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VPN client?

Hi,
Not sure if anyone is working on a VPN client for Android, but I think this is something a lot of people would find useful. Not sure if it is even possible to do solely from the app layer, but for folks who have rooted phones, I would think that if you can run a VPN client on linux, you should be able to run one on Android, no?
Has there been any work on this? Any thoughts on this?
Thanks

I'd love to see one. I'd be able to use it for work which would be awesome.

OpenVPN already exists
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=447230&highlight=openvpn
but that is not userspace. The problem with userspace applications is that without root there is no way to add the proper routes to force traffic over the vpn.
Of course, with root you could probably write a graphical frontend to something like OpenVPN.

Geezzzz guys this is the last thing I needed. If my employer catches wind that I can run openvpn from my phone and connect in to the office network; I will never ever get any me time outside of the office. Its nice being able to claim that I am not able to find a internet connection to help do x,y,z or troubleshoot why idiot A cannot send email to idiot B.

I see that there's been a little development here:
There's a commercial product (http://mocana.com/NanoPhone-Android.html) and there's an open-source project (http://code.google.com/p/android-vpnc/), but that one sounds a little scary.
I do have a rooted phone (RC33/JF1.41). I'm wondering if someone could simply compile vpnc and the necessary libraries for the G1. Is it more complicated than that?

So how hard would it be to get vpn setup via openvpn on a rooted phone? (for someone who's not a dev, but isn't afraid to tinker)

Android supporting TUN/TAP-Devices?

Hey guys!
On my long and lonesome journey through the Internet, I am on the hunt for an android, cisco compatible vpn client, I realized, that a lot of open source linux-vpn-clients that are cisco compatible often require the kernel tuntap-module.
So, as I'd like to try to crosscompile vpnc (or any other vpn-client) I have to check that the tuntap-module is supported by htc dreams android linux.
I was not able to find enough information about that, so my simple question to you:
Is there a tuntap mod for android?
Thanks for your help!
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VPN on android
Firstly, if you have debian set up it's easy to use vpnc from there. You just install vpnc ("apt-get install vpnc"), load the tun module ("modprobe tun"), setup your profile in /etc/vpnc/YourProfileNameHere.conf, and connect: "vpnc YourProfileNameHere". Then just "vpnc-disconnect" to terminate the daemon. This works great and if you want you can always run a proxy in debian, and connect to localhost from an app in android. However, for a better solution, I saw this on the forum, although I've not got around to trying it out yet myself:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=447230
Anyway, the first method most certainly works with my the Cisco VPN server my company uses. I'd imagine the second way will too, and would be all nice and native.
Hope this helps

Direct Wi Fi Connection between Android and PC?

Hi guys! After searching for months on google I decided to ask it to pro developer of this awesome forum. Is it possible to have a Direct Wi Fi Connection between my Android device (Lg L5 e610) and my PC (Win7, Ubuntu 13.04, Mac OSx Snow Leopard)? Is there any tool or program to do it? Or at least a developement project (I like to be a tester)? I found some solutions for my question but they need to a router to work :crying: and i haven't it
Sorry for my very bad english and applauses to this awesome community!

ZiO312 said:
Hi guys! After searching for months on google I decided to ask it to pro developer of this awesome forum. Is it possible to have a Direct Wi Fi Connection between my Android device (Lg L5 e610) and my PC (Win7, Ubuntu 13.04, Mac OSx Snow Leopard)? Is there any tool or program to do it? Or at least a developement project (I like to be a tester)? I found some solutions for my question but they need to a router to work :crying: and i haven't it
Sorry for my very bad english and applauses to this awesome community!
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Not exactly what you are looking for but could work
http://virtualrouter.codeplex.com/

I search for something that could use the direct wi fi technology between PC and android without router or internet

+1

Yes there be plenty of ways. If you want commanding access thru the command line and you're running root, then try wireless Android debugging bridge (usually found under developer settings I think) or download an ssh server app from the market place (some don't require root and you can find a good list of apps to test herehttp://android.stackexchange.com/questions/9905/is-there-some-ssh-server-for-android from Android stack exchange) further more if you are running root and you want the screen and all the GUI there are apps that let you do this too such as Droid vnc serverhttp://www.google.com/url?q=https:/...dycANA&usg=AFQjCNGQZqmOFJI8BJfOYyjJ9Gi1sjm_Rg
One weird word of warning about some of these; if you're on a nice network service provider, then some of the above apps work over 3G or 4G too. sooooo set a good password and don't forget to turn it off when you're done with it
So that's something for android what about the other end of the connection? The client side of things
On my laptop I've access to Vista and Ubuntu 12.04
For Vista I use Putty to connect via ssh and it works fine over wifi. I have yet to figure the GUI side for Windows but I've been working on it.
For Ubuntu I use remia to view the GUI of linux running on Android, works fine but have yet to test droid VNC server for the android GUI. And sshing in through command line wasn't a problem over wifi.
For more info on the android linux to pc connection see section 7 in the bellow links to the guide I maintain for such things.
Edit- I see that the formatting using mobile XDA app still leaves me wanting better functions, I'll see about fixing it when on a PC. In the meantime try this app
[APP][2.1+] SSH Server - SFTP, SCP, multiple users, per user public key auth, no root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1896428
Looks like it'll have some good options on connections and such
Sent from either my SPH-D700 or myTouch3Gs
Debian Kit/QEMU Linux Install guide for all android devices that I'm writing:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2240397
Now have working Installers for ARM Java 7 JDK + Maptools + jMonkey

