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Cannot connect to Slingbox on AT&T

This is the most appropriate location I could find to post this, as I have three HTC devices (8525, TyTN 2, and Advantage) so I thought I would start here.
Issue:
I can no longer connect to my Slingbox on my home network when using my MediaNet (wap.cingular) connection on the TyTN 2 or the Advantage.
Error Message: Cannot connect using these settings. But email and web work from the MediaNet settings, so I am fairly certain the configuration is correct.
Facts:
- The connection works over Wifi on either HTC device, so I know my Slingplayer Mobile settings (Finder ID, etc.) are correct.
- The connection works using a Verzion Motorola Q. My corporate VPN connection also does not work with AT&T, but does on the Q through Verzion.
Conclusion:
AT&T has (or did) make changes to the proxy used which prevents services running on certain ports from working correctly.
Question:
Is anyone else having problems connecting to their Slingbox? If you can connect, what settings are you using?
Additionally, could someone please explain the differences between the wap.cingular and isp.cingular settings? Do you have to use isp.cingular to get VPN and other advanced services to work? If so, what is the minimum data plan you must subscribe to with AT&T to be able to do so?
Thanks in advance,
Rob

I cant say why you are having issues. My Slingbox connection works fine (actually much better than fine) via my Kaiser on AT&T with MediaNet. It works better than it ever did with my 8525. I do notice that I do have 2 separate Connections, one for MEdiaNet and the other called "My ISP" which both point to the same wap.cingular APN. Not sure why I have 2, but everything works fine. The MediaNet one is "hidden" and I can't change it. The My ISP one is visible, but I don't want to delete it since everything seems to work fine. It just switches between them (albeit unnecessarily) to make things work when needed.

Furthermore, I am using wap.cingular exclusively. If you do connect to a VPN, you must use isp.cingular. The normal MediaMax, MediaNet and smartphone plans give you wap.cingular. The PDA plans give you isp.cingular. Blackberry plans may give you neither (they go to blackberry.net).

Thanks
Can I ask what port # you are using for your Slingbox? I am using 5001 for one of mine. Did you have to make a rule entry in your router or firewall? I am just trying to determine why suddenly I cannot connect. I am going to pop my SIM card back into my 8525 when I get home and check it again. The last time I tried it on the 8525 it worked. The trouble is, there aren't a lot of changes to make. it's pretty much wap.cingular and the password.
Thanks, and if you think of anything else, please let me know.
Rob

my slingbox works just fine on att. WHen i had the isp.cingular it did not. i had to change it to wap.cingular to get it to work.

Hmmm, don't know th eport off hand, but I want to say i'm justusing the default.

Did you upgrade to the new Slingbox firmware the past couple of days?
I did and could not connect. I called Slingmedia and they told me they had some issus with the new firmware and UpnP settngs in some routers.
I had to go into the Slingbox settings on the desktop PC and manually open the port in the router. If you call them they will take you step by sep

I had the same problem it took me 10 hrs to finally find the answer. It has nothing to do with your port your finder ID at all. like the a previous stated you need to use a different connection setting to use slingbox. Use or create the my isp connection. the only difference is one use proxy settings and one does not. to be honest i just deleted the media net profile and used my isp exclusively. the only problem is medianet keeps showing up in my connection settings. the medianet setting can also screw with push email retrieval

Thanks so much NJXBEAN! I could NOT get Slingplayer to connect until I made that change in the modem settings. It works great now!
-Jerry

Proxy was blocking me...
After experimenting with mine further, I was FINALLY able to connect by unchecking the "use proxy server" setting on my unlocked Kaiser. I wonder if the AT&T "Tilt" build of the OS will even allow this?

AT&T Tilt and Slingbox
Right out of the box, Slingplayer worked on my Tilt. I made no changes to the proxy settings.
I have the media net unlimited plan.

It could be a firewall issue. If the connection you have is listed as "Connects to the Internet" it'll block some ports. If you have Connects to Work, it'll open all ports.

