After realising the player won't connect to my Skype Phone S2 to nick the internet, I did a bit of "hacking":
1) Rooted the device
2) Installed Nook Color Bluetooth Tether from Google Play
3) After realising Nook Color is not working, tried running pand --connect, got "Failed to open control socket: Protocol not supported" error message
4) Dowloaded the Samsung kernel source and cross-compiled it to get the missing bnep.ko module for my kernel version.
5) Successfully inserted the mod (lsmod reports live). However pand --connect [address] does not return anything, neither does pand -l
I am running out of ideas how to get the player to connect to the skypephone. Any ideas?
I bought the player as a replacement of hx4700 (released in 2004), which was able to tether with my skypephone easily. I still can not believe that this modern device is lacking the feature.
a.fiodorov said:
After realising the player won't connect to my Skype Phone S2 to nick the internet, I did a bit of "hacking":
1) Rooted the device
2) Installed Nook Color Bluetooth Tether from Google Play
3) After realising Nook Color is not working, tried running pand --connect, got "Failed to open control socket: Protocol not supported" error message
4) Dowloaded the Samsung kernel source and cross-compiled it to get the missing bnep.ko module for my kernel version.
5) Successfully inserted the mod (lsmod reports live). However pand --connect [address] does not return anything, neither does pand -l
I am running out of ideas how to get the player to connect to the skypephone. Any ideas?
I bought the player as a replacement of hx4700 (released in 2004), which was able to tether with my skypephone easily. I still can not believe that this modern device is lacking the feature.
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Are you running pand from the Player? What does logcat show after? Are you running stock rom? Does "netcfg" show a bnep0 device?
If you have a 5.0, I can confirm that I've gotten bluetooth networking working using the CM7 ROM in the development section.
Thank you for informing me about CM7, but current alpha is not good for me though. I ll keep checking the progress.
logcat showed:
"E/pand (22197): Connect to 00:12:40:53:AC:A4 failed. No route to host(113)"
bnep0 is missing from netcfg output.
You think that uploading the compiled kernel, with bnep.ko might solve it?
a.fiodorov said:
Thank you for informing me about CM7, but current alpha is not good for me though. I ll keep checking the progress.
logcat showed:
"E/pand (22197): Connect to 00:12:40:53:AC:A4 failed. No route to host(113)"
bnep0 is missing from netcfg output.
You think that uploading the compiled kernel, with bnep.ko might solve it?
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I could be wrong, but I didn't think stock gingerbread android bluetooth stack supported networking. I know ICS does. But then again if pand is available..
Is hciconfig there? What does hciconfig -a show?
BlueZ
BlueZ (hciconfig) is not installed.
pand is from /system/bin, so it's not from BusyBox, which is in /system/xbin in my case.
How can I test that the bnep module is functioning?
P.S. might be easer to go for CM7, but I am running exactly the same kernel CM requires: rj13 (for international).
a.fiodorov said:
BlueZ is not installed.
pand is from /system/bin, so it's not from BusyBox, which is in /system/xbin in my case.
How can I test that the bnep module is functioning?
P.S. might be easer to go for CM, but I am running exactly the same kernel CM requires: rj13 (for international). So I am not convinced other rom is necessarily.
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There's more to it than just loading the bnep module. It will be pretty tough to figure out what's going on without hciconfig/hcitool/l2ping. You could try
Code:
cat /sys/class/bluetooth/hci0/class
With CM7 bluetoothd this shows 0x5a020c on my player. The third byte (0x5a) shows the service classes supported, and the second bit is whether Networking is supported.
@ambrice,
Just realised that it's you who ported CM7. Kudos!
I am very tempted to try bluetooth tethering from CM7, could you address my concern that I will be running the same kernel (rj13), so how will ROM be able to fix my (possibly) not working bnep0?
>>cat /sys/class/bluetooth/hci0/class
cat: can't open '/sys/class/bluetooth/hci0/class': No such file or directory
a.fiodorov said:
@ambrice,
Just realised that it's you who ported CM7. Kudos!
I am very tempted to try bluetooth tethering from CM7, could you address my concern that I will be running the same kernel (rj13), so how will ROM be able to fix my (possibly) not working bnep0?
>>cat /sys/class/bluetooth/hci0/class
cat: can't open '/sys/class/bluetooth/hci0/class': No such file or directory
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There is a userspace component to setting up bluetooth networking. It's not all done by the bnep module.
It's weird that you have no hci0. Is your bluetooth turned on? Is there anything in /sys/class/bluetooth?
rj13 kernel is incompatible with CM7. However, the kernel that comes with the CM7 ROMs has bnep turned on, and I have been using it to do reverse bluetooth tethering.
Sorry did not realise the kernel for CM7 is different.
I am now running CM7 and still looking for tethering settings in GUI.
EDIT: Still can not find it
a.fiodorov said:
Sorry did not realise the kernel for CM7 is different.
I am now running CM7 and still looking for tethering settings in GUI.
EDIT: Still can not find it
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There isn't an easy gui setting to do that, the normal way to do bluetooth tethering is to run the pand connect from another device such as a PC, and CyanogenMod has a pand listening for connections and shares its internet, because the normal case is for a laptop to connect to a phone's cell network.
But running pand from the player should work now and give you a bnep0 device that you can configure. Easiest way is to put the steps in a script and run it to connect.
The bluetooth won't come on: says it's in airplane mode. Wifi ignores it though.
So should I fire up pand -c [address] from the player and I am ready to go?
Did not work when bluetooth was still on.
a.fiodorov said:
The bluetooth won't come on: says it's in airplane mode. Wifi ignores it though.
So should I fire up pand -c [address] from the player and I am ready to go?
Did not work when bluetooth was still on.
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pand will get the bnep0 network device to show up. Then you need to use dhcpcd or ifconfig to configure the network device.
