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GPRS settings for easymobile

I see that some people have had problems with connecting to GPRS with XDAs, but haven't found any posts with anyone successfully finding the settings that work.
I have an original XDA.
Does anyone have working GPRS settings for easymobile (in the UK) please?
Many thanks

The settings are actually on the easymobile site!
For the lazy though...
GPRS access point – data.uk
Authentication type – Normal
User name – user
Password - one2one
How much does it cost?
Connecting to the Mobile Internet via GPRS will cost just £3 to send/receive 1 Megabyte of Data.

thanks alan,
I had looked on their site and seen the list, and even contacted the customer services (who weren't any help), I saw all the settings but didn't know where to put them, I was adding the IP address which obviously isn't needed.
Anyway, it works!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And I'm not lazy
If you fancy a job on the easymobile help chatroom I'm sure they'll take you on.

Adjusting DHCP obtain IP timeout

Hey folks,
Just wondering if there is an easy way to adjust the timeout that Android will wait for before giving up on obtaining an IP address via the wireless connection?
I know in linux you can specify that in dhclient.conf in /etc/ but that doesn't exist in Android. It appears it uses dhcpd to obtain IP addresses.
Any ideas?
Thanks
--H

Did a quick search on google & most of the hits lead back to you
It seems the dhcp client Android uses is dhcpcd as you found out elsewhere on xda.
The original author, Roy Marples, has a an active blog. Perhaps you could try asking him directly?
Afraid I can't find anything more helpful than olearyp's advice in the above xda thread.

Thanks for the advice. I'll see what else I can find. The options in dhcpcd.conf do seem to be obeyed, but the "timeout" parameter may or may not respected by some other component in Android.
I'll keep looking around...

[Q] Changing IP Address

I wanted to know if there is a way to set from what area your IP shows up as when you connect to the internet on your Android phone?
For instance, I have a T-mobile G2 and when I connect speedtest.net or an IP finding website, it shows the location of my IP address. Usually its close, sometimes its far away.
Is there any way to choose a static IP or range of IP's to narrow down where my IP is located? i.e. can I choose to spoof my IP to show me in another state? I'm rooted running CM6.1 so I'm down for things that need root access.
Thanks in advance for info/help. I'm gonna continue to research this as well.

Its going to show the location where the IP should be.
maxmind.com is a good lookup to see where the IP should be coming from. (background- they are designed for charging websites, your IP says you are in Nigeria, or Flordia, or wherever, but you are having your order shipped to Washington, so we need to check for fraud more carefully, or hulu and not allowing to be viewed outside US - but same applies to any country)
Especially on celluar, its going to depend on the cell network, your phone likely is behind their NAT. If the NAT is in the same city you are, its going to be really close.
Example Rogers in Canada has 2 cities as far as I can tell with equipment in Montreal and Toronto (when I was getting external DHCP addresses it was one of these 2 cities) Now that I have a static external address, I allways show as Montreal even when I'm on the West-Coast. When using the NATted addresses (10.x.x.x) it would allways show as Toronto (or Greater Toronto area) might have been Markham.
To spoof your IP to show you're in another state, I believe Giganews offers a VPN that will be comptable with just about everything, west coast US, east coast US, one in Asia and one in Europe.
This is going off memory, if I'm found incorrect, I'll edit the post.
Kevin

Thanks for the information. Makes a lot of sense. Now I just gotta figure out the proper way to set up the VPN on my phone. I've got to the VPN settings, I've just gotta figure out the proper setup
So basically the VPN settings on Android can accept any VPN address/info that I am signed up for? I don't really know if I wanna pay for a VPN and I know there are free alternatives, especially considering that I dont need any more services than what a free one offers.

Any and all of the free ones I've seen, are designed for computers, PC or Mac, they require software installed.
The reason I mentioned the Giganews VPN service, was because it is the PPTP standard vpn connection, so supported without a software application.
I am interested if you know of free ones that offer this.
Additionally, you also have to check to see if your provider blocks VPN connections on your phone. Rogers does unless you pay extra for a non-NATted IP. So its a trial and error. I know a few providers in the US have a VPN APN, which is designed for people using VPN services. I don't know which block VPN connections by default.
It should be compatible with PPTP and IPSEC VPN services.

