Hello,
I am searching for apps who can wake on LAN my wireless PC by using my HTC Legend device (through internet connection). Is this possible? What apps are currently the best in the market? Thanks a lot for your advise.
Rgds, Marvon
I'm normally using this one:
https://market.android.com/details?id=net.mafro.android.wakeonlan
and sometimes this one:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.benfinnigan.wol
But you have to check, that you can open UDP Port 9 on your Router on the Broadcast IP (x.x.x.255) and add a DynDNS Domain if you dont have a static IP.
If you have a FritzBox you cannot open that port that easily but there is a nice App for that:
https://market.android.com/details?id=de.sifl.fritzdroid
Hi Fabi280,
thanks a lot for your reply. I am completely new to this. WOL is enabled in the bios but i cannot find the wol settings in my wireless WMP600N network card). Do you have a manual available how to set this up and let it work?
tchuss,
Marvon
The Solution is pretty simple.
There is no WOL with WLAN, actually there is but there aren't much devices that support that Technology. So lets say it just works with a LAN Cable plugged in.
A Device that has Wake On Lan enabled doesnt shut off the Network card, so its always connected, even if it is off (and its connected to power).
LAN doesnt consume that much power, as there is always power on the LAN Cable.
WLAN consumes much more power than LAN and is often used on Mobile Devices which are using Batteries
Hy, can anyone help me with this:
I have made my pc to wake and everything is working great, but after some time it stops working and I cannot wake my pc anymore... Anyone knows what is the problem? I tried to set up lease and everything and I do not know what is the problem...
In my android app I have:
ip address: 86.xx.xx.xx
mac addres: CB:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx (from my pc)
and port: 9
in router I have pre-assigned DHCP IP Address (192.xxx.x.xx) to MAC address.
If I turn off my pc, I can turn on my pc with the app, but after some time it stops working...
any help please...
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Hi Guys. Need a little help.
Scenario: I have a wired ADSL connection in my home for internet. I have Windows 7 on my PC installed. I have a TP-Link TL-WN321G WiFi card in my PC as well.
Now, I want to share my PC's ADSL connection with my Vibrant through my WiFi card.
So far, I have failed to achieve it. I have tried doing it the TP-Link way by establishing a Soft AP through a software provided by them, but no success. I have tried connectify, no luck here either. My vibrant detects the network but never connects to it...
Any help, what so ever will be really appreciated...
Easiest way, get a $30 router at your local store. Will save you a headache. Otherwise bridge your wired and wireless connection using windows.
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Well what you will need to do is allow ICS (Internet Connection Sharing) on the wired NIC card and allow other users to share the connection. It should DHCP the wired NIC and assign your wireless card an IP address like 192.168.137.1 and Subnet of 255.255.255.0.
Actually I don't want to buy a new router, want to use my WiFi card. And it is possible through it, so I think I should not spend money on a router...
I have tried everything... ICS is not working... Connectify is not working either...
There is some way of doing it through Adhoc network, I read somewhere but I have also read that Adhoc network is not supported in Android...
If someone can help, that would be great...
Odd because I'm doing ICS via Windows 7 and mine works perfectly..
***Edit...you might have to add in the default gateway ip and primary dns server ip on the wireless card for it to look for your wired NIC
just right click on your wired NIC and go to status and then details
Hmm... I am going to try this but do I share the internet with my WiFi card or the Virtual WiFi Miniport?
You share the wired NIC "allow other users to connect " it will act as your DHCP server and assign an address to your wireless card
Nothing is happening for me...
My Vibrant detects the WiFi AP but does not connect to it... It evens show the signal strength to be "Excellent" but does not connect to it...
Man... Its really frustrating when you can not get something to work...
So it just wont connect period?? Not even to network? Or will it connect and just no internet.... Hmmmmm
It just wont connect. Period...
Thanks for your willingness to help though...
Google "set up adhoc windows 7" to get your wireless set up properly, then should be easy. Keep it simple at first. Broadcast ssid and one you will recognize, and no password to eliminate any problems. Once configured and workinggo back and set up a password.
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I have tried this Ad Hoc connection as well but I have read somewhere that Android does not support Ad Hoc connection. If there is some way around, please do tell me...
Finally... Got it working guys...
Here is the link: http://www.itgeekdiary.com/windows-7-as-an-wi-fi-access-point/
Followed it and it just worked...
Man, I am relieved...
Just bought the Malata Dock for my Gtab. I'm currently running Zyhong's Gtab beta 3.2.