# pand -c 00:12:40:53:AC:A4
# netcfg
lo UP 127.0.0.1 255.0.0.0 0x00000049
ifb0 DOWN 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0x00000082
ifb1 DOWN 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0x00000082
usb0 DOWN 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0x00001002
tunl0 DOWN 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0x00000080
sit0 DOWN 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0x00000080
ip6tnl0 DOWN 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0x00000080
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Still no bnep0 . The bluetooth is on.
After some googling found a command:
# sdptool search dun
Inquiring ...
Searching for dun on 00:12:40:53:AC:A4 ...
Service Name: Dial-up Networking
Service RecHandle: 0x10009
Service Class ID List:
"Dialup Networking" (0x1103)
Protocol Descriptor List:
"L2CAP" (0x0100)
"RFCOMM" (0x0003)
Channel: 8
Language Base Attr List:
code_ISO639: 0x656e
encoding: 0x6a
base_offset: 0x100
Profile Descriptor List:
"Dialup Networking" (0x1103)
Version: 0x0100
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What am I missing?
CM
for people who found this thread, here's a potentially very useful link:
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/...r-blackberry-phone-via-bluetooth/#entry268658
I will see what I can make of it
CM7
I tried the above guide with CM7, and that's the error I got: "Couldn't set tty to PPP discipline: Invalid argument". pptpclient.sourceforge.net says it's just a matter of ppp_async module. I will see if I can get ambrice to include it into the kernel.
any progress or info on this?
I have tried entropy512 as well as rj's kernel and not found the beep module. I also loaded CM7 Rom and got a boot loop. I updated to CM9 and it booted but still no beep module.
Any info would be appreciated.
Thanks.
Try ambrice's ppp_async kernel module with his latest CM7. Use the guide above to get the reverse tethering. That's the only solution I found so far.
Here's the module: http://www.2shared.com/file/PTXe8_Y-/ppp_async.html
Related
I have compiled tun.ko for the Nook color.
Here are the instructions to get OpenVPN up and running.
I dont have a fully working OpenVPN server to test this completely but I was able to connect and get authenticated. If someone can test this out and report whether this works that would be useful.
Download tun.ko module from here
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/16190398/tun.ko
Type the following from your windows or linux console
adb shell
#mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system
#su
#cd /system/lib
#mkdir modules (if it doesnt exist)
#exit
#exit
Now you are back at your windows or linux prompt
adb push tun.ko /system/lib/modules
adb shell
#su
#insmod /system/lib/modules/tun.ko
If everything works fine you should see no errors
#lsmod
You should see something like this
tun 11416 0 - Live 0xbf153000
#exit
#exit
So far so good.
Now go to the Android Market and download
1. busybox (if not already installed)
2. OpenVPN Installer
3. OpenVPN Settings
Run the OpenVPN Installer first. It will detect that OpenVPN binary is not installed and ask permission to install. You can choose to install it in /system/xbin or /system/bin (I installed it under /system/bin).
OpenVPN also needs the path to ifconfig and route which is provided by busybox. It will ask for the path and create symlinks. I created mine under /system/xbin/bb.
Next copy your openvpn config files and .crt files under /sdcard/openvpn.
Finally, run OpenVPN settings. If you have a valid config file under /sdcard/openvpn you should see those connections listed.
From the advanced menu you can set the path to your tunnel module as /system/lib/modules/tun.ko and load the module using modprobe.
Set the path to your configuration files (default is /sdcard/openvpn).
If everything looks fine then go back to main screen and click the checkbox next to your listed connection.
You should get a login icon in the notification bar if your connection requires username/password.
Thats it. Browse your internal network to check if everything is working as desired.
I just had a baby a few weeks ago and dont have time to troubleshoot this.
If someone can take over and post better/detailed instructions on making this work that would be great.
---------- 05/06/2011 Update -------------
Updated version of tun.ko for the 1.2 update. This for for kernel version 2.6.32.9.
In order to connect to Cisco/Freeswan VPN concentrators you can download VPNconnections from here. The instructions are quite straightforward and listed on the project page. http://code.google.com/p/get-a-robot-vpnc/
You will need to load tun.ko for both openvpn and VPNConnections.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/16190398/Nook Color 1.2/tun.ko
Thanks for the step-by-step guide on this, I can confirm that it does work as expected. I was able to connect to an OpenVPN server and route traffic properly over it. One more damn device that ties me to work now, wooh!
At my work we use a Cisco VPN. On my phone I use an app called VPN Connections. I loaded the module and instead of using the open vpn I used the apk mentioned above. But it didn't work. Does the OpenVPN support Cisco vpns?
has anyone gotten this to work with alwaysVPN??
after i enter my username and password
I get
connecting
Auth
get config
then a popup window saying
fatal: cannot allocate Tun/Tap dev dynamically
iandixo said:
has anyone gotten this to work with alwaysVPN??
after i enter my username and password
I get
connecting
Auth
get config
then a popup window saying
fatal: cannot allocate Tun/Tap dev dynamically
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Probably your tun.ko module is not loaded.
Did you set the path to tun.ko from OpenVPN settings ?
Can you use adb shell and
type
#insmod /system/lib/modules/tun.ko
then
#lsmod
and report what you see.
likearaptor said:
At my work we use a Cisco VPN. On my phone I use an app called VPN Connections. I loaded the module and instead of using the open vpn I used the apk mentioned above. But it didn't work. Does the OpenVPN support Cisco vpns?
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OpenVPN client wont work with Cisco's VPN. They use different protocols.
However, VPN Connections is supposed to be compatible with Cisco/FreeSwan and other IPSec VPNs.
I havent used VPNConnections but if there is any option to load the tun module then you can try setting the path and loading the module.
I would suggest that you first try loading the tun.ko module manually using adb shell. Then run VPN Connections and maybe it will work
dascud said:
Probably your tun.ko module is not loaded.
