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Which is the best and fastest VPN for android. Please suggest me the best and fastest one, dosent matter if it is a paid or free app

I've been using NORDVPN for about a year now. The price was reasonable. They have lots of servers. It comes with both VPN and DNS proxy. It also has a feature that will use the right server for the service you are connecting to, automatically without having to switch server country myself.
Some of the big PC magazines have chosen it as the top VPN service overall.
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mongo999 said:
I've been using NORDVPN for about a year now. The price was reasonable. They have lots of servers. It comes with both VPN and DNS proxy. It also has a feature that will use the right server for the service you are connecting to, automatically without having to switch server country myself.
Some of the big PC magazines have chosen it as the top VPN service overall.
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Thank you for the info
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I will suggest you to use ExpressVPN which is the best VPN service of all. I’m personally using Express never got any issue about internet speed.

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[Q] What is the Best VPN app for cisco firewall

Which is the best VPN software for Windows Mobile 6.5? I am wanting to connect to our work firewall which is a cisco concentrator using Ipsec and group authentication.
I have Tried NCP secure client, AnthaVPN
NCP Secure Client - Works but not well, constantly crashes and the gui is not very friendly for non techy staff which i want to roll VPN access out to.
AnthaVPN - Can not get this to work at all!
Bluefiresecurity - Looks like they have gone bust as their website no longer exists.
Is there a way to make 6.5 work out of the box or using scripts to connect? If not I am willing to pay for software just needs one that works properly and with a half decent GUI.
Thanks Guys.
Gazos
Can anyone help? Pretty desperate.
Gazos said:
Which is the best VPN software for Windows Mobile 6.5? I am wanting to connect to our work firewall which is a cisco concentrator using Ipsec and group authentication.
I have Tried NCP secure client, AnthaVPN
NCP Secure Client - Works but not well, constantly crashes and the gui is not very friendly for non techy staff which i want to roll VPN access out to.
AnthaVPN - Can not get this to work at all!
Bluefiresecurity - Looks like they have gone bust as their website no longer exists.
Is there a way to make 6.5 work out of the box or using scripts to connect? If not I am willing to pay for software just needs one that works properly and with a half decent GUI.
Thanks Guys.
Gazos
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Update on Status:
NCP Secure Client - Still buggy
AnthaVPN - does not work well with 6.5 as it messes with registry and kills wifi
BlueFiresecurity - No Longer Available
Symantec Mobile VPN - Awesome app works a treat NO LONGER AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE ARHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!
Comebody must know the answer to this
Looks like its using the terrible le NCP then
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I dont think this will help, but I use the Cisco AnyConnect client. Unfortunately the VPN concentrator has to be AnyConnect compatible. The standard PIX, FWSM and 3000 series concentrators aren't. But we are in the process of changing to a Cisco ASA solution, and while testing this it's the first time I can connect my HD2 to works VPN reliably.
996r said:
I dont think this will help, but I use the Cisco AnyConnect client. Unfortunately the VPN concentrator has to be AnyConnect compatible. The standard PIX, FWSM and 3000 series concentrators aren't. But we are in the process of changing to a Cisco ASA solution, and while testing this it's the first time I can connect my HD2 to works VPN reliably.
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Thanks for the reply, Unfortunately our network is behind several firewalls and we actually use an ASA but the first firewall in the line which we use to connect through to our network on a vpn is an old concentrator which we have no control/access over.

[Q] How does someone outside US watch Hulu and HBO?