As stated by others, Pandora and Google Market fail to stream/download when using Ethernet only.
This is still early and hopefully a dev will point me in the right direction, but I am able to make the tablet use the ethernet connection for Pandora and Market.
Boot Gtab on dock with Ethernet connected. At this point most things work except Pandora/Market.
Using my Droid Inc, I turned on Wireless Tether in Infrastructure mode.
Configure wireless on the tab. Once it connects, go to Settings -> Wifi and modify the wireless connection. I configured the ip address, gateway and DNS 1&2 to work as if the wireless connection was the wired connection.
At this point Pandora and Market will begin to work using the Ethernet. I confirm this by downloading "Angry Birds" from the market. 18MB download in about 30 seconds. Checked phone during this time and it had no bars on 1X...no way it was using the cell connection.
My current theory is the previously stated "Connectivity Status = True" setting. I'm guessing this gets set once the Wifi connection is establish.
If I now drop the wifi connection, Pandora and Market breaks.
I'm curious if it is possible to write an app or script to rename wlan0 to eth1 and eth0 to wlan0. I'm assuming the test for connectivity status = true is set to check wlan0 ?
Any ideas?
Another theory is that there are no DNS servers configured for the wired connection.
I'll be trying that later.
I don't have enough posts yet to ask in the developer forums for help....so if you know one of the devs who are interested in the dock, please point them over here.
With that said, I tested if setting the DNS server manually would have any effect. It appears that DHCP is setting the DNS servers after all with a wired only connection.
So I'm back to the Connectivity Status = True issue.
I'll be looking at how that check is performed and what initiates it. If I can cause the check to be performed on eth0 instead of just wlan0 I think that will fix it.
konman2k4 said:
Another theory is that there are no DNS servers configured for the wired connection.
I'll be trying that later.
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Got my dock today. With wireless turned off, I can boot on the dock & draw a dhcp ip.
Can't be a DNS issue or you wouldn't be able to surf the net.
Can surf net via browser, play videos/music/pics from my Windows Media Center, Netflix plays fine & can even receive email (as long as the app is the one that does the checking & not me telling it to).
Pandora, Crackle, Market, Amazon App tore, & SlideME not worky (some say no connection while others just hang).
Turning on wireless at the same time results in drawing different ip for wireless. Netcfg show eth0 up with an ip/mask, wlan0 up with an ip/mask. Ifconfig shows data transfer on both interfaces (and different mac addresses).
Must be something the the apps are looking for wifi. or could it be that this is a phone OS & phones don't have ethernet connections (and that ethernet is not listed in Settings, Wireless & Networks)?
At work we don't have wireless, so I used my phone with "wireless tether" to make a connection. Once the wireless network is seen and connected to, I modified the wireless network settings on the tablet so that the gateway, dns, subnet mask and IP are all valid on the wired connection. As for IP just make one up that is not already in use that is valid for the wired network subnet.
This basically tells the tablet that yes you are connected to a wireless network, but with a routing trick you are sending all your traffic out the wired connection.
Since the dock charges the tablet, I connect the phone to the tablet to keep it charged while the wireless tether app is running.
BTW...if you install opera and flash, you can change your agent string to "desktop" within opera and use the web version of pandora all without having to do the fake wireless trick.
I can confirm Pandora and the Market works just fine doing this....as for you other apps I haven't tried those.
konman2k4 said:
At work we don't have wireless, so I used my phone with "wireless tether" to make a connection. Once the wireless network is seen and connected to, I modified the wireless network settings on the tablet so that the gateway, dns, subnet mask and IP are all valid on the wired connection. As for IP just make one up that is not already in use that is valid for the wired network subnet.
This basically tells the tablet that yes you are connected to a wireless network, but with a routing trick you are sending all your traffic out the wired connection.
Since the dock charges the tablet, I connect the phone to the tablet to keep it charged while the wireless tether app is running.
BTW...if you install opera and flash, you can change your agent string to "desktop" within opera and use the web version of pandora all without having to do the fake wireless trick.
I can confirm Pandora and the Market works just fine doing this....as for you other apps I haven't tried those.
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Read you origianl post. My point was that it is not a DNS issue since with wireless turned off & starting the tab on the dock, internet works. If DNS was the issue then the browsers/etc would not be able to resolve the urls.
But, I did verify your theroy while making sure that there was no possiblity the tab was communicating via your cell/wifi.