Did you set the path to tun.ko from OpenVPN settings ?
Can you use adb shell and
type
#insmod /system/lib/modules/tun.ko
then
#lsmod
and report what you see.
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I get
tun 11416 0 - Live 0xbf113000
tiwlan_drv 862084 0 - Live 0xbf03b000
bc_example 6460 0 - Live 0xbf034000
omaplfb 16584 0 - Live 0xbf02a000
pvrsrvkm 150196 56 bc_example,omaplfb, Live 0xbf000000
and the path is set in settings
what should I see in /system/xbin/bb ?? as there is nothing there at all. Reason I asked is for some unknown reason and without me changing anything, the error has now changed to something about "ifconfig unable to load external program" it flashes to fast to read
iandixo said:
I get
tun 11416 0 - Live 0xbf113000
tiwlan_drv 862084 0 - Live 0xbf03b000
bc_example 6460 0 - Live 0xbf034000
omaplfb 16584 0 - Live 0xbf02a000
pvrsrvkm 150196 56 bc_example,omaplfb, Live 0xbf000000
and the path is set in settings
what should I see in /system/xbin/bb ?? as there is nothing there at all. Reason I asked is for some unknown reason and without me changing anything, the error has now changed to something about "ifconfig unable to load external program" it flashes to fast to read
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This is good. Make sure that you set the path as the full path to the module as
/system/lib/modules/tun.ko in OpenVPN settings. (Yea path is a little misleading)
The error is due to openvpn not finding the path to ifconfig and route which is required to set the IP address for the tun device and push the default routes.
Did you install busybox ?. If not then you should install that.
If you already installed busybox then do this
adb shell
#mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system
#su
#which busybox
This should return /system/bin/busybox
Under /system/bin you should also find ifconfig and route which are essentially symlinks to busybox
Now navigate to the /system/xbin directory
#cd /system/xbin
#mkdir bb (if it doesnt exist)
#cd /system/bin
#cp ifconfig /system/xbin/bb
#cp route /system/xbin/bb
#cd /system/xbin/bb
# ./ifconfig
This should return some details about the tiwlan0 interface.
#exit
#exit
Try again and see if this works. If not you can run the OpenVPN installer again.
Shouldnt matter if you already ran it once before.
Set the path for the openvpn binary as /system/bin &
the path for ifconfig as /system/xbin/bb
Hopefully this should do the trick.
Hmm. I can't get this to work with VPN Connections either. lsmod says the module is loaded, but VPN Connections fails. I won't have time to look at this for a week or so, but if anyone has VPN Connections working with this tun.ko, that would be good to know.
well I'm getting somewhere it now connects and it seems to be passing data ...but I'm only getting a connection of 0.09kBps up and 0.06kBps down
FletchF said:
Hmm. I can't get this to work with VPN Connections either.
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Just to clarify, "VPN Connections" is an Android VPN client that can connect to a Cisco IPSEC VPN concentrator. It works well for me on my DROID.
link down? -nm
Hi. This sounds awesome. I am trying to get vpn since i left my laptop at home and my captivate is too small to do basic work.
I can't seem to dload the above but no go for dolphin or google browser.
Can someone post a mirror?
Edit: got it... couldn't get w the browsers and rockplayer seemed to want to play it. Used ie and got it ok.
I would love to hear if anyone else has had any success with alwaysVPN. I can connect but just can't seem to get any data ...
iandixo said:
well I'm getting somewhere it now connects and it seems to be passing data ...but I'm only getting a connection of 0.09kBps up and 0.06kBps down
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I recall that I had the same issue initially. I was able to get connected but not browse the internal network. The monitor would show a connection of 0.09Kbps.
I think this means that the initial handshake went through but the server was not able to push the ip address or the default routes.
When you get connected you should see a status which progresses as
Auth - > Get Config -> and finally connected to "server IP" as "your new IP address". If you dont see your new IP address then the connection is not fully functional.
A rather unscientific method to fix it which worked for me was
1.) Uninstall busybox
2.) Reinstall busybox
3.) Run OpenVPN Installer again
set path to Openvpn binary as /system/bin
set path to ifconfig as /system/xbin/bb
adb to /system/xbin/bb and check if ifconfig and route exists.
Reboot, do a minor rain dance and pray to the God of your choice while the Nook is rebooting.
So just to let everyone know I got VPN Connections working for my work's Cisco VPN. I did the steps outlined at first, downloaded the file, insmod the file, added openvpn and settings apps, then tried my vpn connections app but it wouldn't work. So I gave up. Two days later I tried it for fun after I had rebooted it many times and it worked! I haven't done a insmod command and I have uninstalled the two OpenVPN commands
likearaptor said:
So just to let everyone know I got VPN Connections working for my work's Cisco VPN. I did the steps outlined at first, downloaded the file, insmod the file, added openvpn and settings apps, then tried my vpn connections app but it wouldn't work. So I gave up. Two days later I tried it for fun after I had rebooted it many times and it worked! I haven't done a insmod command and I have uninstalled the two OpenVPN commands
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I was also able to get "VPN Connections" aka vpnc, working using this method.
Am now able to connect to my Cisco ASA, thanks for the great post.
My NookColor has been all of the sudden playing a load static noise when it is off and the only way to stop it is to turn it off. So I reset everything back to stock 1.0.1 and I will wait and see if it does it without it being rooted. If so I will get a different unit. But in the next week or two I will root it again and see if I need to install OpenVPN or not.
acomiskey said:
I was also able to get "VPN Connections" aka vpnc, working using this method.
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Hmm. Still trying here. How many reboots did it take?
FletchF said:
Hmm. Still trying here. How many reboots did it take?
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Just one for me, I did a lot of little things trying to get it to work, once I re-root later this week or next week I will post step by step directions to get it to work unless someone else beats me to it
FletchF said:
Hmm. Still trying here. How many reboots did it take?