+1 Nice But How To make Direct Wi Fi Connection between android and other android

alaa1988 said:
+1 Nice But How To make Direct Wi Fi Connection between android and other android
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Well I've been able to run server and client services on either side of the following setup;
1 turn wifi tethering on one device (I'll call this device Wabafet)
2 connect to Wabafet with another device (I'll call this device Q)
3 run what's my IP searches for Q and for Wabafet
4 start server service on Q and client services on Wabafet
5 connect to server on Q with Wabafet and enjoy
Note; this set up keeps Q from being seen over the rest of the net, and some kind of port forwarding is needed to make it viable outside of the local wifi network
Note 2; if you connect a third device to Wabafet as a client you can still access the server on Q
Note 3; if you run a server on Wabafet and on Q then both can also run client services too and connect to one another
Note 4; if you've got a wireless router then you can skip the part about wifi tethering and instead connect Wabafet and Q to the router instead, however, this may require port forwarding to be set up on your specific router.
As far as wifi to wifi without a router or hot spot... I think setting a static IP in your wifi settings on Wabafet and on Q and then turning on but not connecting to a router should allow the devices to scan and connect to one another... But this will require some kind of client server set up again and will require that the apps being used don't require an active network to start. Droid vnc is a good example of this and has been reported to work over bluetooth too and even when the device is in airplane mode when the app starts.
You can find more info on this here: [Q] is theirs any app or way to share a screen? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2422782
Update 08312013 11am- found this short and sweet guide for connecting to your device from a linux pc
http://shujinkou.blogspot.com/2009/04/how-to-vnc-from-android-phone-to-linux.html
likely you can use the same apps and set up on the device side of the guide and then modify the pc side of the guide to suit your needs, such as mac, vista and such. For windows I would suggest putty; its very friendly and there are many good guides for how to use putty as a client on the web, but let me know if you need help with that too oh and hit the thanks or something if this is at all helpful or let me know how better to help.
Sent from either my SPH-D700 or myTouch3Gs
Debian Kit/QEMU Linux Install guide for all android devices that I'm writing:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2240397
Now have working Installers for ARM Java 7 JDK + Maptools + jMonkey

WiFI Direct is supported out of the box for Win8 as well as JellyBean. However, they way they are supported, even thought you can "pair/connect" over WiFi Direct, you need an application to take advance of this "pipe". As far as I'm aware there are currently no apps that can directly connect a Win8 device and an Android device over WiFi Direct to share a file.
Coincidentally, I'm working on an app that at least can do so with Android. Based on the OP's post, he seems to be describing AirDrop. I think what I'm doing is "better", but users will tell =) I am putting it out on limited Private Beta soon, so if you're curious to what all the buzz/fuss is about, go to www.get-drop.com.
S0AndS0 said:
Well I've been able to run server and client services on either side of the following setup;
1 turn wifi tethering on one device (I'll call this device Wabafet)
2 connect to Wabafet with another device (I'll call this device Q)
3 run what's my IP searches for Q and for Wabafet
4 start server service on Q and client services on Wabafet
5 connect to server on Q with Wabafet and enjoy
Note; this set up keeps Q from being seen over the rest of the net, and some kind of port forwarding is needed to make it viable outside of the local wifi network
Note 2; if you connect a third device to Wabafet as a client you can still access the server on Q
Note 3; if you run a server on Wabafet and on Q then both can also run client services too and connect to one another
Note 4; if you've got a wireless router then you can skip the part about wifi tethering and instead connect Wabafet and Q to the router instead, however, this may require port forwarding to be set up on your specific router.
As far as wifi to wifi without a router or hot spot... I think setting a static IP in your wifi settings on Wabafet and on Q and then turning on but not connecting to a router should allow the devices to scan and connect to one another... But this will require some kind of client server set up again and will require that the apps being used don't require an active network to start. Droid vnc is a good example of this and has been reported to work over bluetooth too and even when the device is in airplane mode when the app starts.
You can find more info on this here: [Q] is theirs any app or way to share a screen? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2422782
Update 08312013 11am- found this short and sweet guide for connecting to your device from a linux pc
http://shujinkou.blogspot.com/2009/04/how-to-vnc-from-android-phone-to-linux.html
likely you can use the same apps and set up on the device side of the guide and then modify the pc side of the guide to suit your needs, such as mac, vista and such. For windows I would suggest putty; its very friendly and there are many good guides for how to use putty as a client on the web, but let me know if you need help with that too oh and hit the thanks or something if this is at all helpful or let me know how better to help.
Sent from either my SPH-D700 or myTouch3Gs
Debian Kit/QEMU Linux Install guide for all android devices that I'm writing:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2240397
Now have working Installers for ARM Java 7 JDK + Maptools + jMonkey
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try to put a wifi dongle in your pc and use an program like... ah i forgot the name! but it is use to let the dongle release a signal like router

U can also use airdroid.
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VPN and openvpn

I'm not sure which forum to ask this and hope I'm not ot here.
Although I've used Windows and android for a long time, I've not yet dabbled with VPNs. So I did a lot of reading and remain somewhat confused about implementation.
My netgear router has an option to install openvpn and my question is not about that. If I install openvpn on the router, do I still need one of the many VPN apps on my phone? Or is openvpn its own vpn and does not require the monthly cost of another vpn app or the security risks of a free vpn Android app?
I hope I clearly explained my confusion....

You can use OpenVPN Client. There are many clients available but this one works well.

Thanks.

Help with hosting a VPN server on Android (Servers Ultimate)

Hi - I'm new to the forum!
I need some help setting up a VPN server on an Android device without root. (Yes I am aware that Linux is way better for doing anything like this, but I want to stay with Android for the time being.)
I tried using Servers Ultimate, which seems to be the only application that mentions hosting a VPN server, but I haven't been able to get it to work, and it seems that many people in this forum thread are having issues as well. Has anybody had any luck with it?
Thanks.