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[Q] Tether for a computer that is currently on a network WITHOUT internet access

Well, let me go over the situation and then I will explain in more detail. I know that this question is probably a bit technical and will probably require some knowledge of windows networking in order to tether with my Android. I'm trying to use usb tether from my Nexus one (froyo 2.2) running Rod R4 based off of Cyanogen R3. It works fine on any other computer. I'm trying to tether it to a Windows 7 corporate computer. I would like to get internet on a work computer . The pc at work is hooked to a inTRAnet and is firewalled, and IT is taking FOREVER to get my new login. Even though I don't have admin, I can easily run Firefox portable and hook up my Nexus to the pc with usb tether without a problem. Now HERE is the problem! Firefox keeps looking to the company network to access the internet as opposed to my Nexus usb tether. I have messed around in Firefox connection settings Tool>Options>Advanced>Network>Settings. Tried changing the proxy several times. I was able to stop Firefox from "looking" for internet on the company inTRAnet, but not able to redirect it to my Nexus usb tether. I have used Tmobile proxys and ports, I have used apps such as NetGenie Lite, NetTools,Network Discovery, Network Info II to attempt to find the necessary IP config to proxy, but no luck. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated! I have searched all over Google and XDA but I couldn't find anything even close to this situation. Thank you in advance for any help in the matter.

EDIT: Sorry, I didn't read your post all the way through, sorry. I'm not sure how you'd do that. I'm pretty sure you'd actually need admin to do it, the only way I can think of doing that would be to set your phone's connection as the default one in windows networking. As far as I know, Firefox asks windows what network interface to use. There MAY be a way to change it in the config files, but I don't know how you'd go about doing that (be careful if you're going to mess with them, or else you might break your FF install).

Well from what i know i dont think you would be able to get the computer to set up the virtual connection adapter in the network connections since you have no admin privileges on that computer, What you can however do is get another Portable USB drive or a blank cd-rom disc and set up/burn a live image of the Ubuntu distribution onto it.
(you can find many other live linux set up distributions though...but i prefer Ubuntu)
Then just boot into the BIOS device selection by restarting the computer, select the USB drive/cd-rom disc which contains the live image.
Once you are in the operating system, connect your phone let the system find the phone's network adapter connection and voila, you should have internet access.
This method is sort of a hassle, but would work for many people behind proxies, firewalls, etc in schools, government buildings, and etc.
Just ask if you need a more detailed explanation.

Cable Tethering on a Mac

Hey guys, I've been trying to figure out how to use Internet Connection Mode on my Thunderbolt and MacBook Pro. Every time when I plug TB to my mac and choose Internet Connection mode, I can see my Android device in Network preferences on my Mac but I have no idea which settings to put in. It clearly doesn't work out of the box, and I expected that.
I've been trying to research and figure out what the solution to this problem is, but had absolutely no luck. Do I need to install anything on a mac in order to get this to work? Any help is appreciated.
Thank you!

I remember this issue from my EVO, so it's probably the same. Macs for some reason or other can't use the USB tether on Android phone. It has something to do with how the USB driver in OSX is implemented.
It works in Windows after installing a driver. And, surprisingly, it works in Linux automatically.
For Mac the alternative is to use something like PDAnet or Easytether if you want to do USB tethering.

stoli412 said:
I remember this issue from my EVO, so it's probably the same. Macs for some reason or other can't use the USB tether on Android phone. It has something to do with how the USB driver in OSX is implemented.
It works in Windows after installing a driver. And, surprisingly, it works in Linux automatically.
For Mac the alternative is to use something like PDAnet or Easytether if you want to do USB tethering.
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So there is no way to tether it on a MAC? That's a downer.
What needs to be installed on Windows 7 in order to use cable tether?
Thanks.