Hello:
I live in Canada and don't get to enjoy the Hulu and HBO Go goodness. Total bummer. I would like to use my TF201 to watch this content - not desktop. It appears there are apps for PCs that do something with VPN or IP spoofing. But what options are available to Prime owners? I have DD-WRT flashed on my router so that might open some doors I'm not aware of.
Thanks.
I'm also in the same boat, if you get a good answer, would you pm me? Also if there is a solution I would suggest making the thread a sticky since there are probably lots of other Canadians looking for the same solution....
I use unblock-us here in europe with out any problem
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You could utilize the combination of http://www.cryptocloud.com and VPN on your transformer prime. Same as with a PC.
Other than that, probably some other apps out there that have the content. Hulu is pretty strict though, so VPN is probably the best option when you are out of the US.
rolodev said:
I use unblock-us here in europe with out any problem.
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Does HBO Go work without subscription?
DroidVPN works for US sites. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aed.droidvpn
It might onlybe a free trial though. Best setup would be VPN from router, no?
Catch-22.
If I use VPN for US websites, does that also prevent me from downloading torrents at the same time? That would suck.
I use unblock-us. It works great. I used to use VPN but it definitely slows you down. Because unblock-us just does DNS redirection, it runs at the full speed of your Internet connection. I'm not sure about HBO-Go, but unblock-us has a free trial so you can find out for yourself.
I have been using Unotelly for months and its an excellent service, I paid $19.99 for Gold Package 90 days and I can access netflix usa from uk, hulu from my PS3, PC, PRIME and Apple TV.
I would have posted the link but I can't as I have made less than 8 posts (stupid forum rule).
Just search for Unotelly in google.
Thanks. If I setup VPN in my router settings, do I have to make same changes to PC and Prime? Or will the router changes work for all?
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Hello:
I live in Canada and don't get to enjoy the Hulu and HBO Go goodness. Total bummer. I would like to use my TF201 to watch this content - not desktop. It appears there are apps for PCs that do something with VPN or IP spoofing. But what options are available to Prime owners? I have DD-WRT flashed on my router so that might open some doors I'm not aware of.
Thanks.
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Have you tried:
Orbot : tor proxy for andoid
Orbot offers three interfaces into the Tor network:
SOCKS 4A/5 proxy 127.0.0.1:9050
HTTP proxy 127.0.0.1:8118
Transparent proxying (on select devices)
More info:
https://www.torproject.org/docs/android.html.en
Its free..
What are you using to watch Hulu?
I get an unsupported device error from the app on my tf201.
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I use Witopia. Its a very good and inexpensive vpn service.
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houtx2 said:
I use Witopia. Its a very good and inexpensive vpn service.
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Thanks. Do you have VPN setup on all devices or just the tablet?
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Thanks. Do you have VPN setup on all devices or just the tablet?
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Yes, phone (HTC Incredible) and tablet.
houtx2 said:
Yes, phone (HTC Incredible) and tablet.
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I guess I should have mentioned router too. I flashed DD-WRT recently and thought I could do one master VPN setup from there. However, the Prime doesn't allow for dynamic DNS, if I'm using static local IPs. So VPN must be setup on Prime as well, but router VPN should work with windows desktop if set to assign dynamic IP from router. Does that make sense?
Thanks
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I guess I should have mentioned router too. I flashed DD-WRT recently and thought I could do one master VPN setup from there. However, the Prime doesn't allow for dynamic DNS, if I'm using static local IPs. So VPN must be setup on Prime as well, but router VPN should work with windows desktop if set to assign dynamic IP from router. Does that make sense?
Thanks
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No special router setup for me. I should have mentioned, I use Witopia on my laptop too.
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Thanks. If I setup VPN in my router settings, do I have to make same changes to PC and Prime? Or will the router changes work for all?
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unblock-us uses some DNS tricks to get you access to US and UK content. I just set up my router to use the unblock-us DNS server and that propagates to all the devices in my home.
Away from home, I use DNS Changer to switch the DNS to unblock-us.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...GwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5lZGR5cGN6LmRuc2NoYW5nZXIiXQ..
When looking at VPN services you are bets off finding one that works at high speed so buffering is never an issue
Ive been using VPN Supplier (vpnsupplier com) past few months, seems to be fast enough.
Try going to www.1channel.ch or let me watch this.com

If I can bypass my mobile ISP, can I tunnel elsewhere for data?