Ok so I figured I would post my question here as this thread is already created and has keywords that pertain to my question/problem
Now I provide support for several end users and I need VPN access to their network/machine at a glance for the type of support I provide. I was thinking of something along the lines of something software based that would allow me to access their network (shared files mostly) but I cant think of anything that I can setup one time and not have to worry when they take the laptop/desktop home and their IP address changes or if their firewall is not properly configured.
Any solutions to this particular problem?
I was thinking of something Hamachi like but I do not need remote access I just need file sharing access and network access...

I know that Windows 7 and Server 2008r2 have a dial-less VPN that can be setup, the computer will connect to your VPN service, anytime it is on, and you would be able to share the files that way.
Or users dial the VPN whenever they log in, but that would stop you from connecting remotely after a reboot.
Ideally, they should be connecting to your server, and saving all their files there?
Not enough infomation to actually give you any other ideas, can PM me with what hardware and software you have to work with, mobile devices or not, ect.

[Q] MS Remote Desktop on Note 10.1

I've installed Microsoft's Remote Desktop app, and made some changes on my desktop (actually laptop) to be able to use my Note 10 as a Windows client. On my home WiFi network, using my Note 3 as the router, it worked nicely. However, I'm not really going to use it sitting next to my laptop, but rather when I'm out on town or some other place. I realize that I won't find my laptop through its name on my network, this requires more advanced settings, so I've searched for tutorials on this. However, those I found where rather rudimentary, meaning I actually understood everything and had already implemented it. I'm sure a "true" remote setting requires a more sophisticated setup. Hence, are there any users here who have already implemented this? Do you set up a special account on the desktop/laptop? I understand if it is a daunting task to explain all this to half nitwit like myself, but I am capable of learning, so if you know a good thorough tutorial on the subject I'd happily devote some time for the subject.

If you have your laptop running on your home network and you want to access it through Remote Desktop while somewhere else, it is a significant setup needing some technical knowledge to make the system visible on the internet as you have found out. You need to create an opening through your internet router, set up some sort of dynamic DNS service and so on.
You may be better using a tailor made solution designed to do what you want without all those hassles. Not wishing to advertise anything specific, but TeamViewer is very much intended for this, running as an app on the tablet and a service on the laptop PC. The software hadles the communication between the two through a central 'broker' service.

I'll go ahead and name names. Ive tried several and my favorite so far has been either Pocket Cloud or Jump Desktop. Jump is my daily choice and can be easily set up on your PC using your Google account so you can always find it, even when off of your own network. Jump also seems a little smoother than Pocket Cloud. Both support 1 free connection I believe.
Good luck finding the right one for you.
As for direct RDP without Jump Desktop or similar, you'd need to set up your router with port forwarding and choose a port that you will use in conjunction with your external IP address to enter into your RDP app on your tablet. Problem is that some ISP hardware (like my DSL modem) has built in firewalls that prevent port forwarding from working. Not to mention that your IP address may not be static unless you pay for that option specifically with your ISP. Consequently it may change every time the power cycles on your DSL modem or router.

@Spydervoice
Ahh, very helpful comment, much appreciated. So a dynamic IP, which is what most ISPs provide will in essence spoil the experience unless I set it up specifically for each day. See, this is the kind of erudite reply that makes a person willing to endure spam and LOLcats on the Internet.
I used Splashtop before, with my ASUS Transformer, but the lag essentially made it a bust. What was nice about the Microsoft RDP was the instantaneous response. I actually ran a session of Word on my Note 10.1 and it was neither uncomfortable nor frustrating. Hence, my interest in making a session available over the Internet.
Assuming I could do this whole thing about opening up a port in the router, do I expose myself to hacker attacks?
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Kumabjorn said:
@Spydervoice
Ahh, very helpful comment, much appreciated. So a dynamic IP, which is what most ISPs provide will in essence spoil the experience unless I set it up specifically for each day. See, this is the kind of erudite reply that makes a person willing to endure spam and LOLcats on the Internet.
I used Splashtop before, with my ASUS Transformer, but the lag essentially made it a bust. What was nice about the Microsoft RDP was the instantaneous response. I actually ran a session of Word on my Note 10.1 and it was neither uncomfortable nor frustrating. Hence, my interest in making a session available over the Internet.
Assuming I could do this whole thing about opening up a port in the router, do I expose myself to hacker attacks?
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I use spalshtop hd every day from different places with no lag at all. Might give it a shot again, if you got decent home rig.