I just just want to say that you guys are great! I had a problem with sling, researched on it here, and found the problem without asking..People, u gotta love it!!!!!!

rtsrob said:
This is the most appropriate location I could find to post this, as I have three HTC devices (8525, TyTN 2, and Advantage) so I thought I would start here.
Issue:
I can no longer connect to my Slingbox on my home network when using my MediaNet (wap.cingular) connection on the TyTN 2 or the Advantage.
Error Message: Cannot connect using these settings. But email and web work from the MediaNet settings, so I am fairly certain the configuration is correct.
Facts:
- The connection works over Wifi on either HTC device, so I know my Slingplayer Mobile settings (Finder ID, etc.) are correct.
- The connection works using a Verzion Motorola Q. My corporate VPN connection also does not work with AT&T, but does on the Q through Verzion.
Conclusion:
AT&T has (or did) make changes to the proxy used which prevents services running on certain ports from working correctly.
Question:
Is anyone else having problems connecting to their Slingbox? If you can connect, what settings are you using?
Additionally, could someone please explain the differences between the wap.cingular and isp.cingular settings? Do you have to use isp.cingular to get VPN and other advanced services to work? If so, what is the minimum data plan you must subscribe to with AT&T to be able to do so?
Thanks in advance,
Rob
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have you found a fix, i have the x7500 and my slingbox worked fine at first then after a couple of months it just stopped and i could not receive email either, i found a workaround for the email but i have not found a work around for the slingbox.
P.S. i recored myself talking to an at&t rep you should listen to what he says
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h40AMIyc_yM

Found a Fix
It cannot connect to isp.cingular, you need to ADD wap.cingular apn to your network settings.

hnada said:
It cannot connect to isp.cingular, you need to ADD wap.cingular apn to your network settings.
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If you just make your default connection Media Net it's already going to be set for wap.cingular
isp.cingular is the default only if you have it set to use ATT ISP as your connection.

Wow, I want slingbox now. I didn't even think of it working on my Tilt....is the data transfer extreme????????

Understanding AT&T Connection and Proxy Settings on Kaiser

Hi all,
I've been at these forums a few weeks now and am starting to understand much about the PPC (I have a Tilt), software, ROM's etc.
But the one thing still confusing me is the Connection and Proxy Settings for AT&T.
Specifically, my phone has 4 connection set up: MediaNet/AT&T ISP/My Work Network/MY ISP. Why so many different settings and when are each one used or otherwise needed?
As for proxy settings, there seems to be 2. One setup in the phone connection settings, and then a "hidden" proxy. What are each of these used for and what are the advantages/disadvantes to turning each one off/on?
And finally how does WiFi fit into all of this, if at all?
Thanks in advance!

ok, i'm gonna take a stab at this see if i can get this right......pls feel free to correct me
AT&T isp - this one use the isp.cingular gateway, it is basically the one you use if you have a tethering plan (now tethering without a thethering plan is a whole different story altogether)
MediaNet - this uses the wap.cingular gateway, and you use this if you have a medianet unlimited or pda personal unlimited plan
My Work Network - use this if you want to connect to a vpn network
My ISP - this one has no connection setting whatsoever (at least for at&t) and just leave it at this one if you dont have a data plan and just want to use wifi.
the hidden proxy......its used if you want to access at&t services such as cingular video and the medianet homepage, as for the "other proxy" you mentioned......i have no idea what will happen if you disable it, i just leave it as it is.

I have an OEM HTC Kaiser with no mods whatsoever ( I dont want any awwww Sh%$ts!!) I go to the ATT website, Support by Device for my connection answers and nice screenshots on the settings. I think there is only one that didn't apply to my device...the hidden proxy one. Seems to help me with my problems
Those connection settings get me going too!

for the hidden proxy, you just need to find the enable proxy and disable proxy cabs. you can make shortcuts to both cabs in your start menu or wherever for easy access (just like the at&t roms). those cabs are all over the forums......search for it

[Q] Tethering without my carrier knowing

I have a Samsung Ativ S which I have been using as a WiFi hotspot to connect my laptop and Nexus 7 to while I am working away. Recently got a text to tell me if I carry on I will be cut off on my mobile contract. I have a sim only deal that gives me unlimited calls, text and 3G internet so I'm a bit brassed off. It took an hour of searching to find the no teathering in the conditions of use.
Any way what I want to know are there any Windows Phone apps that will hide the teathering from my supplier? I am hung off a T Mobile/ Orange network.
Daedalus1

ATIV S can use wired tethering (search the forum for it, I posted instructions and drivers sometime last year). Even though my plan supports tethering, it's data-limited and when I use the wired tethering they don't list the data usage for it so I'm guessing it's not detectable, or at least not easily.
There's also an app called TetherX or something like that, which will act as a SOCKS proxy server on the phone; you then set your PC to use the phone as its proxy server. Won't work for non-proxy-aware apps but otherwise should do the trick.
Of course, this all assumes they're checking whether or not you're using the phone's tethering feature somehow, rather than doing something more nefarious like deep packet inspection. If they're checking "are you using the 'Internet Sharing' feature?" then I would expect them to just limit its usage; the phone has the capability to test whether or not tethering is permitted on your plan, and does so test by default. If they're using DPI and noticing traffic to/from PC clients (based on user-agent strings or something) then you're in trouble unless you can route all your traffic over SSL, which mostly thwarts packet inspection.