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I think just 1.
I had "vpn connections" installed. I then follow the instructions at the beginning of this thread. I stopped at "Next copy your openvpn config files and .crt files under /sdcard/openvpn" since I wasn't interested in using openvpn.
I then rebooted, launched "vpn connections" and it connected.
I cannot however get the vpnc widget to work.
Hello,
I'm trying to connect to a Cisco VPN client by using VPN Connections on an Archos 70 IT 250 GB, that is rooted.
I always get a "Connection failed" message, after which the app crashes.
Did anyone succeed in getting VPN Connections working on Archos 70 IT ?
Regards,
Tonny
TonnyVanmunster said:
Hello,
I'm trying to connect to a Cisco VPN client by using VPN Connections on an Archos 70 IT 250 GB, that is rooted.
I always get a "Connection failed" message, after which the app crashes.
Did anyone succeed in getting VPN Connections working on Archos 70 IT ?
Regards,
Tonny
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Hi,
I used to have the same error on my Galaxy S, when trying to create a VPN tunnel to my companies CISCO gateway.
The problem seems to relate to the missing tun.ko library.
I'm not sure if the Samsung Galaxy files will work for Archos, but you might want to adapt and try the following how-to: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=793712&highlight=tun.ko
Regards,
Patrick
TonnyVanmunster said:
Did anyone succeed in getting VPN Connections working on Archos 70 IT ?
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I found a possible clue. After trying several free pptp vpn services and noticing that it seemed to resolve a url one time then just hang, I set up a vpn on my lan and tried the local coffee shop connection to access it. I found that if encryption was completely disabled on the lan vpn and unchecked on the 70 IT, it would connect and I could browse, check email, etc. As soon as I set the policy on the vpn server to enable any level of encryption it was back to the resolve 1 url and hang behavior. Of course an unencrypted vpn is about as worthless as t*ts on a bull but it's the only clue I've found. As a control, I tried an ip*d touch w/encryption on against the same vpn with all levels enabled and that worked.
If anybody else who's running a local vpn can duplicate and confirm this, it's a step in the right direction!
VPN Connections 0.99 (aka get-a-robot-vpnc) working on A101IT with urukdriod-0.6
I've managed to make get-a-robot-vpnc (aka VPN Connections 0.99) work on urukdroid0.6 on Archos 101 IT.
There are two issues with default vpnc.script, and one issue with output of 'ps' command needed by VPN Connections 0.99 GUI, to check is there a connected vpnc process.
Resolving vpnc.script issues:
1. Symbolic link is missing that links /bin/busybox (or /usr/local/bin/busysbox on urukdroid) to 'which' command (cd /usr/local/bin; ln -s busybox which)
2. Symbolic link is missing that links /bin/busybox (or /usr/local/bin/busysbox on urukdroid) to 'ip' command (cd /usr/local/bin; ln -s busybox ip)
$aur0n told me that this two commands/links will be included in urukdroid-0.7.
Resolving GUI 'ps' issue (a bit harder ):
VPN COnnections GUI do 'ps | grep 'vpnc$' to see is there active vpnc process (established connection), but output of 'ps' command(s) found on urukdroid is not what GUI expects, so it cannot find vpnc proccess even if it is running and VPN is established.
On urukdroid there is 2 versions of 'ps' command:
1st is /bin/ps which is symbolic link to /bin/busybox (very old version of busybox (1.7.2, I believe) and output of ps this command is not suitable for VPN Connections (GUI)
2nd is /usr/local/bin/ps which is native ps command, but its output is also not suitable for VPN Connections (GUI)
There is a (hidden ) 3rd 'ps' command in /usr/local/bin/busybox (that version of busybox is 1.17.2) - but also not suitable output for VPN Connections (GUI).
Experimenting a bit I've found that '/usr/local/bin/ps -A' gives an suitable output, so I:
1. renamed /usr/local/bin/ps to /usr/local/bin/ps.new
2. made a script /usr/local/bin/ps with:
Code:
#!/bin/sh
ps.new -A
exit $?
3. chown root:root /usr/local/bin/ps; chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/ps
After that, everything worked.
Hope this solves issues for some of you
P.S. Forgot to mention - urukdroid 0.7 will have its own vpnc service built-in.
Works in UD 1.5
nenadr said:
I've managed to make get-a-robot-vpnc (aka VPN Connections 0.99) work on urukdroid0.6 on Archos 101 IT.
There are two issues with default vpnc.script, and one issue with output of 'ps' command needed by VPN Connections 0.99 GUI, to check is there a connected vpnc process.
Resolving vpnc.script issues:
1. Symbolic link is missing that links /bin/busybox (or /usr/local/bin/busysbox on urukdroid) to 'which' command (cd /usr/local/bin; ln -s busybox which)
2. Symbolic link is missing that links /bin/busybox (or /usr/local/bin/busysbox on urukdroid) to 'ip' command (cd /usr/local/bin; ln -s busybox ip)
$aur0n told me that this two commands/links will be included in urukdroid-0.7.
Resolving GUI 'ps' issue (a bit harder ):
VPN COnnections GUI do 'ps | grep 'vpnc$' to see is there active vpnc process (established connection), but output of 'ps' command(s) found on urukdroid is not what GUI expects, so it cannot find vpnc proccess even if it is running and VPN is established.
On urukdroid there is 2 versions of 'ps' command:
1st is /bin/ps which is symbolic link to /bin/busybox (very old version of busybox (1.7.2, I believe) and output of ps this command is not suitable for VPN Connections (GUI)
2nd is /usr/local/bin/ps which is native ps command, but its output is also not suitable for VPN Connections (GUI)
There is a (hidden ) 3rd 'ps' command in /usr/local/bin/busybox (that version of busybox is 1.17.2) - but also not suitable output for VPN Connections (GUI).