Have you tried TeamViewer? I find it works mostly well, and you don't need to worry about home connections changing addresses and such.
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Tips for a pleasant XDA:
Search before asking. Someone has likely already asked.
Spell your words completely, and use punctuation. It confuses people when you use "u" and "ur" and "dat", or when you wrongly use "there/their/they're/your/you're".
Be nice. Don't be rude, just move on to another post without leaving a comment. We are not 7 years old.
And PLEASE, do not ask for the "best" anything. We all have our preferences.

(I feel like a twit for somehow missing an earlier post suggesting TeamViewer)
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Tips for a pleasant XDA:
Search before asking. Someone has likely already asked.
Spell your words completely, and use punctuation. It confuses people when you use "u" and "ur" and "dat", or when you wrongly use "there/their/they're/your/you're".
Be nice. Don't be rude, just move on to another post without leaving a comment. We are not 7 years old.
And PLEASE, do not ask for the "best" anything. We all have our preferences.

Happens all the time, no worries.
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DDNS
If you have trouble with Dynamic IP you can always use a dynamic DNS service. Most modern routers include the capability, or you can get client software for your PC or NAS. This will allow you to have your own DNS name which remaps your IP address whenever it changes.
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The other thing to watch out for if you are opening your router the big bad world is make sure you have only the port you need open to the outside world, and don't use the standard port for RDP 3389. Just a word of warning.

The part about opening up a port is what causes apprehension. Even if I use a different port, aren't there something called "port sniffers" available to hackers interested in breaking in?
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another great solution if you do not want to mess with port forwarding and dynamic dns (paid though, and not too chip) is logmein. it is the simplest i ever used.
next one mentioned somewhere in this thread that worked for me too is Jump Desktop with google account set up. i think this one is free for one connection or so...
i have never used team viewer do do not have an opinion about that
original win RDP will work only with ports forwarded and dynDns service running on your router.
port forwarding tutorial by ms:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/...op-connections-from-outside-your-home-network
dyndns confug will vary in different routers.
i was using it for some time with both pocket cloud and jump desktop and both worked great. never had any issues even when working through 3G.
hope it helps...
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[Q] How do i analyse ssl network traffic in apps on uncommon ports?

I recently started looking into the data applications, especially the free ones send to the net.
I wanted to know if they leak personal data to their coders.
Therefore i decided to redirect connections through a proxy software on my computer.
I installed http://www.charlesproxy.com/ and added their ssl ca to the trusted certificates on my cellphone.
It was quite intresting to see what kind of requests certain apps make to the internet, especially when you look inside the ssl encrypted connections.
I then found out that some connections seemed to be missing from that analysis, not enough traffic showed up in the proxy compared to the network activity.
So i used https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=lv.n3o.shark and the resulting file was quite a few times bigger.
It contained connections to other ports than 80/443 which i saw in charles.
So my questions are: Does Android ignore the proxy for non http(s) requests?
How can i redirect EVERY request to my computer and strip the ssl from it to look inside?
I suspect some of the applications to use basic stuff like json, xmpp and xml but cannot proof it currently.
As a beginner, i might also be using the wrong tools.

You may be able to run tcpdump on your router to see what exactly your phone is connecting to, then see if it corresponds to your proxy traffic.

that does not help to look inside the ssl encrypted tunnel unfortunately