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[q] pptp vpn

I have a PPTP account with HideIPVPN which works perfectly on my iPod Touch and on my XP computers. It does not work on my Motorola Milestone - the connection is "successful" but no data gets through. At some point on some build of Froyo (I can't remember which), I was quite successfully able to use this VPN on my Nexus One for long extended periods to listen to Pandora Radio.
Recently I tried CyanogenMod 6 RC3, and to my disappointment, I could connect to the VPN but not get any data to go through. So I restored to my nandroid backup on FRF91 (which I'd originally applied via the pre-rooted update.zip). I retried the VPN and it works but after 30-90 seconds the data cuts out and won't work anymore.
Has anyone here had consistent success with a PPTP VPN on FRF91 or CM6 RC3? If so, did you have to do anything special to make it work?
Thanks
Charles

The "cut out" might be related to WiFi keepalive bug. Keep the phone awake and see if the connection still cuts out.

Jack_R1 said:
The "cut out" might be related to WiFi keepalive bug. Keep the phone awake and see if the connection still cuts out.
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The phone remains awake the whole time. I connect to the VPN and then immediately jump to browser. I load one page and it pulls down successfully. Then I keep clicking links; after the second or third one nothing works anymore, and no apps are able to see data until I disconnect the VPN. This is reproducible.
On my iPod Touch, the same procedure does not have any trouble - I can connect to the VPN and browse for hours.

I located the post on HowardForums where I reported my success with VPN + Pandora on Froyo. It was June 6th, and at that time the latest Froyo build was FRF50.
So I've taken a nandroid backup and I'm going to try a little experiment... roll back to FRF50 via pre-rooted update.zip and see if PPTP works on that build. Don't know if my phone will have a problem with rolling backwards but worst case I can just restore.
Rollback test #1: Didn't clear data/cache first time round. Same results as before, ability to browse cuts out within about 30 seconds of the VPN connection.
Test #2: Wiped cache/data to get a blank (but still rooted) FRF50. Same results again... first page or two I browse to will load but then nothing else will.
Could rooting the phone somehow have destroyed the ability to use a PPTP VPN? So strange, I just can't figure out why it worked in June and not anymore today.
Ah well, since I can't get it working on *any* build right now, might as well go back to CM6 and try out the new stable mod. And I'll keep hoping/wishing/etc for a solution to this problem. Any ideas are welcome.

Well this is interesting. I can't get the VPN to work from my home or office wifi (and it works on both with iPod Touch) - but - when I brought my N1 into a WIND Mobile store and tried their test SIM, I was able to connect to the VPN over 3G just perfectly. The connection didn't stall out and I was able to listen to Pandora through the tunnel. This was using CyanogenMod 6.
I wonder why it's not working on wifi?

Am I the only one who cares about this, or is nobody else experiencing the same bug?

Same problem on the Galaxy S. I think its an Android issue, rather than phone. I understand, though never tested, that it works when doing VPN to a linux box, but never to windows or something like a cisco appliance.
OpenVPN works, but takes a fair amount of messing about to get it working.

On CyanogenMod 6.1 / 6.1.1, I can sometimes stay connected now to a PPTP VPN for 5-15 minutes at a time over Wifi. Not sure when it changed.

Wifi really slow?

Anyone else's nook have really slow/sporadic wifi? Mine seems to burst, then come to a crawl and sometimes not do anything at all. The dropbox app is basically useless as it fails to download 99% of the time. The browsers are all slow too. I have wireless N and a 16Mbit connection at home so it's not my internet. My Evo downloads and runs 100x faster than my nook, on 3G.

I'm not having any issues.

None of those issues here on home wifi or tether to Evo. Dropbox is one of my newest fav programs and hasnt stopped an in progress DL once..