My phones finds be cut off for a while. I have root. Can I tunnel to a proxy and gain data that way?
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Do you mean a proxy, installed in your local network? If so yes, if not the proxy is also located in the internet somewhere and you need data to get there.
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That's what I'm trying to establish, is data by going around the provider... Cuz you know they maintain a data connection to the phone but it's just for their purposes, so I'm thinking there's gotta be a way to slip around them using 'bypass ISP' command from the crossbreeder mod, then a tunnel VPN to a proxy I have setup on another network... It seems to me that it should be doable... It's the 'how' that's got me tripping up.
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That's what I'm trying to establish, is data by going around the provider... Cuz you know they maintain a data connection to the phone but it's just for their purposes, so I'm thinking there's gotta be a way to slip around them using 'bypass ISP' command from the crossbreeder mod, then a tunnel VPN to a proxy I have setup on another network... It seems to me that it should be doable... It's the 'how' that's got me tripping up.
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I'm not sure if I understand correctly, but I think you use that :
"CrossBreeder now includes the bypass censor functionality. This allows you to circumvent DNS based censors as used by most authoritarian countries. This basically works by bypassing your ISP's DNS servers and querying the 2 Google DNS servers and 2 L3 DNS servers only. These are usually faster anyway, more so due to the caching and parallelizing nature of the query. Thus if your ISP is blocking websites without telling you, you have a way out if this. You can enable it using the following command:
su -c "/system/etc/CrossBreeder/ENABLE_BYPASS_ISP""
So you bypass your ISP's DNS, and you want bypass all DATA from your ISP...if I understand... A simple way would be a VPN based on openVPN...but you don't need proxy, the data in the VPN will not be readable for the ISP... Another is to use just...a HTTPS-Proxy, or SOCKS (for android, I launch shadowsocks on my server).
Hope that can help you.
But even if you use a VPN or anything similar, you still need access to the ISPs network. And if the access is blocked completely you also cant connect to the vpn.
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sounds like greek to me.. i want the algorythm for my local cellular network airtime voucher generator thing... man im so fycked off paying airtime its bull****.. ppl should be paying 400% less than what we di at the moment.. either that or im stuck too far in the future.. geez=(

Vpn issues

I have had no luck trying to get my vpn to work on my g3. It will connect and run but after a minute or so I will be unable to download or upload any data. I use a paid vpn with unlimited bandwidth so the server isn't the problem. Its client side. It doesn't work from the app from the provider or manually from settings.
Does anyone know ofbany workarounds. The compression usually gives me moderately better speeds and I pay $30 a year for this service and I am now unable to use it.
Any help appreciated.
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fenguepay said:
I have had no luck trying to get my vpn to work on my g3. It will connect and run but after a minute or so I will be unable to download or upload any data. I use a paid vpn with unlimited bandwidth so the server isn't the problem. Its client side. It doesn't work from the app from the provider or manually from settings.
Does anyone know ofbany workarounds. The compression usually gives me moderately better speeds and I pay $30 a year for this service and I am now unable to use it.
Any help appreciated.
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Try Cisco's Anyconnect. It's free. It works on my Nexus 7 and my G3.
In general, you don't need to connect through a third party app as android has a built-in VPN client. So try to use the built-in one and if you still face the stability problem, switch the protocols from pptp to l2tp or vice versa.
Also, make sure the network router/firewall permits GRE protocol 47 (You will want to find and enable a "PPTP passthrough" feature on your router that knows how to handle the GRE packets). In fact both port 1723 and GRE protocol shoyld be opened/enabled to establish VPN connectivity by using PPTP.
Hope it could solve the problem.

[Q] VPN On phone worth it ?