[Q] [SOLVED] Network works, but no data - Help me please <3

Hi guys.
Sorry for the weird title haha.
Alright, so i just got a HTC One M8 with Windows, and it seems to work fine on regular network (calling, texting etc.) but i cannot for the life of me get data working.
I've set the APN correctly and it shows H+, but webpages do not load.
Have anyone experienced anything like it before?
There is some options i change in Service Tools (##778#) that could look like it could do something. I really hope anyone can help me :')
Regards
Marc
*My carrier is Denmark Telia
APN:
Name: Telia
Proxyserver: www.internet.mtelia.dk
Port: 80

Presumably WiFi works? Make sure you're not on a (flaky) WiFi connection - turn WiFi off entirely for testing - and also make sure the phone doesn't think you're roaming or something dumb like that.
If you haven't done so already, you should of course restart (or at least toggle Airplane Mode on and off again).
Have you called your carrier for help with this? At a guess, you've put the APN in wrong; there should be something in the APN string (it usually looks like a domain name, for example mine is fast.t-mobile.com), and most carriers that I've used do *not* require a proxy server.

GoodDayToDie said:
Presumably WiFi works? Make sure you're not on a (flaky) WiFi connection - turn WiFi off entirely for testing - and also make sure the phone doesn't think you're roaming or something dumb like that.
If you haven't done so already, you should of course restart (or at least toggle Airplane Mode on and off again).
Have you called your carrier for help with this? At a guess, you've put the APN in wrong; there should be something in the APN string (it usually looks like a domain name, for example mine is fast.t-mobile.com), and most carriers that I've used do *not* require a proxy server.
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Thanks man!
I had tried the things you mentioned, but never thought about the proxy server thing. So I put the APN URL in the APN field (instead of proxy server) and it works now
Thanks a lot Wouldn't have thought of that without you ? <33
I hope you live a happy and fulfilling life :'D
Regards
Marc

How to tether without tmobile finding out

It was bound to be a question on here so has anyone even had the device long enough to figure this out? I can get the unlimited account but hotspot is limited so i would like to use the unlimited data and tether as well. Any ideas?

WiFi Tether Router
I use the WiFi Tether Router found here:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.snclab.wifitetherrouter&hl=en
I've had my S6 for two days now and have used this app a fair amount and haven't seen any change in my mobile hot spot data. So I assume it's working fine like it did on my Note 4. Only difference is the way it's configured.
Remember - Add new Apn For Tethering:
Name: T-Mobile Tethering
APN: fast.t-mobile.com
Proxy: Not set
Port: Not set
Username: Not set
Password: Not set
Server: Not set
MMSC: http://mms.msg.eng.t-mobile.com/mms/wapenc
MMS proxy: Not set
MMS port: Not set
MCC: 310
MNC: 260
Authentication type: Not set
APN type: default,supl,mms
APN protocol: IPv4
APN roaming protocol: IPv4
WiFi Tether Configuration:
Always Allow Scanning: Unchecked
-Network Name SSID – I just added my name at the end: IE WiFiTether-Glen
-Encryption: wpa2-psk (which should be default anyways)
-WiFi Password: I left stock
-WiFi Channel: 1
-Interface: wlan0
-Method: HostApd
-No Firmware Reload: Unchecked
-Drivers: Default setting of nl80211
-WiFi Mode: G ( maybe this could be different but I don’t mess with it)
-Keep Screen on: Unchecked
-Prevents Stand-By: Checked
Last but not least:
-Go Into your WiFi (regular Wifi, not the Tether router Wifi) and delete all existing WiFi network connections so when you turn your WiFi on you're "Not" connected to any network.
-Then you can turn on the WiFi Tether router and it should work fine.
-After you get it set up, you should be able to go back and set up those WiFi networks like before .
-Reference here for what I just explained: http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-tmobile/help/hotspot-tethering-t2904713/page4 and see post #37
Good Luck

thanks for the help. appreciate it.

vtec2k7 said:
thanks for the help. appreciate it.
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My pleasure. One thing I forgot to add is that when turning on the Wifi router, you first have to turn your WiFi on itself but you can't be connected to any WiFi Connections. In Other words I went into my WiFi settings and deleted all my WiFi connections. Then I turned on the WiFi (again without connecting to any WiFi networks), then I turned on the Wifi Tether Router.
Hope that made sense. I'll adjust my other post.

I will look into enabling native tether when I get my device later tonight.

Anyone get foxfi to work?

