you have an issue with a particular Android build, post in that build thread.
As for USB tethering in WinMo - when you select "internet", what happens? Do you get the noise on your PC like you've connected the phone or...? Have you tried a different port, and/or a different cable?
OK, I'll leave Android out of this - I just mentioned because it didn't help me narrow it down.
The PC makes the noise like I've connected a USB device as normal. Actually it does that twice, but that's quite common for a lot of devices. Then on the phone I get a popup window - the title bar says "Cannot Connect" and the message is "Error APN". I've tried different ports (even on a PCI-E card instead of onboard) and different cables. They shouldn't matter though as the only thing that changed was my provider.
I realise this this isn't a generic support forum though so I'm not looking for troubleshooting. I'm just wondering if anyone else has come across this with a Rhod110 - there's a lot of minor differences in this version, as I discovered when trying to get Android running. Or maybe even someone with some deeper knowledge of the OS knows if the tethered internet connection does anything different to a 'normal' 3G connection.
Hrm, I'm CDMA... so I guess I'll bow out. I've never seen/heard of those error messages when trying to tether, but GSM is quite different than CDMA in terms of data connectivity. CDMA doesn't have APN's .
Decided to do a quick search...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=571832
See if that works.
Cheers for that pointing me to that thread - it was indeed just a registry entry hardcoded to Telstra.
Leaving it blank allows me to get a couple of error messages and then eventually select a connection from the list and from there I figured out it just used whatever the connection name is (user-defined). Set the registry entry to that and now it's working just as it always used to.
I wonder how many other functions Telstra has dug it's claws into?

Connect to WPA2-Enterprise wifi

Is there any way for the fire TV to connect to it? My university uses it, and I was wondering if I could connect, but the access point is not showing up
Can´t look now because I´m not at home but wasn´t there a setting for a manual AP setup where you could enter the SSID by yourself?
Some organizations may keep a second network available for legacy devices like printers, XBoxes, and older machines. You can check with your university's tech support to see how you can add your device to the list of allowed access for that network.
This isn't a guarantee that this network exists for you, but most enterprise and even some residential-grade equipment have this capability.
Otherwise, you might be able to find a router or range extender that can understand and connect to WPA2-Enterprise to work around this. In a pinch, an old laptop with two wifi cards or a wifi Ethernet port should suffice.
Or you may want to scrap wifi and run an Ethernet cable to your dorm's jack or personal switch.
Related topics found through Googling, but no further help:
https://www.reddit.com/r/cordcutters/comments/2sv1ov/best_option_for_college_wifi/
https://www.reddit.com/r/fireTV/comments/2mydhh/fire_tv_stick_can_you_use_a_wireless_network_that/
Thanks the responses, but neither of them works well for me. there is a secondary unsecured wifi network, but it is just too slow to use, especially for streaming videos. I sideloaded a wifi APK onto it, and the networks DO show up, but there is no way to enter the login information (you need both a username and password.) Anyone know of an app that can do that?

Tether to Replace Home Internet - Closed Port Issue

I want to start out by stating this may be a general Verizon issue, but was hoping to get some input here first on the issue I'm facing.
My situation is that I want to replace my home cable internet with my LG G4 via tethering. I installed a wireless card on a desktop computer, connected it to VZW network via wifi tethering from the G4, enabled connection sharing on the desktop computer, then plugged an Ethernet cord from the desktop into the WAN port of my home firewall/router. This worked perfectly, giving the rest of my home devices internet via my 4G connection!
However I have some externally facing services, such as VPN and RD Gateway that don't seem to work over the 4G connection. I've done some troubleshooting and have a suspicion inbound communication on these ports is possible blocked by Verizon.
Sidenote - these services are configured with a Dynamic DNS provider - the external IP address does change correctly when I cutover to 4G service.
I reverted my home network back to the way it was and started focusing on the G4. I played with iptables (I'm rooted) with no luck. I attempted to open ftp connection to the G4 on port 2221 with no luck (using FTPServer & FTP Server Plus apps), still nothing. I changed the port a few times to something random > 1032, still nothing.
Does anyone know if Verizon is blocking external inbound communication, or possibly if there is something on the G4 I'm overlooking?
Any information is appreciated! If I can get through this issue, I can cut my ties to Comcast!!
Everything I've read in the past says that Verizon does not allow inbound TCP connections to your device via LTE. I'm guessing that the same applies to other wireless providers.

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