Experimenting a bit I've found that '/usr/local/bin/ps -A' gives an suitable output, so I:
1. renamed /usr/local/bin/ps to /usr/local/bin/ps.new
2. made a script /usr/local/bin/ps with:
Code:
#!/bin/sh
ps.new -A
exit $?
3. chown root:root /usr/local/bin/ps; chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/ps
After that, everything worked.
Hope this solves issues for some of you
P.S. Forgot to mention - urukdroid 0.7 will have its own vpnc service built-in.
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Just wanted to say thanks! I'm using Urukdroid 1.5 and had the same issue. Used your trick and now VPNC connects to my companies VPN ^_^
Hi,
Last week I received my Archos 101. In general it is great. Even better is this forum
I installed urukdroid (thanks to the project-team!). I tried to use openvpn but it failed and I am not sure about the reason.
The server-configuration is
...
ifconfig-pool 10.10.10.120 10.10.10.130
push "route 10.10.10.1"
route 10.10.10.0 255.255.255.0
ifconfig 10.10.10.1 255.255.255.0
push "route-gateway 10.10.10.1"
push "route 10.10.10.0 255.255.255.0"
...
As the Archos is the only device it would get IP 10.10.10.120.
BUT: ifconfig shows:
inet addr.: 10.10.10.255 Bcast: 10.255.255.255 Mask 255.0.0.0
That did (and cannot) work. No ping to home network possible.
When I called route it looked fine (I used redirect-gateway).
When I send the command
ifconfig tap0 10.10.10.120 broadcast 10.10.10.1 netmask 255.255.255.0
from Archos Terminal I had at least access to my home network. But all route entries are gone.
Who has an idea what I am doing wrong? I checked it in the last day again and again... If there is no solution: is it possible to 'save' the entries from route and restore it after my manual change of ifconfig? I would like to do it via script, as my home network I only reachable via dyndns.
Thanks and best regards!
I used the OpenVPN Howto Quickstart and had no problems.
macemoneta said:
I used the OpenVPN Howto Quickstart and had no problems.
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Yes, I know the guide. I did the same with my ubuntu-netbook and it works directly.
And I think, it would work also on the Archos, if the openvpn/ifconfig on Archos accept the 10.10.10.120. But the IP is changed to 10.10.10.255 and that did not fit.
Where the h*** did the 255 instead of 120 come from?
I noticed the same problem...
No idea where it comes from, but as a workaround, you can put a script somewhere containing a suitable "ip addr add x.x.x.x/y dev z" statement, and reference that in the .conf file as "up scriptname".
Note that you need to add "--script-security 2" to the openvpn commandline to make that work. I added that to the OPENVPN_CFG variable in /etc/uruk.conf/openvpn.
regards
Patrick
This is the openvpn configuration I use for my Archos 101 (on the server). I'm not having any problems, using openvpn 2.1.1:
Code:
port 1194
dev tun
tls-server
ca /etc/openvpn/keys/ca.crt
cert /etc/openvpn/keys/[COLOR="Blue"]<my host>[/COLOR].crt
key /etc/openvpn/keys/[COLOR="blue"]<my host>[/COLOR].key
dh /etc/openvpn/keys/dh1024.pem
mode server
ifconfig 10.8.0.1 10.8.0.2
ifconfig-pool 10.8.0.4 10.8.0.255
push "route 10.8.0.1 255.255.255.255"
client-config-dir ccd
push "redirect-gateway def1"
push "dhcp-option DOMAIN [COLOR="Blue"]<my domain>[/COLOR]"
push "dhcp-option DNS [COLOR="blue"]<my dns server>[/COLOR]"
keepalive 10 60
inactive 3600
route 10.8.0.0 255.255.255.0
user openvpn
group openvpn
persist-tun
persist-key
verb 4
I examined the situation a bit further.
The problem comes from the ifconfig command that openvpn calls itself:
Code:
/system/bin/ifconfig myvpn \
192.168.x.41 \
netmask 255.255.255.0 \
mtu 1500 \
broadcast 192.168.x.255
This is only used when tap interfaces are involved, which is the case in my setup, but not in the setup macemoneta is showing. caesar68: do you also use tap interfaces?
I can reproduce the problem by just using that ifconfig command again.
When I list the IP-address-to-set as the last argument, instead, it works, i.e.
Code:
/system/bin/ifconfig myvpn \
netmask 255.255.255.0 \
mtu 1500 \
broadcast 192.168.x.255 \
192.168.x.41
A quick scanning of the openvpn manpage, does not suggest a way to override the ifconfig command that is used, but it does give an option --ifconfig-noexec which suppresses its calling.
Unfortuntely, when I just pack the is-working-after-the-interface-is-up ifconfig command into an up script with this option, it just gives me an error SIOCSIFNETMASK (Cannot assign requested address) - even if the same commandline works when I run it over an already upped interface... Probably because the interface then already had an IP address...
No problem, though, ifconfig is obsolete anyway, let us just use ip link and ip addr, which are fortunately available under Uruk.
So, caesar68, the clean solution would be to have
--script-security 2 on the openvpn commandline, e.g. via OPENVPN_CFG in /etc/uruk.conf/openvpn
in your myvpn.conf file:
Code:
ifconfig-noexec
up-delay
up-restart
up /etc/openvpn/myvpn-on-up
a corresponding script /etc/openvpn/myvpn-on-up, executable, with content
Code:
#! /system/bin/sh
ip link set $dev mtu $tun_mtu up
ip addr add $ifconfig_local/$ifconfig_netmask \
broadcast $ifconfig_broadcast \
dev $dev
Works For Me
Thanks for the explanation and the workaround, brian_o'fish. Why are you using tap though? Tap provides an Ethernet bridge, so you'll be transporting packets that really don't need to be sent to your Archos (reducing available bandwidth). Tun is layer 3 routed, so only traffic destined for either endpoint goes over the VPN connection.
macemoneta said:
Why are you using tap though?
