Hi,
I tried to connect my touchpad via VPN to my router FRITZBOX 7390. Unfortanality it doesn't work - either with "VPNC" not "Cisco ANYWHERE". I tried to connect my iphone to the same router and it works perfect. So I try to use the same parameter for the touchpad - but the only message I got was "Conncetion failre: no response from vpn-server".
Can anybody give me a hint?
Once again - with my iphone it works perfect (IPSEC) - and i used the same settings / credentials
Please post an English version here. I have a Fritz.box myself.
-- Rod
Hey, I played around with the Palm VPN and made it work for my Palm Pre2 2.2.4 and my Touchpad 3.0.4. So here a translation out of that above mentioned forum entry:
Step1:
Create a Fritzbox configuration File
[EDIT]
You can now use "Fritz!Box Fernzugang einrichten" to create the config file. Please see Post #11.
Then you can continue in Step 2.
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/*
* Example Config for VPNC
*/
vpncfg {
connections {
enabled = yes;
conn_type = conntype_user;
name = "your@email_adress.com"; /* will be the group_id in the vpn profile config */
always_renew = no;
reject_not_encrypted = no;
dont_filter_netbios = yes;
localip = 0.0.0.0;
local_virtualip = 0.0.0.0;
remoteip = 0.0.0.0;
remote_virtualip = 192.168.178.201; /*set the vpn IP */
remoteid {
key_id = "your@email_adress.com"; /* will be the group_id in vpn profile config */
}
mode = phase1_mode_aggressive;
phase1ss = "all/all/all";
keytype = connkeytype_pre_shared;
key = "long and strong passowrd"; /* will be the group_password in the vpn profile config*/
cert_do_server_auth = no;
use_nat_t = yes; /* important to set in the vpn config as well, if you are on 3G */
use_xauth = yes;
xauth {
valid = yes;
username = "user"; /* set a username, which you use in the vpn config */
passwd = "password"; /* set a password, which you use in the vpn config */
}
use_cfgmode = no;
phase2localid {
ipnet {
ipaddr = 0.0.0.0;
mask = 0.0.0.0;
}
}
phase2remoteid {
ipaddr = 192.168.178.201; /* IP for the vpn client in your LAN */
}
phase2ss = "esp-all-all/ah-none/comp-all/no-pfs";
accesslist =
"permit ip 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.2.201 255.255.255.255"; /* needs to match the IP config */
}
ike_forward_rules = "udp 0.0.0.0:500 0.0.0.0:500",
"udp 0.0.0.0:4500 0.0.0.0:4500";
}
// EOF
Some info to it:
- name is a qualified name and does not have to be your email. I use something to identify my devices. So I use "Palm@mydomain.com" etc.
- If I say "vpn config", I mean the VPN configuration on the Palm/TouchPad
- If you want to use the VPN for the WebOS devices and e.g. your windows PC, you can put both configs in one file and the Fritzbox will have both available.
You do a structure like this: /*
* Example Config for VPNC
*/
With that I use my touchpad and pre on the WebOS config via the username password and my Laptop via a preshared key.
Step 2:
Load the configuration into the Fritzbox.
Step 3:
Replace the vpnc binary with the new compiled version out of the Post #8 in this thread (file version 0.5.3 !).
[EDIT]
Or take the attachment
[/EDIT]
Copy the file to the USB Partition and then reconnect to the Palm via command line to replace the binary: mount -o remount,rw /
mv /usr/sbin/vpnc /usr/sbin/vpnc_org
mv /media/internal/vpnc /usr/sbin/vpnc
mount -o remount,ro /
Step 4:
Connect the VPN :-)
I made this as a translation, so it would be nice, if someone actually could try this and we can see that all steps are in there and working.
I am right now trying to make WebOS tunnel all traffic through the VPN. So far it only uses the VPN for the local addresses. I was able to make it work on my laptop, but I can't find an option in WebOS to tunnel all traffic to the VPN and change the DNS to the Fritzbox.
I looked into vpnc and found the vpnc-script in /etc/vpnc. It seems, that the routing and DNS setting is done there.
