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SmartVPN client with Android 7 (Nougat)
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20 Jun 2017 13:22 #1
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SmartVPN client with Android 7 (Nougat) was created by pto
Hi everyone, I'm trying to set up my first VPN on a Vigor 2760 and connect to it from my Android phone.
The phone is running Android version 7 (Nougat) and the SmartVPN client version 1.0.9.
I have followed the instructions for setting up the router, creating a certificate and creating a user on the phone.
When I click Dial in the phone client I immediately get a Disconnected message. I can't see anything in the server logs.
Is this version of the SmartVPN client compatible with Android 7? If so, any clues on what I might be doing wrong? The setup tutorials seem clear enough and I have followed them carefully.
TIA
Mike
The phone is running Android version 7 (Nougat) and the SmartVPN client version 1.0.9.
I have followed the instructions for setting up the router, creating a certificate and creating a user on the phone.
When I click Dial in the phone client I immediately get a Disconnected message. I can't see anything in the server logs.
Is this version of the SmartVPN client compatible with Android 7? If so, any clues on what I might be doing wrong? The setup tutorials seem clear enough and I have followed them carefully.
TIA
Mike
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20 Jun 2017 18:22 #2
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Replied by hornbyp on topic Re: SmartVPN client with Android 7 (Nougat)
Try using a Pre-Shared-Key rather than a certificate - this should be much easier to get going.
Make sure you perform your tests using the phone's mobile data, rather than the 2760's Wifi. (I don't have a 2760, but I know the 2860 doesn't support this. Weirdly, the 2830 does !)
Make sure you perform your tests using the phone's mobile data, rather than the 2760's Wifi. (I don't have a 2760, but I know the 2860 doesn't support this. Weirdly, the 2830 does
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20 Jun 2017 18:52 #3
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Replied by pto on topic Re: SmartVPN client with Android 7 (Nougat)
Hi, and thanks for your reply. You were right on both counts - I disabled WiFi and certificate authentication and now my phone connects:D ![:D :D](/media/kunena/emoticons/1.png)
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Can you explain to this poor novice why this has fixed the problem please?
Mike
![:D :D](/media/kunena/emoticons/1.png)
Can you explain to this poor novice why this has fixed the problem please?
Mike
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20 Jun 2017 20:32 #4
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Replied by hornbyp on topic Re: SmartVPN client with Android 7 (Nougat)
My guess - is that the Certification Path is the problem ... i.e. the phone doesn't trust the certificate, because it's not from a Certificate Authority it knows about. The cure might be as simple as exporting the Certificate from the Vigor (to a file) and then importing it on the phone. But unless you have lots of clients/phones to set up, I don't think there's any real advantage in using a Certificate...
As for why it doesn't work via Wifi with some Routers, I don't know. It definitely does work with a 2830 , so it is possible...
As for why it doesn't work via Wifi with some Routers, I don't know. It definitely does
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20 Jun 2017 23:49 #5
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Replied by pto on topic Re: SmartVPN client with Android 7 (Nougat)
OK thank you.
Just one more question - the Android SmartVPN app uses SSL and makes no mention of a pre-shared key. Can this be implemented, and if so how?
Mike
Just one more question - the Android SmartVPN app uses SSL and makes no mention of a pre-shared key. Can this be implemented, and if so how?
Mike
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21 Jun 2017 02:22 #6
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No - you're right - I mis-remembered![:) :)](/media/kunena/emoticons/3.png)
(Must have been the built-in Android client I was thinking of, for L2TP/IPSEC)
Replied by hornbyp on topic Re: SmartVPN client with Android 7 (Nougat)
the Android SmartVPN app uses SSL and makes no mention of a pre-shared key. Can this be implemented, and if so how?PTO wrote:
No - you're right - I mis-remembered
![:) :)](/media/kunena/emoticons/3.png)
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