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.
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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?
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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)
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
Hello,
I will preface this by an apology if I am putting this in the incorrect place, or this is a topic that is well covered; but I so far have not been able to get solid information on this.
From what I understand, ICS is going to include and/or support Cisco AnyConnect . However, that does not help the many users out there still using legacy Cisco VPN solution at our workplaces.
Specifically AnyConnect (at least on android, the only flavor I have had experience with) does not support Group Authentication, and neither do the default VPN clients included on Android.
So far I have had success on my Samsung Epic 4G running Froyo using VPNC to connect to my corporate network, but now I am shopping for a tablet. Likewise I have friends at work who want an android tablet but since they can't easily connect to work to do very basic things, they haven't bought.
I don't want to need root just to get a proper VPN connection up and running. For one thing that leaves me dependent upon a tun.ko being available for the tablet, not to mention just getting root in the first place isn't always easy as it was for the Kindle Fire or my Epic. And I certainly am not going to recommend that for my less technical friends.
So all that exposition out of the way, it comes down to this simple question - will ICS have a built in client that will support IPSEC group authentication , or will such client be available to install without root and needing to install modules?
Thanks for your patience if this is covered elsewhere, but most everything I have found in searches here (and elsewhere) for is based on AnyConnect and my company's VPN doesn't support that, and they aren't going to change that anytime soon.
I apologize - this should probably have been in the Question forum.
I would also like to know the answer to this to. my work uses group authentication and there is no apps or anything that will do this!
I am looking for this information as well. I certainly wish Google and Cisco could sit down and get this figured out. Apple did and the iPads at work can VPN in but not my Transformer Prime. I knew this before I purchased it, but went ahead with it hoping this would be added/fixed with ICS.
I havent had a chance to try it yet on my GN but you can now create "IPSec XAuth with PSK" (AKA Cisco VPN). If you have the GSM version of the GN you might run into problems though:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20627062
I have a VZW GN device which someone in that thread mentioned works. Since the key for my VPN is quite hard to type I'll try it tonight and post if it works tomorrow.
Hi, Guys I am using OpenVPN Connect and I found it quite useful.
These are some important things that I must share with you right here:
First, OpenVPN Access Server
Second, Community
Third, Private Tunnel VPN
It rarely happened that it made my Android smartphone heavier and you will find it helpful too.
I need a VPN client app that supports connecting to a L2TP/IPsec VPN using a Pre-shared key. I have tried many VPN client apps and have been unable to get a successful connection. I have been able to successfully connect using Win7, Win10 as well as iOS and one android LG V40 ThinQ on Verizon using LG’s built-in advanced VPN client. The basic android clients as well as many 3rd party VPN client apps don’t seem to work for this VPN. Unfortunately I do not have access to the server to make changes to the VPN’s configuration.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you.
Any ideas why it would work on iOS and Windows devices but not Android?
First of all you should clarify - are you looking a free or paid VPN services?
As for paid: I would advise to try surfshark, cyberghost
As for free: vpngate.net, tunnel bear
But be warned that free services are always prone to be laggy and usually not so secure and have vulnerabilities which newbies users couldn't know!
I hope this helps!