I am not seeing any sort of weird "slowness", but I will say that Opera Mobile is, **by far**, the best browser for this device in terms of performance.

yeah it does the same for me. reboot it. it works well on that for while, and sometimes turning wifi off, then back on will help.

sisith said:
Anyone else's nook have really slow/sporadic wifi? Mine seems to burst, then come to a crawl and sometimes not do anything at all. The dropbox app is basically useless as it fails to download 99% of the time. The browsers are all slow too. I have wireless N and a 16Mbit connection at home so it's not my internet. My Evo downloads and runs 100x faster than my nook, on 3G.
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Yes this happens to me, more often I would like and there are times when it just seems to stop but the wifi is at full bars (what ever they are called). I have noticed that when I check the wifi in the Nook settings the wifi will say "connected-testing", this means it is not connecting, it "sees" the signal but no data is being transfered, turning it on and off usually does the trick. When it says "connected to the internet", data is being transfered.

I too have ridiculously slow network connections. It is almost useless in some apps. But browser seems to be okay.

Can you guys that are having this issue post your Wifi settings and Router models perhaps there is a commonality on this,
Personally I have had no trouble out of mine, Using Wireless N, WPA2, off a Netgear WNDR 3400

I have been experiencing the slow wifi also. Downloading apps from Market is like 1KB/sec.
Running Nookie 0.6.7 from SD card (class 4). Using WPA2 AES.

I'm having slow wifi problems on a new Class 10 (supposedly) froyo install as well.
Not just wifi, too. It seems to go off to lala-land for a few seconds when I try to do much of anything. Scrolling and things like that still respond, but the apps themselves freeze.

Ok, so that is Two people using Froyo having the wifi problem? what rom are you other guys using?
I have not had this problem and I'm Running Rooted 1.1
Perhaps this is a issue with the Froyo build?

My nook was rooted on 1.0 and I'm running stock 2.1 android and I'm having the same problems
Sent from my ADR6300 using Tapatalk

My nook's connection is unbearably slow on my home connection, which is wireless b/g with WPA PSK. If connect anywhere else (except for a Border yesterday) it does not have this problem.

Also have the "connection testing" problem. I am returning mine to Best Buy - will advise.
ROM 1.0.1 problem not as bad
ROM 1.1.0 problem unacceptable...
Both rooted...

Yes, it's definitely only a froyo issue with me. My rooted 1.1 stock rom is zip-zip-zippy.
I've tried froyo installs four times (both the std and mod versions) on a Class 4 and a Class 10 card. All had wifi issues and general sluggishness. And yet I see people saying froyo is quick. Hmmm....

brie987 said:
Yes this happens to me, more often I would like and there are times when it just seems to stop but the wifi is at full bars (what ever they are called). I have noticed that when I check the wifi in the Nook settings the wifi will say "connected-testing", this means it is not connecting, it "sees" the signal but no data is being transfered, turning it on and off usually does the trick. When it says "connected to the internet", data is being transfered.
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This is a hardware problem. I had the identical symptom - tried all sorts of apps (softlocker, etc...)
Just returned by exchanging my NC at Best Buy and the problems are gone. I am at 1.1 with Monster Pack 0.7.
The offending NC serial no is 2010 110 0650xxxx
The good NC serial no is 2010 110 1509xxxx
So make sure the SN of the replacement unit is higher!

I've had this problem since the day I bought my nook.
A couple of things I've found...
1) The problem is with how the nook handles wifi. My college wifi is a piece of crap, and everything has problems connecting. Nook won't/can't establish a reliable connection.
2) I have no problems with wifi using DeeperBlue's HoneyComb. Hell, HC can get a better signal than my notebook. If I can get that to install market, I'll just run that off the sdcard. Battery life seems better there too.
3) If you get internet at B&N, then it's not a hardware problem. Every Nook of any kind has the same problems that i'm having.(on this network)
a couple of solutions I found.
1) Connectify. Nook doesn't really like it, but it works better than no intertubes.
2) Reboot the wifi. It works sometimes.
3) pray?

