SonicWall VPN / Android VPN support lame? - Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

At my company we have a SonicWall in the TZ series and all VPN tunneling is done over a L2TP/IPSEC PSK connection using 3DES encryption. There are several PCs (no Macs) that use the VPN. There is one iPad. My boss is very intrigued by the latest Verizon iPhone announcement. I agree that the iPhone may work as well as the iPad already does. We are switching away from AT&T and currently have no investment in iPhones. Most of the phones are Blackberries. A carrier or OS choice hasn't yet been made.
In our tests using the Vibrant, connecting to the VPN using Android was not difficult per se but seemed to require use of DES instead of 3DES. Is this really the case? It would require we downgrade (and reconfigure) the VPN and all the clients that connect if Android was to be used for even one employee. If so, it will probably mean Android will be overlooked as an enterprise solution. What is desired is something that works with our existing infrastructure. I wanted to confirm whether others found Android to be lacking here as well or if it's just my inexperience. I'd like to recommend Android for the enterprise but can't ATM.

Confirmed that it uses DES instead of 3DES, but from what i know, I9000 (International Galaxy S) uses a different encryption than the Vibrant counterpart. I'm not so sure whether it is a 3DES encryption or some other.
Sent from the helm of the Vibrant Galaxy!

android vpn
well i buy vpn connection for android from pure vpn in i had problem but now i am using ok service....

@purevpn - That's great, however I have no problem actually connecting to the VPN. I just was hoping that I was wrong about how lame the security feature set in the Vibrant / perhaps even Android in general. It would appear that I was not unless anyone else has anything further.

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Hey everyone,
Searched for an hour about this and read tons of posts that talked about Droid phones and some others, but nothing that seemed to apply to mine.
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Got my GTablet on Saturday, this is my first day with it at work, and I was excited.
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I just got this answer from a similar post on PCCGeeks forum:
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I have been an Apple user since BlackBerry died with their BlackBerry 10 OS. I have actually never touched an Android phone or even checked the OS and I don’t know someone with an Android to test stuff.
I was looking for a mobile hotspot (MiFi) device and these things are not just as expensive as good Android phones but also not good for many reasons as being limited to a few bands making them good for use in a region but not the other and I do travel often and the fact all it does is be a hotspot.
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I ask because iOS suck at it because:
It times out when traffic stops and turns off and no way to stop that from happening
iOS devices which is what we mainly use, won’t sync with iCloud if connected to an iOS hotspot
iOS forces AP Isolation meaning devices connected to a hotspot can’t cross communicate over local network or see each other (which is bad for streaming devices like Google TV/Apple TV)
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I’d expect a Pixel can give advantage over a mobile hotspot device because I can use phone data plans and not be restricted to just mobile hotspot/tablets data plans. It also is a phone so serves as a backup phone.
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How is the hotspot feature on Pixel 5/6
Is there any speed restrictions or they fast as data comes in
Is AP Isolation forced or can it be disabled
I believe I can disable the auto timeout, right?
What is the maximum number of devices can be connected at once over WiFi?
Is 5 GHz stable on it? I know it isn’t on iPhone 13 Pro Max
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2. I've been able to pull my full cell bandwidth through hotspot, though I tend to stick to PDAnet as this hides my limited hotspot usage. It is slower but worth.
3. TBH I've never heard of AP Isolation, I just assumed it created one WAP.
4. I've never tried but I imagine as many as one subnet can fit (so 255? But tell me you'll have over 10 and I'll be impressed)
5. Yep! Though I tend to keep to 2.4GHz as this lets me sling off of 5GHz wifi networks as well.
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