I connected mine to the dock with wireless & ethernet connected. Verified both interfaces were up via ifconfig. Wifi connected to wireless access point & ehternet connect directly to a switch. Disconnect access point from switch so no physical connection to lan/wan from the access point, that way wireless connection to tab stays up but it goes nowhere & the only physical connection to the lan/wan is via ethernet. Mail works, Market works, Amazon store works, Pandora works.
Has to be the Connection Status issue in Android that is casuing the problem. Current ROMs must not take ethernet into consideration when checking status. I saw sample code on the net for Connection Status that only looks for Wifi.
I believe we need a rom dev to pursue this for it to work correctly.
Haven't been back to this thread in a bit, but now that I have my 10 posts, i'll start asking around in the Dev community if somebody can point me in the right direction.
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Haven't been back to this thread in a bit, but now that I have my 10 posts, i'll start asking around in the Dev community if somebody can point me in the right direction.
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I did a new post in the Q&A forum back on 5 Aug & pointed it back here. Here's the new post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1204015. So far 59 views and a big 0 responses.
Alright, did the usual searches and have the usual answers wich don't seem to pertain to what i'm doing.
I have one static connection allowed to wifi router. I wish to use phone to share this connection with more than one device not using mobile data but the broadband connection.
Basically connect phone to broadband wifi. Have devices connect to phone to share wifi.
Again, to prevent any confusion: I do not want to share mobile connection on phone. I wish to share wifi connection with other devices from phone. ie. I have only one connection allowed to router and I wish to use phone to share that connection with PC and PS3.
Sorry for redundancy in stating this but people seem to miss the point or not read and suggest applications like Barnacle wich only share mobile internet or USB tethering wich only works for PC.
Well from what I understand Wi-Fi must be off on phone in order to create the Wi-Fi signal on the phone so this may be impossible
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I know exactly what you are saying, and I am pretty sure it is impossible. I currently have wi-fi service where I have to log in, with only 1 device allowed log in at a time. When you turn on the wi-fi hotspot on your phone, it automatically turns your wi-fi off. You can only use the hotspot feature using your data connection over 3g or 4g. I have tried everything. If you are in the same situation, where you can only log one device on the internet connection, you may want to try spoofing your IP. Change the IP on the other devices to the IP on your phone. This may allow you to log the other devices in as well (so I have read). That may be your only option.
Yeah looks like Im going to connect PC and use an ethernet cable with connection sharing to get PS3 to work. Phone will have to use mobile data unless PC and PS3 arent being used.
Or phone gets wifi and USB tethered to pc and then connection shared (not sure this will work).
sharing wifi connection
I have done this using a Buffalo WLI-TX4-G54HP ethernet converter. You connect to the wireless source (WAP) then it acts like a router and allows you to plug devices into it, has four ports but you could use a switch if more are needed. Each device aquires an IP from the converter and is hidden to the WAP, looks like one device is connected. Pretty easy to setup. Check it out.
Apologies if this has been asked before, but I've searched and couldn't find anything that matches what I'm after.
I have a GNex running custom 4.2.2 and Windows 7 x64.
I want to be able to access my phone from my PC. To do this, I installed AirDroid. All good so far.
Issue 1: Using WiFi to access the phone, it doesn't do anything when the screen is off/the device is locked. Annoying.
Issue 2: Using USB tethering, it works fine when the screen is off, but kills my PC's internet access. Also annoying.
I would like to use USB tethering if possible, but I only want to be able to access my phone via AirDroid, not use it for internet (my PC has a much better wired connection already).
More on issue 2: Windows says the DNS server is unavailable when I troubleshoot. The moment I plug in my phone and the NDIS-thingy connection is formed, I lose internet access via my normal connection. It goes back to normal as soon as I unplug it. I've tried changing the priority of the network devices, but to no avail.
Any help appreciated.
Solved my own problem.
To those who are curious:
Under network settings for the USB tether, set DNS server addresses manually, go into advanced settings, and set the default gateway to whatever your router's address is.
Spacedesk is a desktop app that allow to make your device into another monitor & control mouse
Need a wifi point near my desktop pc (for lower latency), so i wanted to use my phone in usb tethering since wifi hotspot don't work / stop working after some times on pc with power management setting off (when i try to connect, it just do nothing and still say "Secured" but not "Connected")
So i want my phone to redirect everything from the wifi hotspot, to the usb tethering and the same thing in the opposite way, i know i can use proxy server, but i don't know how to configure it to make it work with spacedesk.
Any idea?
spacedesk port is 28252
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