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That's what the server I'm using, is configured to do, as it provides transparant bridged LAN access via VPN, and that is what I want, as I am the admin of said LAN and VPN.
If the low level of broadcasts we have, ever increases or appears to be a problem to me, I'll set up an additional tun server, but for now it is simply not an issue.
Anyway, good hint in general!
Hi all!
Thanks a lot for your comments. Yes I am using tap. I would like to have access to my home network (storage etc.). Therefore I want to use the brigde functionality. And that works only when I changed the ifconfig manually afterwards. But the route is distroyed then and packages to the internet are not routed secure thru my home-network.
@ brian_o'fish: Thanks for the advise. I will try that the next days. In the moment I am happy to read, that I am not the only one with the problem (and maybe to stupid to use openvpn - but on the netbook it works).
I have never worked with tun. Maybe I could check, if that is also a workaround.
I will keep you informed, but I am on a trip the next days.
Thanks again!
*** Update ***:
I didn't work neither with tap nor with tun. Meanwhile I tried to run VPNC. I had some trouble, but it works now.
caesar68 said:
I didn't work neither with tap nor with tun.
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Did you try the approach I described with tap, and can tell where / how it failed?
This is a DEV thread.
Unfortunately can't post in DEV forums as i never wrote in this site.
I've been working on enabling USB to Ethernet dongle on our Transformers as i didn't see any successful attempt in this area.
For my experiments I use USB to ethernet dongle from DealExtreme: (Link deleted. Can't post links. Search for "SKU 34691")
This dongle is based on ASIX AX88772B chipset.
Linux Driver was downloaded from: (Link deleted. Can't post links. Google for the driver v4.1.0)
I've compiled the driver with latest Clemsyn kernel downloaded from his git: (Link deleted. Can't post links)
The driver compiles without errors to asix.ko file (attached)
After insmoding the driver into the kernel i connected the dongle to USB port on the keyboard dock and connected RJ45 cable to it from my router. The blue led turned on and started to blink!! (Never happened before!).
Encouraged by this development i've executed the following sequence in terminal:
Code:
ifconfig eth0 10.0.1.17 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 10.0.1.255
route add default gw 10.0.1.1
The commands executed without errors and i tried to ping my router
Code:
ping 10.0.1.1
and.. it WORKED!
Started pinging computers in my local LAN - everything WORKED!
Access to router web interface via browser - WORKS!
Here the happy story ends.
I couldn't manage to ping any IP addresses outside the local network.
I think i'm very close to make this work.
Any help will be appreciated.
Edit:
FULLY WORKS!!!
Need to add DNS configuration (i set to Google DNS server):
Code:
setprop net.dns1 8.8.8.8
And that is it!
USB to Ethernet dongle fully works on Asus Transformer
Edit 2:
Not all applications work with wired connection.
Browser and Gmail work, but Skype does not.
Need to investigate further.
Good stuff! It would be nice to have the option to use a wired network in case you needed to! Great work!
dear Quiethinker~~
i have been searching for whole day and finally reach your post. good stuffs
it would be even better if you can share the procedures step by step, such as how to "insmod" ....
thank you very much~~
jaseli said:
dear Quiethinker~~
i have been searching for whole day and finally reach your post. good stuffs
it would be even better if you can share the procedures step by step, such as how to "insmod" ....
thank you very much~~
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I'll try to explain the procedure step by step (a bit improved sequence since my first trails):
1. Get USB to Ethernet dongle from DealExtreme (SKU 34691) - Do not attach it yet.
2. Install terminal application on the Transformer (such as "Android Terminal Emulator")
3. Turn off the WIFI.
4. Extract axis.ko.zip to some location in the Transformer (for example root of the sdcard)
5. Open terminal application and execute the following commands in the command line:
Code:
su
insmod [PATH_TO_KO]/axis.ko
6. Attach USB to Ethernet dongle to USB port on the Transformer's dock and connect RJ45 network cable. (Blue led on the dongle should start blinking)
7. Execute the following commands in the command line:
Code:
/system/bin/dhcpdc eth0
setprop net.dns1 8.8.8.8
8. Test that you have internet connection:
Code:
ping google.com
Currently there is lots of limitations with this solution:
- I compiled the KO module with clemsyn kernel v8b and checked only with this kernel.
- Android system doesn't recognize wired connection and therefore many apps think that there is no connection available
- When transformer going to power-down mode it disconnects the USB network. After waking up need to execute step 7 again.
I'm currently working on several directions in this area:
- Enabling support for more USB to Ethernet sticks within the kernel (custom kernel release is needed unless kernel devs will push the changes into their kernels)
- Enabling automatic configuration for wired network in android (Some scripting)
The achievement in this post is a proof of concept. I'm making a progress but very slowly due to very limited time. I hope more devs will pick this up.
Also attaching the sources for asix.ko driver so people can compile it with different available kernels
The drivers for ASIX AX88772B chipset are already in the kernel
I have one of these usb-eth dongles too and it works without the need for any extra drivers.
I simply run dhcpcd eth0 to pickup an ip address from dhcp and then setprop net.dns1 8.8.8.8 for dns.
I have an EDIMAX EU-4207
Other dongles using this chipset include the WII adapter, the Apple dongle and the linksys/cisco USB200M or USB300M
Roach2010 said:
The drivers for ASIX AX88772B chipset are already in the kernel
I have one of these usb-eth dongles too and it works without the need for any extra drivers.
I simply run dhcpcd eth0 to pickup an ip address from dhcp and then setprop net.dns1 8.8.8.8 for dns.
I have an EDIMAX EU-4207
Other dongles using this chipset include the WII adapter, the Apple dongle and the linksys/cisco USB200M or USB300M
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Good to know that your kernel includes it!