I've been having odd wifi problems with my NC, and I'm at my end with this.
My NC is stock, unrooted v.1.1. I can boot from one of two Nookie Froyo SD cards (one with an OC kernel, another vanilla).
Quite simply, the Android side will no longer connect to the internet, Marketplace, etc. The B&N stock side does just fine.
The Android side worked briefly -- out-of-the-box, I connected it to an open network and got on the Marketplace, whereupon it locked up on me. I put it away, and didn't pick it up until yesterday, at which time I found that no matter which SD card I used, there's nothing doing on wireless networking. While Android finds and connects to open or secured networks, I can't bring up a webpage, go to email, check the Market, you name it.
I don't think this is a hardware issue given that the Stock side can get online (albeit slowly at times). What the eff is going on with my Android side? Should I start over and build up *yet another* card? What can I do to diagnose and solve this?
I'm willing to return this NC, but I don't see the point if I'm somehow doing something to "break" the wireless connectivity in installing apps and pushing files and customizing the install (and whatever else) in creating my Nookie Froyo cards.
Any tips or suggested resources are greatly appreciated!

I had the same problem with Stock, Rooted with Autonooter, and Froyo boot from sd card. I changed the settings on my router to WEP security from AES and now have no problems with it.

rancherochido said:
I had the same problem with Stock, Rooted with Autonooter, and Froyo boot from sd card. I changed the settings on my router to WEP security from AES and now have no problems with it.
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On the unit that I exchanged, I had problems with both secured (WPA2) and unsecured (Wifi N). The exchange seemed to fix it...

Issues with rooted Nook WIFI - connection not stable.

Hey guys, so I did some research, and it seems the only info that was relevent was this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=959823&highlight=wifi+problem
But that does not help my problem.
So heres the deal. I am running Nookie Froyo 0.6.8 on the eMMC. I started with a Nook updated to 1.1.0, then rooted. Then I installed Nookie Froyo.
Now, I am having issues with the wifi. What happens is that the wifi will work for a minute, then start oscillating between connected and disconnected.
The problem is worse when tethered with my Hero. For example, I connect to my Hero's Wifi tether, then load a web page. The Nook will download about 70Kb, then hang for about 15 sec, then download another about 50-100Kb, then hang, etc.
So I connect to the University of Pittsburgh's wireless network. It works better, but every once of a whole it hangs. Also, after about 5 min, if I go into settings, the wifi keeps turning on and off. It will just turn itself on and off and I need to restart.
So like I said, it is worst with tethering but the wifi is unstable with PITTnet too. I have restarted many times... dunno what to do.
Thanks for the help!

cardriverx said:
Hey guys, so I did some research, and it seems the only info that was relevent was this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=959823&highlight=wifi+problem
But that does not help my problem.
So heres the deal. I am running Nookie Froyo 0.6.8 on the eMMC. I started with a Nook updated to 1.1.0, then rooted. Then I installed Nookie Froyo.
Now, I am having issues with the wifi. What happens is that the wifi will work for a minute, then start oscillating between connected and disconnected.
The problem is worse when tethered with my Hero. For example, I connect to my Hero's Wifi tether, then load a web page. The Nook will download about 70Kb, then hang for about 15 sec, then download another about 50-100Kb, then hang, etc.
So I connect to the University of Pittsburgh's wireless network. It works better, but every once of a whole it hangs. Also, after about 5 min, if I go into settings, the wifi keeps turning on and off. It will just turn itself on and off and I need to restart.
So like I said, it is worst with tethering but the wifi is unstable with PITTnet too. I have restarted many times... dunno what to do.
Thanks for the help!
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you can try reinstalling froyo on your NC(i had lots of problems with froyo so i dumped it for HC which imo is better)
i did have a wifi problem though where i entered a secondary password on my grandparents wifi(my uncle set up 2) where i would connect for 5 mins than drop connection but that was fixed by entering the primary password
hope this helps
luigi90210

Yeah, I think I will just try installing HC and report back.

Just wanted to say, I flashed to HC, and it works a lot better than I thought it would! Also, the multitasking is GREAT!
BTW, tethering has been rock solid so far! Also, it seems to be only a little slower than the Xoom I got to play with today, which is awesome for a hacked build . Web browsing is great. There are just a few small UI hiccups here and there, nothing that prevents function tho!
Also, out of curiosity, any idea when we will see HC gmail?

[Q] Demon Hunter?