Just plug the phone in and install the drivers, it will then work in windows with the built in "internet connection mode", however i still use pdanet, easy and I like the built in sms agent

milan03 said:
So there is no way to tether it on a MAC? That's a downer.
What needs to be installed on Windows 7 in order to use cable tether?
Thanks.
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The Mac will need PDAnet or Easytether. The built-in option will not work.
On Windows, it will prompt you to install the drivers automatically.
I take back my "it just works" on Linux. It used to with my Evo, but I can't get the Thunderbolt to work at all.

Hey guys!
So is there no way to get a free usb tether of the 3g/4g internet on a mac computer? You would think all it would take would be to figure out the DHCP info that the TB requires. I could be wrong, but that is how I used to get my blackberries to tether to my macbook pro back in the day. If anyone has any info on this, I would appreciate it! I would love to be able to tether my TB to my iMac or mbp thru usb and have it be free and get the full speed that the TB can pull down. Also, it means Verizon has no way of detecting that you are tethering (after all the free Mobile Hotspot is only until May 15th). I need to use this as my main internet source. Hopefully they get 4g deployed to River Falls, WI soon. They have a little bit now on the north end of town, but it should be coming here soon!
Thanks again for all your guys' help
Long live xda

jjensen2 said:
Hey guys!
So is there no way to get a free usb tether of the 3g/4g internet on a mac computer? You would think all it would take would be to figure out the DHCP info that the TB requires. I could be wrong, but that is how I used to get my blackberries to tether to my macbook pro back in the day. If anyone has any info on this, I would appreciate it! I would love to be able to tether my TB to my iMac or mbp thru usb and have it be free and get the full speed that the TB can pull down. Also, it means Verizon has no way of detecting that you are tethering (after all the free Mobile Hotspot is only until May 15th). I need to use this as my main internet source. Hopefully they get 4g deployed to River Falls, WI soon. They have a little bit now on the north end of town, but it should be coming here soon!
Thanks again for all your guys' help
Long live xda
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I'm not sure how Verizon wouldn't be able to detect that you're using Internet Connection Mode on their own phone. I hope you're right.

Verizon can definitely track that you're tethering - I use Easy Tether on my MacBook Pro and it works great

Could someone explain to me how they would know if you are tethering if you are not using their mobile hotspot application? If you tether with a rooted phone or use a cable tether with a 3rd party app, all Verizon should see is that data is being requested by the phone. The phone then uses the 3rd party app's api to direct the traffic to your laptop/computer, etc. The only indication you might be tethering Verizon should be able to see is the increased amount of bandwidth you are using every month. Someone please tell me if they have changed this on the TB because I think it would violate privacy laws as they have never been able to do this in the past. Thanks

I believe he was saying that Verizon can detect that you're tethering if you use the built-in functionality, even on a custom ROM.
They cannot detect it if you use a 3rd party app like PDAnet or Easytether, since that data appears to be coming from the phone itself.

[Q] Problems with RDP through Droid Bionic Verizon WIFI Hotspot and VPN

I am trying to use my Driod Bionic to get to my work dekstop. This is what I am doing. I am firing up the wifi hotspot (paid through Verizon) and connecting my laptop to that. I verify that it has internet access. Next I open my Cisco VPN client and connect to my work network (I get proper IP address, DNS servers and search domain). When I open remote desktop and try to get to my work PC (or any other pc/server) it times out.
We also have a Veriaon MiFi and I do the exact same thing and it works flawlessly. It seems to be related to the phone. I also have a co-worker trying to do the same thing with an iPhone and having the same result.
It appears to be something in the phone blocking traffic. Has anyone else had this problem and got it to work? When I call Verizon they say they don't support it past connecting to the VPN. Another agent toled me I need to get an app to ebable the RDP passthrough.
Thanks a million!