The app liked at the beginning of the thread requires root permission.
Is there any other app to do this without rooting?
thanks

Cinghialino said:
The app liked at the beginning of the thread requires root permission.
Is there any other app to do this without rooting?
thanks
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You can run quicksshd or another dropbear ssh server, do adb forward of the ssh port, then open a dynamic port (socks proxy) using ssh on linux/unix or putty on windows. Any sort of wifi tethering without a plan will require root at SOME point though.

glensta said:
My pleasure. One thing I forgot to add is that when turning on the Wifi router, you first have to turn your WiFi on itself but you can't be connected to any WiFi Connections. In Other words I went into my WiFi settings and deleted all my WiFi connections. Then I turned on the WiFi (again without connecting to any WiFi networks), then I turned on the Wifi Tether Router.
Hope that made sense. I'll adjust my other post.
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Set mine up exactly like your other post with no luck. According to T-Mobile my account, the tethering allotment is going up.
Edit: looks like it is just Netflix that ramps up the data allotment. Weird. Everything else appears okay thus far.
Edit 2: after switching it off and on now Netflix is working without issue too.

Be aware that T-Mobile does scan for desktop HTTP headers. If they detect that you are using (for instance) IE on Windows on a Mobile APN, they will not give you any sort of message, they just deduct it from your account. When you hit your tethering cap you can tell if you are being blocked because of the wrong apn if the url of the upsell page contains "pcweb". if so you will have to make sure it is not using the wrong apn. Otherwise they are just detecting your http headers, and you will need to spoof them for whichever browsers you are using. (The steam in-app browser always gets me when I forget.)

im really just looking to be able to stream movies from home and it would be nice to just use the phone as my external line while at work but maybe there will be a solution like a hdmi out to my monitor at work and then i wont really need the tethering because i have an unlimited account with no throttling so no need to worry about usage.

Eratrion said:
Set mine up exactly like your other post with no luck. According to T-Mobile my account, the tethering allotment is going up.
Edit: looks like it is just Netflix that ramps up the data allotment. Weird. Everything else appears okay thus far.
Edit 2: after switching it off and on now Netflix is working without issue too.
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Yeah I hear what your saying. It depends sometimes what your tethering to. For example tethering to a laptop is more risky. The app will work sometimes and at other times the mobile data will get hit. With a laptop it's good to use spoofed browsers. I've used the google chrome browser and spoofed it as Safari and that worked pretty good. When tethering my android tab or any other android based device, my mobile data rarely gets hit.
So IMO it's a very good app but not perfect, our mobile hotspot data can get hit at times depending. Just keep a close eye on it, try different things etc.
-Good Luck.

I have been using the wifi tether router app for a long time now with my Surface Pro 3 without issue. First with my Note 4 and now with my S6. The key is to modified got T-Mobile US APN to ipv4. I use able 120gb a month. That is with 2 Windows laptop's and 2 phones tethering every day at work. No using user agents as well.

I have native tether working. I'll post the mod instructions a bit later after work, or sooner if I catch a break.

glensta said:
I use the WiFi Tether Router found here:
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Using this I'm getting around 10% the speed of what my phones connection is... Any ideas?

DC2CA said:
Using this I'm getting around 10% the speed of what my phones connection is... Any ideas?
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No clue sorry. For me it just depends on the area I'm in, how strong my data signal is, and even at that I get about 50 percent to 75 percent of my normal mobile data speed.

glensta said:
No clue sorry. For me it just depends on the area I'm in, how strong my data signal is, and even at that I get about 50 percent to 75 percent of my normal mobile data speed.
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I think.. you lose data speed because you are transferring data from the phone to the target.
kind of like how if you hook up your computer to your router via ethernet you get faster speeds then if you connected to your router with a wireless card. Also, wireless routers are designed to transfer data wirelessly. I dont think our phones are designed to this.
I think if you change the wifi tether pro's settings to N mode instead of G mode you should get faster speeds. why? because N routers are more expensive then G routers.
just a novice's guess.
thanks for the information you guys post on this website btw. You guys are what makes android phones worth having.
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On a separate note, i'm sure T mobile techs read these forums..
vtec2k7 said:
im really just looking to be able to stream movies from home and it would be nice to just use the phone as my external line while at work but maybe there will be a solution like a hdmi out to my monitor at work and then i wont really need the tethering because i have an unlimited account with no throttling so no need to worry about usage.
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can you not stream netflix from your phone to your tv with google's hdmi dongle?

USB Tethering
Is there a way to USB tether (root or not) without T-Mobile finding out? I know about PDANet, but you loose netflix with that option.

hutch2509 said:
Is there a way to USB tether (root or not) without T-Mobile finding out? I know about PDANet, but you loose netflix with that option.
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Yes, check this thread (not phone specific): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3071188