I am on a Verizon grandfather unlimited. Rely on tethering especially when traveling. Any way to increase tethering connection speed?
I'm not familiar with what vzw uses to detect tethering.
On cricket they use ttl. Anything other than 64 results in 128 kbps throttle.
So far two ways work.
1) Change client device ttl to 65 (decimal) in registry (https://social.technet.microsoft.co...-ttl-in-windiws-10?forum=win10itpronetworking) . On other rooted android devices use can try TTL master - doesn't work on this one because ttl mod is missing from kernel).
2) If this is not possible, you can use Vpn hotspot (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=be.mygod.vpnhotspot&hl=en_US) to bind the phone's hotspot and vpn connections. This works too but relies on an upstream vpn server. I run my own vpn server for remote access so this requirement is easily met.
#2 will consume is more resource intensive because of the vpn connection management.
According to https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/cmxp66/2019_bypass_verizon_hotspot_throttle_no_root/ , vzw uses ttl too, so these methods should work.
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I know how to do this in Windows and Linux, but not really sure how to go about it on Android...4.0.4 to be exact.
What I'm trying to accomplish is to have both active, with the 3G/4G handling internet-based activities and the Wifi handling local network access.
Why? Basically my home internet is horrible however I have some services/shares on my LAN that I want to access on my phone. And I can't switch between them, not an option. Because many times I'm wanting to take a picture from my file server (Accessed over Wifi) and then upload it to Flickr (Accessed over 3G/4G).
In Windows it's setting the gateway metric, and I would set the connection with the internet with the lower metric while the LAN-only connection gets a higher one.
I'm not aware of any way to do this on any Android - I would imagine it requires a heavily modded ROM.
You could of course tether a Windows or Linux computer on your network to the Android and implement gateway metrics from that end, in order to copy photos from the LAN server to the Internet via cellular.
cmstlist said:
I'm not aware of any way to do this on any Android - I would imagine it requires a heavily modded ROM.
You could of course tether a Windows or Linux computer on your network to the Android and implement gateway metrics from that end, in order to copy photos from the LAN server to the Internet via cellular.
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Ask Cyanogen, if he could do such a thing, afterall, he has been hacking/modding Android since it's inital release. If anyone can help you, it's him... Sorry dude.
While I've never tried it, you might want to try setting up a DHCP reservation on your LAN that DOES NOT provide a gateway. This should allow Internet access using your egress connection while still allowing local LAN access-at least this is how it works for most computers that are multihomed.
Hello, I have a rooted Galaxy S II I9100G Gingerbread.XXKL5
I am looking for a hot-spot management app that is different from the default un-configurable built-in hot-spot feature.
I want to able to configure it not to block certain services and ports in the traffic between wifi clients that I allow connecting to my hotspot.
I want to be able to configure the DHCP, using actual numbers, maybe something nice like MAC filtering and static ip.
another thing I want is to be able to control the same - of the usb modem feature.
and the best but most definitely a secondary objective - I want to be able to bridge the usb modem and the hot-spot
so that if a device is connected to the usb modem, and another device is connected to the hot-spot -
it would be possible to configure them on the same subnet so that they would be able to ping eachother at least.
this is my first request here,
thank you people for your time
Hello!
I'm having issues getting wifi/hotspot tethering to work when pointing the Note II toward a non-standard APN.
Current environment:
Note II devices on T-Mobile US. Provisioning on the T-Mobile side allows access to the B2B APN, as opposed to the standard fast/epc APN the device normally comes configured to access. Turning B2B APN provisioning on actually disables access to the standard fast.t-mobile.com APN for native data, and the PCWEB APN for tethered connections. On the B2B APN, data originating on the device itself works just fine, but devices tethered to the Note II are not able to access the internet.
Wi-Fi connected PC receives an IP address of 192.168.43.16 (standard setup from Samsung), so the device is firing up the hotspot and handing out DHCP addresses. Network trace from T-Mobile shows 192.168.43.16 as the source address of the session, rather than showing the carrier address being handed to the phone. In short, it looks like the native tethering application is failing to NAT the session when pointed at the b2b.tmobile.com APN.
This is a rooted device with a custom ROM, so I side-loaded the WiFi Tether application. After some tweaks, I got tethering to work using the following options:
Device Profile: Generic ICS/JB (wlan0)
Setup Method: Netd-Ndc (master)
Set Netd Max Client Cmd (checked)
Wireless driver reload (checked)
Wireless driver reload 2 (checked)
Enable routing-fix (checked)
So, is there a way to tweak the settings in the native tethering function on the device to get the NAT to behave properly? Customer does not want to push the .apk for WiFi tether out to the devices in the field as the application requires root access and configuration. Entire install base of devices is custom ROM, and SOTI managed. If there is a way to easily push the app and config out to the devices, and have a push button wifi tethering experience for the end users, I might be able to convince them to go that route.
Your thoughts are appreciated!