[Q] Issues with VPN & Tethering via USB

New Nexus 5 (2 weeks old) and currently running Stock / Rooted. I have successfully connected my phone to my work VPN, and other VPN networks that I use but the issue is when tethering with USB (may be the same with wifi) my IP address is still my cell providers network. Everyone else at work has an app they use to tether with their blackberry and I had to be cool and switch to Android first with the Nexus.
Is it possible to route the VPN traffic on the phone through USB tethering to mac or pc?

reflekt said:
New Nexus 5 (2 weeks old) and currently running Stock / Rooted. I have successfully connected my phone to my work VPN, and other VPN networks that I use but the issue is when tethering with USB (may be the same with wifi) my IP address is still my cell providers network. Everyone else at work has an app they use to tether with their blackberry and I had to be cool and switch to Android first with the Nexus.
Is it possible to route the VPN traffic on the phone through USB tethering to mac or pc?
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Yes, run VPN client on your MAC/PC, it goes through the tether to use you phone as modem, VPN layered begins in the PC through the tether.
The only thing I've ever had to worry about is Android and windows has different encryption defaults, you might have to toggle options til it works.

nigelhealy said:
Yes, run VPN client on your MAC/PC, it goes through the tether to use you phone as modem, VPN layered begins in the PC through the tether.
The only thing I've ever had to worry about is Android and windows has different encryption defaults, you might have to toggle options til it works.
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Thanks. Yeah, I was hoping it was possible on the phone itself. Our PC's get reimaged everyday (stupidly strict with the work computers) and have to start fresh and input the settings again.. and again.. and again. It would have just been one less thing to worry about.

reflekt said:
Thanks. Yeah, I was hoping it was possible on the phone itself. Our PC's get reimaged everyday (stupidly strict with the work computers) and have to start fresh and input the settings again.. and again.. and again. It would have just been one less thing to worry about.
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What exactly are you trying to accomplish?

nigelhealy said:
Yes, run VPN client on your MAC/PC, it goes through the tether to use you phone as modem, VPN layered begins in the PC through the tether.
The only thing I've ever had to worry about is Android and windows has different encryption defaults, you might have to toggle options til it works.
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What exactly are you trying to accomplish?
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Connect to my work network over VPN through the phone (which works) & then tether that connection to my work pc (which has some crazy restrictions).
- I connected to my work VPN on my phone using the built in Android VPN.
- Everything on the phone acts like it is suppose to, I can get on the INTRAnet, browse network drives, etc...
- I can tether the phone through USB with no issue however none of the traffic is routed through the VPN connection.
I don't really care about any tethering limits with networks as we have unlimited (including tethering) with Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile. I tried a couple of the tricks I am finding out but noting is letting me route my phones VPN traffic over the tether.
- Made sure changed the settings to IPv4/IPv6
- Tried out the tether hack by adding tether_dun_required 0 to the SQL
No luck so far I will keep hunting around this weekend. If nothing works I will just have to get the IT people to install some VPN app into the PC Image for me which will probably take a month or so.

reflekt said:
Connect to my work network over VPN through the phone (which works) & then tether that connection to my work pc (which has some crazy restrictions).
- I connected to my work VPN on my phone using the built in Android VPN.
- Everything on the phone acts like it is suppose to, I can get on the INTRAnet, browse network drives, etc...
- I can tether the phone through USB with no issue however none of the traffic is routed through the VPN connection.
I don't really care about any tethering limits with networks as we have unlimited (including tethering) with Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile. I tried a couple of the tricks I am finding out but noting is letting me route my phones VPN traffic over the tether.
- Made sure changed the settings to IPv4/IPv6
- Tried out the tether hack by adding tether_dun_required 0 to the SQL
No luck so far I will keep hunting around this weekend. If nothing works I will just have to get the IT people to install some VPN app into the PC Image for me which will probably take a month or so.
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Idea 1:
Bootable USB stick running Ubuntu 14.04, you put all your setting to your heart's content into that image, you can then use the desktop device just as a big keyboard/mouse/screen and bypass any software restrictions and leave no footprint. Ubuntu does VPN.
Then its just the F key to press, F12 say on a Lenovo and anything you save is in the USB stick so any re-imaging is irrelevant as you never use that re-imaged at all.
Idea 2:
Remote desktop capability, your remote end runs Remote Desktop servers (e.g.Citriix) then from the local PC you connect to the gateway.
Idea 3:
Try different VPN software in Android. So sounds like the VPN on the Android device is layered only ontop for the Android apps not the whole device, so you need to put the VPN layer lower down. Try instead of Android's builtin VPN capability (Settings, ....VPN) try the VPNRoot app
Idea 4:
(I got plenty more... probably you'll like Idea 3 as its easiest for you)