(Checked your GITHUB, do your refer to CONFIG_USB_NET_AX8817X=y ?)
Till now i worked with Clemsyn-Blades kernel and this wasn't included (maybe need to switch kernels )
Now only need to find automatic way to configure eth0 on insert/wake-up and it will be usable for regular users.
Quiethinker said:
Good to know that your kernel includes it!
(Checked your GITHUB, do your refer to CONFIG_USB_NET_AX8817X=y ?)
Till now i worked with Clemsyn-Blades kernel and this wasn't included (maybe need to switch kernels )
Now only need to find automatic way to configure eth0 on insert/wake-up and it will be usable for regular users.
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Ah yes, Asus added support since 3.2. I think we can enable it via a service call in init.rc but eth0 doesn't play too well with wlan0 I've found.
proby a dumb question anyways
but has to be a rooted device doesn't it?
lil-devil said:
proby a dumb question anyways
but has to be a rooted device doesn't it?
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Shortly - yes
Ok, it works well with my USB Lan adapter (Browser, Market browsing, etc.), but if I want to download an app from the market it doesnt work (only over Bluetooth or Wifi).
Lines I used:
dhcpcd eth0
setprop net.dns1 8.8.8.8
Is there a solution for the market download problem?
Would one or both of these adapters be supported?
http://www.monoprice.com/products/subdepartment.asp?c_id=103&cp_id=10311&cs_id=1031102
Thanks.
No: Product ID: 6150
Maybe: Product ID: 5345
You need NetGear FA 120 (search ebay)
xperiaflooter said:
Ok, it works well with my USB Lan adapter (Browser, Market browsing, etc.), but if I want to download an app from the market it doesnt work (only over Bluetooth or Wifi).
Lines I used:
dhcpcd eth0
setprop net.dns1 8.8.8.8
Is there a solution for the market download problem?
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Its a problem with honeycomb. Currently it doesn't support wired connections. We can trick it on "kernel level" but some applications use additional API to check for connectivity. Currently I don't know how to trick this API.
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Thanks for the info. But I dont know why Asus integrated USB LAN drivers, without automatic loaders. That makes no sense. But,... ok, I am glad that the driver is inside
xperiaflooter said:
Thanks for the info. But I dont know why Asus integrated USB LAN drivers, without automatic loaders. That makes no sense. But,... ok, I am glad that the driver is inside
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Maybe in some future honeycomb update this feature will be built-in.
I really hope so at least!
I was able to get my USB 2.0 NIC working without a module on Stock3.2 (rooted) and Prime! 1.8.4.
I found a script on here that I placed in /data/ for DHCP
Code:
#!/system/bin/sh
netcfg eth0 dhcp
dhcpcd eth0
DNS1 = `getprop net.eth0.dns1`
DNS2 = `getprop net.eth0.dns2`
setprop net.dns1 $DNS1
setprop net.dns2 $DNS2
Here is the one for static.
Code:
#!/system/bin/sh
busybox ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.22
route add default gw 192.168.1.1
setprop net.dns1 8.8.8.8
setprop net.dns2 8.8.4.4/
Here is the original post from XDA user : Linuxslate
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14367749&postcount=41
I don't recall the brand, but here is the chipset.
http://www.asix.com.tw/products.php?op=pItemdetail&PItemID=97;71;101&PLine=71
ciphercore said:
I was able to get my USB 2.0 NIC working without a module on Stock3.2 (rooted) and Prime! 1.8.4.
.....
I don't recall the brand, but here is the chipset.
http://www.asix.com.tw/products.php?op=pItemdetail&PItemID=97;71;101&PLine=71
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That's pretty cool. The Cisco-Linksys USB300M adapter appears to be using that same chipset, so I went ahead and ordered one. I should receive it sometime next week, at which time I'll report back if it works.
I'm working now
Running 3.2 with the latest build 8.5.9. It seems to have the needed driver built in corectly. I've then taken the following script and put it in /system/sbin (I called it wired) The apple USB to ethernet adapter is the one I'm using (cheapest available)
#!/system/bin/sh
ifconfig eth0
if [ $? -gt "0" ]; then
netcfg eth0
dhcpcd eth0
export DNS1=`getprop net.eth0.dns1`
export DNS2=`getprop net.eth0.dns2`
setprop net.dns1 $DNS1
setprop net.dns2 $DNS2
else
netcfg eth0 down
fi
If the device is not up $? will be larger than 0 (0 is success and if the device is down the command fails.) So the script brings up eth0. If eth0 is up $? equals 0 and the script brings the device down cleanly.
Now If I can just figure out how to turn this into an icon on the desktop I'll be all set
linuxrebel said:
Running 3.2 with the latest build 8.5.9. It seems to have the needed driver built in corectly. I've then taken the following script and put it in /system/sbin (I called it wired) The apple USB to ethernet adapter is the one I'm using (cheapest available)
#!/system/bin/sh
ifconfig eth0
if [ $? -gt "0" ]; then
netcfg eth0
dhcpcd eth0
export DNS1=`getprop net.eth0.dns1`
export DNS2=`getprop net.eth0.dns2`
setprop net.dns1 $DNS1
setprop net.dns2 $DNS2
else
netcfg eth0 down
fi
If the device is not up $? will be larger than 0 (0 is success and if the device is down the command fails.) So the script brings up eth0. If eth0 is up $? equals 0 and the script brings the device down cleanly.
Now If I can just figure out how to turn this into an icon on the desktop I'll be all set
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Great script!
Search for GScript app on the market. This is what you looking for
earlyberd said:
That's pretty cool. The Cisco-Linksys USB300M adapter appears to be using that same chipset, so I went ahead and ordered one. I should receive it sometime next week, at which time I'll report back if it works.
