[Hampshire] Android VPN clients
OK, I've finally taken the plunge and jumped on the Android smartphone bandwaggon - thanks for all the suggestions, I went for something completely different when the economics of contracts came into play! Anyway, having played with it for a while I am now looking for a VPN client that will hook into a Linux based VPN (specifically that used by DD-WRT which I now run on an old Virgin supplied D-Link router I picked up of Freegle and reflashed). Most seem to talk about rooting the device which I haven't read up on. It sounds like fun, but I've no idea how it impacts warranty, etc. having not read up on it yet! -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | http://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 == Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Crawford House, Hambledon Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6NU -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Android VPN clients
On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 17:32, Paul Tansom p...@aptanet.com wrote: OK, I've finally taken the plunge and jumped on the Android smartphone bandwaggon - thanks for all the suggestions, I went for something completely different when the economics of contracts came into play! Anyway, having played with it for a while I am now looking for a VPN client that will hook into a Linux based VPN (specifically that used by DD-WRT which I now run on an old Virgin supplied D-Link router I picked up of Freegle and reflashed). Most seem to talk about rooting the device which I haven't read up on. It sounds like fun, but I've no idea how it impacts warranty, etc. having not read up on it yet! As far as I'm aware rooting your device will void any warranty. Onto to the question, my galaxy-s2 has PPTP and L2TP or L2TP/IPSec vpn capability as part of the OS (Android 2.3.5). It can be configured through Settings-Wireless and Network-VPN settings. -- Regards, The Honeymonster aka Daniel Llewellyn -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Android VPN clients
On 12 January 2012 17:32, Paul Tansom p...@aptanet.com wrote: Anyway, having played with it for a while I am now looking for a VPN client that will hook into a Linux based VPN (specifically that used by DD-WRT which I now run on an old Virgin supplied D-Link router I picked up of Freegle and reflashed). I connect to my home router (a Draytek) and an office Netgear using the standard Android VPN connection in Settings|WirelessNetwork. Does the built-in client not work for you? -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Android VPN clients
Anyway, having played with it for a while I am now looking for a VPN client The others have addressed VPN functionality within Android, but that's not quite how I do it. I use ConnectBot to set up a SSH tunnel to my server, and route various protocols over that. It doesn't require root access :-) Vic. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Android VPN clients
** Daniel Llewellyn diddle...@gmail.com [2012-01-12 17:40]: On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 17:32, Paul Tansom p...@aptanet.com wrote: OK, I've finally taken the plunge and jumped on the Android smartphone bandwaggon - thanks for all the suggestions, I went for something completely different when the economics of contracts came into play! Anyway, having played with it for a while I am now looking for a VPN client that will hook into a Linux based VPN (specifically that used by DD-WRT which I now run on an old Virgin supplied D-Link router I picked up of Freegle and reflashed). Most seem to talk about rooting the device which I haven't read up on. It sounds like fun, but I've no idea how it impacts warranty, etc. having not read up on it yet! As far as I'm aware rooting your device will void any warranty. Onto to the question, my galaxy-s2 has PPTP and L2TP or L2TP/IPSec vpn capability as part of the OS (Android 2.3.5). It can be configured through Settings-Wireless and Network-VPN settings. ** end quote [Daniel Llewellyn] Doh, I missed that! I have the same phone (due to a very good deal on a contract). I should have looked harder because I found tethering in the same place after searching for an app! Looks like PPTP should do the trick for now - thanks :) -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | http://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 == Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Crawford House, Hambledon Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6NU -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Android VPN clients
I have an Android device on 2.3.5, not rooted, using the built in PPTP client just dandy. I have a rooted 3.0.1 device, again I use the built in PPTP client just dandy. The only difference is that on my 3.0.1 device, when I get round to it, I will install an OpenVPN client. I have ConnectBot (an SSH client) installed on the rooted device, just trying to work out now how I can set up an SSH tunnel to somewhere and forward other apps' traffic over the tunnel. Anyone here done this? -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Android VPN clients
just trying to work out now how I can set up an SSH tunnel to somewhere and forward other apps' traffic over the tunnel. Anyone here done this? Yes, it's absolutely trivial. From the list of connections, just hold the one you want to set up. You'll get a context menu, and one of the options is Edit port forwards. Hit the menu button in that screen, and you get the single option of Add port forward. The forwarding is exactly how you'd expect (including -L and -R options). Vic. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Android VPN clients
On 12 January 2012 17:36, Daniel Llewellyn diddle...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 17:32, Paul Tansom p...@aptanet.com wrote: OK, I've finally taken the plunge and jumped on the Android smartphone bandwaggon - thanks for all the suggestions, I went for something completely different when the economics of contracts came into play! Anyway, having played with it for a while I am now looking for a VPN client that will hook into a Linux based VPN (specifically that used by DD-WRT which I now run on an old Virgin supplied D-Link router I picked up of Freegle and reflashed). Most seem to talk about rooting the device which I haven't read up on. It sounds like fun, but I've no idea how it impacts warranty, etc. having not read up on it yet! As far as I'm aware rooting your device will void any warranty. It will indeed, however in the event of catastrophic damage / failure, it's pretty hard to determine if it was rooted since it won't boot. If it's not terminally damaged then you can usually unroot it by restoring to factory rom. Check if you really need to root it before you do though, as said elsewhere the builtin VPN offerings will serve most needs. Onto to the question, my galaxy-s2 has PPTP and L2TP or L2TP/IPSec vpn capability as part of the OS (Android 2.3.5). It can be configured through Settings-Wireless and Network-VPN settings. I've had a tab for almost 3 months now - the only VPN which I have problems with is the Cisco AnyConnect junk. If you have a self certified SSL cert anywhere in the CA chain it absolutely refuses to proceed - there is no option to accept the risk. It's a pain in my case because my employer has decided to adopt AnyConnect as standard for VPN connections as it can be managed by Active Directory, thus the admin is outsourced to the 3rd party office IT (Windows) guys and since we are a Linux shop we don't deal with that ourselves (until it breaks). YMMV. Jack Knight -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