nigelhealy said:
Idea 1:
Bootable USB stick running Ubuntu 14.04, you put all your setting to your heart's content into that image, you can then use the desktop device just as a big keyboard/mouse/screen and bypass any software restrictions and leave no footprint. Ubuntu does VPN.
Then its just the F key to press, F12 say on a Lenovo and anything you save is in the USB stick so any re-imaging is irrelevant as you never use that re-imaged at all.
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Thats exactly what I was thinking but I run into the issue of needing to use the proprietary work software on the PC. I might do this just for the hell of it anyway because its always fun but it will probably just add in another step not needed.

reflekt said:
Thats exactly what I was thinking but I run into the issue of needing to use the proprietary work software on the PC. I might do this just for the hell of it anyway because its always fun but it will probably just add in another step not needed.
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Hit refresh I was mid-edit oops send, put in more ideas..... you reminded me of a related problem with PPP Widget and USB 4G dongle which is an Android issue with VPN I got a workaround.
USB bootable sticks are cool, they cost nothing really an old 2GB stick, and lets you turn any borrowed x86 device into what YOU want. Handy for if laptops have a bad boot drive or bad OS issue. Lifesafer, part of your kit. I mentioned 14.04 as it has out-the-box MMTP and knows Nexus without tweaks and it Bluetooth tethers well to Android. I'm running it

nigelhealy said:
Idea 1:
Bootable USB stick running Ubuntu 14.04, you put all your setting to your heart's content into that image, you can then use the desktop device just as a big keyboard/mouse/screen and bypass any software restrictions and leave no footprint. Ubuntu does VPN.
Then its just the F key to press, F12 say on a Lenovo and anything you save is in the USB stick so any re-imaging is irrelevant as you never use that re-imaged at all.
Idea 2:
Remote desktop capability, your remote end runs Remote Desktop servers (e.g.Citriix) then from the local PC you connect to the gateway.
Idea 3:
Try different VPN software in Android. So sounds like the VPN on the Android device is layered only ontop for the Android apps not the whole device, so you need to put the VPN layer lower down. Try instead of Android's builtin VPN capability (Settings, ....VPN) try the VPNRoot app
Idea 4:
(I got plenty more... probably you'll like Idea 3 as its easiest for you)
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Ugh yeah, I should have tried a different VPN app as that might fix my issue. I will give VPNRoot a shot later tonight. Not that it matters for what I need done but the "hacks" I used actually shows all data I used was coming from the phone, nice to know if I ever have to pay for my own service again.

[Q] Can anybody get those apps run?

Well, It's a wired problem.
My device is Droid Ultra (Xt1080), And my system versiong is SU2-3 system version (19.5.3.obake_verizon.Verizon.en.US)
I've done lots of search, but until now I can't get those app run properly:
Share net from computer USB:
Reverse Tether
eazy thether
(can't connect, or show me the wrong message, and I tried this http://www.xda-developers.com/androi...ware-required/ even if I can ping it from my computer,I can't share the net)
Vnc server from computer USB:
droid vnc server
mymobier for android
vmlite vnc server
Yes, I tried them all, and none of them work correct, no pic, no connection ,even connected in computer,show nothing in screen, an so on.
Can any one have the same app done on this device, this drive me crazy...
I thought that must be some problems with the usb connection of Droid Ultra.