Hello forum,
couple of weeks ago I had success in connecting a Samsung Galaxy S to our corporate VPN (Cisco ASA) using L2TP/IPSec with certificate based authentication. Now I have tried to do the same with Galaxy GT-I5510 and Sony Ericsson XPeria X10 Mini Pro. GT-I5510 has Android 2.2, and XPeria X10 has Android 2.1. Both of these have identical user interface to configure the VPN connections compared to Galaxay S. But, either of these do not even try to open the connection when I try to enable it. Both simply say:
"Unable to connect to the network. Do you want to try again?"
I know that the devices do not even try to connect to the VPN server, because I have monitored network traffic on the server side. No packets incoming at all. Also, network browsing works, so it's not about data connections being disabled at the device or something like that. I have also tried it using my own WLAN, so it's not about operator blocking IPSec traffic either.
Does anyone have a clue what is wrong with these devices, why do they allow to configure an IPSec/L2TP VPN connection, but then do not even try to open it when activated? Is it possible that IPSec is somehow disabled in these non-high-end devices or something?
Sadly, I have to chime in on this. I got the Thunderbolt today, and found myself in a similar situation. Coming from an HTC Droid Incredible, I found that I cannot connect to my L2TP over IPSec VPN (I am, unlike you, using a PSK). However, I otherwise have EXACTLY the same issue: from my thunderbolt, which is configured identically to the DInc, I get the same error. I can browse to the VPN server from the Thunderbolt's browser, etc. and if I configure my Thunderbolt as a mobile hotspot, I can connect device to my Thunderbolt, then connect through the Thunderbolt to my VPN, but I cannot connect directly from my Thunderbolt to my VPN server.
Extremely frustrating. Hope you have found a solution.
Tiamat 2.2.2 and Stock 3.2.1 for Xoom WIFI only, the PPTP connection lasts only two (2) minutes. Is this a problem with android? I used tiamat 2.2.1 and earlier versions of android and there was no problem. L2TP works, but significantly slower.. I use vpn to access videos from other countries. Anybody else with same issues or have solution, I don't like to go downgrade firmware.
Hello
Is anyone using VPN L2TP/IPsec PSK connection on his/her Desire S with stock HTC ROM with latest OTA updates, please?
If I define the connection with all required parameters and try to connect to my home VPN gateway, my DS gets completely frozen... Only possibility is to remove and insert battery (dangerous I know, but also power+vol buttons did not help).
In logs on VPN gateway I see that connection has been successfully initiated but anyway the phone gets frozen... :-(
VPN connections works fine from PC with Win7 and also from HTC with Windows Mobile OS. I tried also from another Android phone (ZTE Blade) Android 2.2 version and that phone just reboots during connection... terrible. Searching forums on internet I see I'm not the only to have such issues, I saw also users with SGS2 and other phones reporting reboots/freezing issues with VPN...
Any positive experience with VPNs among DS users?
thanks
Fero
help me connect to eduroam pls
when i try to connect it says : "scanning ...."then "connecting ...." then "saved, secured with 802.1x"
Sensation XE
fw 3.25
rom : ARHD 6.2.1
ICS
same for me Sony
seems to be an android bug
-scanning-connecting-searching---- "disabled, secured with 802.1x eap"
this is my loop, and no connection at all
Same here :-(
iPhone users can connect fine to my company's 802.1x wifi network, but i can't from my android phones (SE Xperia X10 on Gingerbread & HTC Sensation on ICS)
A google search shows a lot of users having issue in connecting to 802.1x networks since Froyo (Android 2.2). There are worksrounds suggested, but they don't appear to work for me.
It seems the issue still exists in ICS as well :-(
Try LEAP WiFi free (it is in the market) or try to find one app for your comapny.
Leap WiFi works fine for me on IBM EAP APs.
Delete your old saved setting, before creating a new with Leap WiFi.
davebugyi said:
Try LEAP WiFi free (it is in the market) or try to find one app for your comapny.