Whenever I try to start Demon Hunter on my nookcolor, it gets an error with my network even if I have wi-fi on.
Can someone test if its just me or for everyone with a nookcolor.

Thanks to your request I got hooked on this game. I'm running nookie froyo on eMMC connected to home WiFi and just downloaded that game last night. Everything went smoothly and did not receive any network messages. Played perfect, now if you'll excuse me since I'm awake I must go back to playing it
Sent from my MacBook Wheel.
Edit: just to make sure, you're talking about the game by BiCore right?

Hello,
I am having the same issue. I am on stock 1.1autonootered. My Eris running gingerbread has ni poblem. Even if I swap memory cards, NC can't get the data. Great game though. Maybe it is like Zinio and cannot run on Eclair.
Good luck.
Leko

Yeah, the game by BiCore.
I'm thinking I should try a different android thing like Cyanogen Mod 7
And I am using autonooted on a 1.0.1 stock.

Unable to connect
Same issue here. Network connection failure when trying to start a new game. Wi-Fi on.
Running Autonooter 3.0.0 on 1.1.0 stock.

[Q] wifi tether issues, rooted NC + Droid 1

Brand, spanking new NC, came with updated software version already installed. Freshly rooted. Won't recognize ad hoc networks, of course :-(
Already tried the most up to date wpa_supplicant file fix, to absolutely no avail. Using rooted droid 1, with well-functioning wireless tether. Barnacle also a no go.
Any suggestions would very appreciated. Pulling my hair out, one by one, getting balder...balder.......

mjf0000000 said:
Already tried the most up to date wpa_supplicant file fix, to absolutely no avail.
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What does this mean?

Thanks for your help. What I mean is that the wpa supplicant fix (as described in previous threads - I'm using the Droid 1 browser or I would link back to that xda thread - sorry!) produces no effect. When the NC scans for wireless sources it recognizes many hotspots. Including my home wifi router. It simply will not list the phone's ad hoc signal (called either android tether or barnacle, depending which turned on.) The winbox connects just fine, so I don't think it's the phone's signal.
Others have used the wpa supplicant fix and their NC has worked well, but from what I can tell, they have NC's that were not upgraded to latest version, or had upgraded themselves. I wonder if brand new NC with the upgrade installed, needs a different fix. Not to be paranoid, but the wireless tethering apps have fallen out of favor with the powers that be. Maybe there is more disabling going on --- or I could just be doing something wrong. (Would not be a surprise)

Has anyone with a NC that came with the update pre-installed been able to get wifi tether? Using a phone with the paid wifi hotspot function will work with the NC. However, the droid 1 does not have a paid wireless hotspot option (it's too ancient, apparently). I had to sideload the wireless app to my phone, as it's not available on the market anymore, andit works well - just not with NC, even with the standard wpa supplicant fix.
Would upgrading the NC to CM7 take care of this issue? I'm a children's doc with skimpy hacking skills, & am a little afraid to try the procedure. Like doing an appendectomy with without knowing human anatomy

mjf0000000 said:
Has anyone with a NC that came with the update pre-installed been able to get wifi tether? Using a phone with the paid wifi hotspot function will work with the NC. However, the droid 1 does not have a paid wireless hotspot option (it's too ancient, apparently). I had to sideload the wireless app to my phone, as it's not available on the market anymore, andit works well - just not with NC, even with the standard wpa supplicant fix.
Would upgrading the NC to CM7 take care of this issue? I'm a children's doc with skimpy hacking skills, & am a little afraid to try the procedure. Like doing an appendectomy with without knowing human anatomy
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Wireless tether is working perfectly for me with CM7 right from the get-go, however....It does not work with Honeycomb at the moment (and I have not done the supplicant fix yet).

Thanks, hockeyfamily. I should probably go ahead and do the CM7 ROM.

update
Still have rooted v 1.2, not yet CM7. What finally worked for enabling ad hoc wifi, was deleting everything i had done previously, redoing it over again, & using Barnacle. The Wireless Tether app just giving a message to the effect that it was 'connected, but no internet.'

I updated to 1.2, rooted with an early version of MN, have an Eclair phone running Barnacle and this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=872521 works great for me.