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Just to update, the USB300M works fine as well.
Hi,
The goal of my project is to implement mobile ad-hoc network routing protocol(AODV).
My problem is that I need to reconfigure the wireless driver/adapter to be able to work in ad-hoc mode. This means receiving packets from other nodes and resending packets if 2 nodes which want to communicate are far away from each other.
I don't have experience with drivers changing and I'm noob in Linux.
For better imagination, I've got source code for the Nexus One and HTC Hero and this code should be able to change wireless drivers configuration on these devices.
Here's the code for Nexus One:
Code:
case 0: //NEXSUS
system("insmod /system/lib/modules/bcm4329.ko");
snprintf(cmd, sizeof cmd, "ifconfig eth0 %s netmask 255.255.255.0", ip);
printf("\ncmd: %s\n", cmd);
system(cmd);
system("ifconfig eth0 up");
system("iwconfig eth0 mode ad-hoc");
system("iwconfig eth0 essid nexusbac");
system("iwconfig eth0 channel 6");
system("iwconfig eth0 commit");
break;
And here for the HTC Hero
Code:
system("insmod /system/lib/modules/wlan.ko");
system("wlan_loader -f /system/etc/wifi/Fw1251r1c.bin -e /proc/calibration -i /data/local/bin/tiwlan.ini");
snprintf(cmd, sizeof cmd, "ifconfig tiwlan0 %s netmask 255.255.255.0", ip);
system(cmd);
system("ifconfig tiwlan0 up");
break;
I was wondering if you could give me some advice what commands to use.
My Sony Xperia P is Rooted and I'm using Honami Moonwalker V8 ROM.
It seems that command ifconfig is not working. If I try to execute e.g
Code:
ifconfig eth0 up
android shell throws this error:
ifconfig eth0 up
error: SIOCGIFFLAGS (No such device)
Thank you for your answers. I really appreciate the time you give to this thread.
Try wlan0
ChikeD said:
Try wlan0
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thanks ChikeD, it seems that wlan0 works fine for ifconfig but it seems that iwconfig binary is missing. Are there any alternatives for this shell command in Android?
I tried to use iwconfig binary from Android tethering project but using it throws an error like this:
Code:
[email protected]:/ # iwconfig wlan0 essid xperiaP
SET failed on device wlan0; Invalid argument
Ageiris said:
thanks ChikeD, it seems that wlan0 works fine for ifconfig but it seems that iwconfig binary is missing. Are there any alternatives for this shell command in Android?
I tried to use iwconfig binary from Android tethering project but using it throws an error like this:
Code:
[email protected]:/ # iwconfig wlan0 essid xperiaP
SET failed on device wlan0; Invalid argument
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There is iw binary see what you can make out of that.
ChikeD said:
There is iw binary see what you can make out of that.
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Thanks, this looks very interesting. I'll give some feedback later if I manage to make it work
Ageiris said:
Thanks, this looks very interesting. I'll give some feedback later if I manage to make it work
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You changing the driver source?
ChikeD said:
You changing the driver source?
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I just need to make it work in the ad-hoc mode. If think it's an IBSS mode. I just need to figure out, how to setup this type of connection
Ageiris said:
I just need to make it work in the ad-hoc mode. If think it's an IBSS mode. I just need to figure out, how to setup this type of connection
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Assuming(thinking) is not an option.
From a brief look at the sources it seems the ad-hoc is not implemented.
ChikeD said:
Assuming(thinking) is not an option.
From a brief look at the sources it seems the ad-hoc is not implemented.
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Sorry for delay.
So you don't consider an IBSS mode as a true ad-hoc mode? Am I right? I thought that IBSS is like a synonym of the term "ad-hoc"
According to this website: http://en.kioskea.net/contents/804-wifi-modes-of-operation-802-11-or-wi-fi
It should be the same.
To my problem. I've made this commands to work:
Code:
/*Bring the interface up (an additional step like rfkill unblock wifi might be needed: ip link set wlan0 up*/
system("iw dev wlan0 set type ibss"); //Set the operation mode to ibss ):
system("iw dev wlan0 ibss join MyAdHocNetwork 2412") //frequency for channel 6: 2437, 2412 for channel 1...
system("ip addr add 192.168.1.2/24 broadcast 192.168.1.255 dev wlan0");
system("ip route add default via 192.168.1.1");
What do you think?
Thanks
Seems so, does it work?
ChikeD said:
Seems so, does it work?
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I don't know yet. I seems that everything is set up. Now I need to buy at least another xperia p or similar smartphone to test communication.
I am now trying to run ad-hoc mode on HTC Desire and Tablet Prestigio Multipad 3270b. But it's pain, because they don't have iwconfig and iw binaries.
Ageiris said:
I don't know yet. I seems that everything is set up. Now I need to buy at least another xperia p or similar smartphone to test communication.
I am now trying to run ad-hoc mode on HTC Desire and Tablet Prestigio Multipad 3270b. But it's pain, because they don't have iwconfig and iw binaries.
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So what is the purpose of this?
Doesn't have to be a smartphone, you can do it with a wireless pc/laptop
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/set-computer-to-computer-adhoc-network#1TC=windows-7
http://www.tp-link.com/en/article/?id=219
ChikeD said:
So what is the purpose of this?
Doesn't have to be a smartphone, you can do it with a wireless pc/laptop
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/set-computer-to-computer-adhoc-network#1TC=windows-7
http://www.tp-link.com/en/article/?id=219
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Thanks for the links. The goal of my project is to run ad-hoc mode on android. I will definitely test this later using windows but I am running out of time, so I'm focusing mainly to at least changing wireless mode from managed to ad-hoc. That's the most difficult thing because right now I am not able to change wireless mode on HTC and Prestigio using linux system commands. Maybe there is a way to change wireless mode programmatically (Java or C) but I haven't found that information yet.