Hi rob,
There's a dedicated T-Mobile(US) Note 2 Thread. This is the international forum.
Can anyone enlighten me on this one? Seems one of the most useless things that could be on the phone (along with the ram/memory cleaners and antiviruses, which basically is the Device Maintenance tool).
Thanks!
it is Samsung's vpn solution. you get 250 mbytes free per month. It creates a secure tunnel to their vpn server over wi-fi . It is mainly used when connecting to public wifi , which is seen as a hostile environment.
I am trying to figure out how to best tether my phone without my carrier throttling me down or detecting this and getting some exorbitant bill.
Both of these things are important to me but I am trying to find a balance between shielding my tethered traffic while also:
1. Not killing my battery so quickly
2. I am concerned about a notification that I am overloading the CPU on my device.
Equipment\Software:
Samsung Galaxy S9 4 GB RAM w/o Root
SecureTether (Google Play Store)
NordVPN (Paid Subscription)
Major US Carrier w/ Unlimited Data
Dell Inspiron 5559 (Only device tethering to phone)
Here is some of the background:
I get a notification on my phone, no matter how I set things up with Secure Tether and NordVPN either running on my laptop or on my phone.
"Some appications or processes are overloading the System (CPU) and need to close.
How serious is that message?
Critical to protect device or more just a power consumption or load bearing metric?
I keep my phone plugged in when I'm tethering 99% of the time so the power consumption doesn't bother me, but I want to make sure I am not doing something that is detrimental to the phone. Everything looks like it's working correctly and the internet works fine and isn't lagging on my laptop or phone.
Secondly,
I want to use my VPN provider (NordVPN) to setup a VPN to shield my my carrier, to be on the safe side that they can not see my traffic and/or that I am not using their metered hotspot connection. This comes with a performance and power penalty so, I know a VPN is a good idea but is it necessary in order for my carrier not to find out I am using something else to tether my device. This is just for some more general knowledge.
Third,
I can use NordVPN on my device or my laptop and both work fine on either device, in both cases though I get the message: "Some appications or processes are overloading the System (CPU) and need to close."
I can tether my laptop to my phone and then connect NordVPN on my laptop and it takes a minute to connect but it does and when it does. everything works fine.
I was skeptical it would work fine because in order to setup Secure Tether you need to setup not only a basic WiFi connection on my laptop but also use a VPN (SSTP-->192.168.49.1:8822) from my laptop to phone, even before throwing NordVPN into the mix, but
Configuration One:
Laptop ---> Secure Tether WiFi ----> Secure Tether VPN (SSTP 192.168.49.1:8822)----> Connect Nord VPN on Laptop ----> Internet. (((Laptop has NordVPN Internet))) (((Galaxy has clear Internet)))
Configuration Two:
Laptop ---> Secure Tether WiFi ---> Secure Tether VPN -----[[Connection Established to phone]] ----> Connect Nord VPN on Phone ---> Internet (Laptop and Phone)
I am looking for some feedback to see if that first configuration is:
First, Masking my Tethered Traffic correctly. I am only shielding my tethered Internet and otherwise my phone is using normal Internet. I only care about my carrier not seeing that I am tethering my laptop essentially.
Second, taking some of the load off of my phone by not running both services (SecureTether and NordVPN) on it.
But then I thought, if my carrier is seeing a lot of VPN traffic and some clear traffic that might look worse, because generally when you run a VPN on your phone everything runs through it, so with half and half traffic, they may suspect that I am tethering something but they wouldn't be able to necessarily prove it.
But just raising red flags might be enough to warrant a closer look at my account, so it might just be better to run NordVPN on my phone and send all traffic through it.
I only really have this one device connecting to my hotspot, one laptop so it isn't like I have 5 devices each running their own VPN and probably creating more work for my phone with constantly open VPN connections. With one device there has to be an open VPN connection somewhere device/computer and it doesn't matter where it is because it's the same amount of traffic/bandwidth used up anymore, it's just a matter of where it is.
With multiple devices it would be more advantageous to run a single VPN connection on my phone and this generates less traffic/uses less bandwidth?
Am I correct in assuming that with 1 device this first configuration takes some of the load off of my phone because it is just passing data through rather than running the VPN service itself.
Either configuration works for me, I would think that Configuration 2, that is, connecting\running Nord VPN on my device would be a better option from a security standpoint and it simplifies things because:
A. Any device connecting to the hotspot is using the VPN automatically.
B. All of my phone data, hotspot or not is being sent through the VPN.
However, the // [major [/I ] // downside is that power runs through your phone like a sieve and the load on the CPU is increased.
I just got this S9 a few days ago and I am switching from iPhone to Android so my depth of knowledge isn't developed enough to where a reliable instinctual of how this device handles, so I'm sorry is this seems redundant.
Sorry for the length of this post, I got more nuanced than I thought I would but I wanted everything to be clear and maybe this will help someone else along the way.
Any input you have would be greatly appreciated.