Leap WiFi works fine for me on IBM EAP APs.
Delete your old saved setting, before creating a new with Leap WiFi.
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will tests that
hope it will work
Huck33 said:
will tests that
hope it will work
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Must be a bug in CM9, I'm having the same issue. Thinking about going back to CM7
bomczz said:
help me connect to eduroam pls
when i try to connect it says : "scanning ...."then "connecting ...." then "saved, secured with 802.1x"
Sensation XE
fw 3.25
rom : ARHD 6.2.1
ICS
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Finally, I've defeated my CiSCO EAP-FAST corporate wifi network and now all our Android devices are able to connect to it.
The walkaround I've performed in order to gain access to this kind of networks from an Android device are easiest that you can imagine.
I'am a BES, MDM and Lotus Administrator, and btw and iOS lover.
Many of my colleages are Android users, and their claim is always the same.
Why iOS and BB users are able to connect to the corporate wireless network by chosing only WPA2 Enterprise and only needs the network SSID and their Active Directory Credentials?
2 years has passed since I heard this claim from my colleagues for the first time , and until yesterday, all of them remained disconnected even when they had ICS on their devices.
This things made me think about the Android and iOS system differences, and the way the OS developer thinks.
A wireless chipSet is a wireless chipset, and it not depends of the OS installed in a mobile device to have a better compatibility.( not like servers or routers ).
When you setup a Corporate wifi network on iPhone, basically you command the system to use some protocols to connect to, included in the WPA2 Enterprise cabinet. the system check all of the until find the right one to connect.
Android doesn't have the same protocols defined in his WPA2 Enterprise system definitions, so if you try to connect to it by using the main Android interface, you will have an authentication error.
There's a Wifi Config Editor in the Google Play Store you can use to "activate" the secondary CISCO Protocols when you are setting up a EAP wifi connection.
It's name is Wifi Config Advanced Editor.
Firstable you have to setup your wireless network manually as seemful as you can to your "official" corporate wifi parameters.
Save it.
Go to the WCE and edit the parameters of the network you have created in the previous step.
There are 3 or 4 series of settings you should activate in order to force the Android device to use them as a way to connect (the main site I think you want to visit is Enterprise Configuration, but don't forget to check all the parameters to change them if needed.
As a suggestion, even if you have a WPA2 EAP-FAST Cipher, try LEAP in your setup.
It worked for me as a charm.
When you finished to edit the config, go to the main Android wifi controller, and force to connect to this network.
DO NOT Edit the network again with the Android wifi interface.
Tested on Samsung Galaxy 1, 2 and Note mobile devices and on a Lenovo Thinkpad Tablet.
Gingerbread, Honeycomb and ICS.
May the force be with you, my young Padawan
Regards
Try the "Leap WIFI free" app from Play Store
Try the "Leap WIFI free" app from Play Store. Its an app provided by a developer called "OneGuyInABasement".
I was having the same issue where I couldn't connect to the (802.1x EAP based) Wifi network at my workplace.
I configured the network through this app and now I can connect just fine.
Leap WIFI free not working with JB 4.2.1
I have tried using Leap WIFI free on my Asus TF700T running the latest OTA update to JB (4.2.1).
While the tool seems to create a network profile, it does not even connect.
Trying to connect to a wifi network that shows up as Cisco EAP-FAST when I connect via my windows laptop
I've tried creating the profile using the built in wifi config editor as well, unfortunately it defaults to PEAP and while it connects and gets an IP address I do not have actual network access (e.g. web browsing fails).
The wifi ACE tool has not been updated to support JB yet either.
Any other suggestions?
I am able to get a successful VPN connecting using openvpn as well as l2tp. However, after about 5mins of being connected I end up being disconnected. Surely, it is not my provider as I can do use it both PC and other android phones running AOSP. This leads me to believe it is a sense issue. Has anyone else experienced this?
Using Private Internet Access. No issues on this end.