I was trolling thru the settings and saw there's a built in VPN that can be used is it worth it or is this one that Verizon has control over and would just hand over your info to the mafiaa anyway ? Anyone know more about this or have you used it yet ?
It's just a remote access client. Stock Android comes with one, which you can still use here, LG has provided a more advanced one that has better compatibility with more advanced forms of IPSec encryption, haven't really played with it to see what else it does.
I highly doubt that Verizon has instructed LG to intentionally compromise the security of their VPN client, the legal ramifications alone would make this a very foolish decision, even for Big Red. The security of the traffic sent over the tunnel depends on what type of encryption was used, and we can't currently be positive that there is a type of encryption out there the NSA can't crack, they don't need Verizon's help to do so.
What type of VPN are you trying to connect to? If this is corporate or educational the security of the traffic isn't your responsibility anyway.
I just use the stock Android on. I have been using it for years so I stuck with it. I played with the LG one but for what I need, the stock is all I need. I use it to stream movies to me phone from my home server and I can access my drives.
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I never used it before and all I would need it for would be the occasional stream when Netflix don't have something. So I guess the LG one would work just fine. I didn't know much about there VPN being on he in the first place or android. So thanx I leaned a bit tonight. ?
And ya I know all about if the nsa wants you they'll get you lol. Which is why I won't even step near anything like Expendables. Lions gate is like a pack of wild dogs going after people right now. ?
Given the actions of our Broadband and Cellular companies over the last few years, i have decided i wont use my computer and phone without a VPN. They have no right snooping.
I use VYPRVPN and i have tried many Vpn services over the last 2 years. VyprVpn seems to be the best bang for the Buck and the have the fastest speeds and a large amount of servers. Two things that separate Vypr from all the other VPN services is they use their own proprietary Protocol called Chameleon Protocol which is built on top of OpenVPN. It adds another 256bit layer of encryption on top of OpenVpns 256bit encryption and keeps our ISP's from knowing if were are using a VPN at all. The other added Benefit is they use their own DNS servers and detect and prevent DNS leakage also built in kill switches for in case you loose your VPN connection for what ever reason it will disable your internet all together to keep whatever you were working on from leaking out for prying eyes. They do minimal logging. They would prefer you not to do any torrenting but they dont block you from torrenting. But if you are someone who likes to torrent then use a server outside the US that doesn't have strict piracy laws.
Like i said i have used many VPN services and VyprVPN is by far the best ive ever used. There are tons of perks that others cant come close to offering. I have the premier plan and its worth it.
YES VPN IS WORTH IT. Anonymity is a must for me and should be for everyone else. What i do with my connection is none of anyone else's business. Especially since i pay a buttload of money to have internet. Hope that helps.
jmotyka said:
YES VPN IS WORTH IT. Anonymity is a must for me and should be for everyone else. What i do with my connection is none of anyone else's business. Especially since i pay a buttload of money to have internet. Hope that helps.
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My ISP (Sonic.net) allows VPN if you have a valid account.
The LG VPN works fine. Still getting LTE speeds through their backbone.
I guess I'll keep VPN enable permanently.
Sounds good. Now to learn how to use it properly lol. But ya my thoughts exactly no one needs to see what I have on my connection but me. And with all the snooping going on and intrusive adds grabbing info to see what sites you visit just to send you relevant adds (cough cough ) it's a great idea.
Most routers support VPN so its free to setup and easy to do
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Hi all. Trying to get the lg VPN going but I've only ever set one up for my home comps n they basica9did everything for you. One click setup so to speak.
I got to name the VPN then it asks for the ip address but is that my ip or the one I want it to show (masked) ?gotta admit I don't know much bout this lol thanx in advance guys .
VPN on Android
VPN on Android has kind of been a sore subject since KitKat. I used to connect to L2TP on Mac OS X Server (snow leopard) from my phones as far back as Gingerbread, but with KitKat, L2TP became incompatible with Apple's implementation. That being said, PPTP works fine although being slightly less secure than L2TP. Android connects just fine to my Ubuntu Server PPTP, but no matter what I do I can not get get OpenSwan (Linux L2TP) to work outside my local LAN. Considering I have the EXACT same problem with OS X L2TP over the Internet but iOS devices can still manage to "phone home" to my L2TP server, I'm sure has something to do with my ISP considering L2TP an "enterprise" application and blocking my traffic, but iOS devices use some form of non-standard/undocumented L2TP.
I use VPN all the time for the simple fact that it provides a secure tunnel back home so I can grab files off my server, etc. Not only that, but it's a good way to provide at least some security when using public wifi. The thought of using public wifi without VPN gives me chills. It is disappointing that Android has deemed PPTP not secure enough to enable "always on vpn", which would tunnel 100% of your data through your VPN whenever a data connection (4G or WiFi) are available.

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