I have no clue about such scripts, but would it be possible to patch it with tweaks, so you get the option to change the behaviour?
Hey everyone,
good news, the whole thing became now easier. You still need to replace the vpnc file on the WebOS device though, but you can automatically create the config file for the fritzbox with "Fritz!Box Fernzugang einrichten" in Version 01.03.00.
There is now an option for iPhone included, just pick that for the WebOS.
Also you can check an option to route all traffic through your fritzbox. Very nice if you are in public WiFis.
Only error I found: If you also create a fritzbox configuration for your laptop with the shrew VPN client and you want to completely surf via the firtzbox, the checkbox is somewhat ignored in creating the config file.
So you need to do one manual change in the fritzbox config file: phase2localid {
ipnet {
ipaddr = 192.168.2.0;
mask = 255.255.255.0;
}
}
VPNC doesn't offer support for draft-ietf-ipsec-nat-t-ike-03, which is
required by the Fritz!Box series of home routers. This patch adds
support for that feature so that VPNC can connect to these routers.
Also, the default timeout is lowered to 3600 seconds (also required by
Fritz!Boxes).
So one could patch it with that .diff file for yourself and compile with selfdownloaded source
there are a few days gone since this instruction was written and I really liked to use VPN with my devices and my FritzBox and I'm struggling now for two days to make it work.
I have FRITZ!OS 06.05 running on my box and I think the easiest way now seems to be like written below. The weird thing is that my Veer (2.1.0) works like a charm with this. My Touchpad and my Pre2 establish a VPN connection (my Fritzbox confirms this too), But while calling a webpage there comes an error "can't resolve hostname". Does anybody know what might be missing?
Settings on the FritzBox
Activate MyFRITZ! and create a user account
In return you'll get a server name like abcdefghijk.myfritz.net
Go to Internet -> Permit Access -> VPN
Press button "Add VPN Connection"
Chose the first option "Setup access for a user"
FRITZBox will jump to System -> FRITZ!Box-User
Press button "Add user"
Enter a user name
Enter a password
Select options Account active and VPN
Deselect all other options
Press OK
FritzBox will ask to show the VPN settings
Confirm this and look at iPhone settings
Settings on my webOS-device
Copy file vpnc of the attachment of posting #7 on your device and do as described in Step 3 of posting #7
Open VPN-App
Tap on Add profile
Select conection type VPNC
VPN-Server is the name that is shown in the iPhone settings
Tap Continue
Next page opens
Chose a profile name like "MyFirstProfile"
Server-Name should be filled with the name that is shown in the iPhone settings
Username is the Account that is shown in the iPhone settings
Password is the password you entered in the FritzBox while adding this user
Group-ID is the Groupname shown in the iPhone settings (the same as the username)
Group-Password is the Shared Secret shown in the iPhone settings
Domain is the Server that is shown in the iPhone settings
Select Dead Peer Detection
Select strong encryption
Select NAT-Traversal detect automatically
Tap connect
Still struggling to make my TouchPad work like the Veer does...
VPN connection seems to be established. TouchPad shows VPN sign and my VPN-profile is checked. My FritzBox tells that a VPN connection is established to my TouchPad.
When I start my browser with http://google.de there comes a message: Error. Hastname can't be resolved.
If I start my browser with http://173.194.113.8/ then google is opening in my browser.
I don't know much about VPN, IP, DNS, Linux etc. But this seems to me like a nameserver problem (?). Is there a file where I have to enter a special nameserver for VPN usage. And if yes, which nameserver has to be entered?
Though I really don't know exactly what I'm doing, I might have a solution for this problem.
So far I tested in my network and outside my network. I had the same problems in both cases. In my network I use static IP adresses so I have to setup the WiFi-connections of each of my webOS devices. In the configuration I use an entry DNS wich is the IP of my FritzBox in my network (192.168......).
If I use the second field for DNS in the WiFi settings of my TouchPad and fill in 8.8.8.8 (which is google) then I can connect to VPN and the browser works
But I have to confirm this outside my network because I don't know if it is possible to connect to a foreign WiFi and manipulate the settings that I've got automatically from a router with DHCP...
Originally Posted by shneor
