Connecting you Android device to a computer network.
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UDP multicast with reverse tethering
We are using a Wi-Fi network to communicate with other devices running our applications. And, we are using UDP multicasting.
However, due to some new restrictions we are no longer allowed to use ...
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how to measure the RSSI strength signal between peers using wifi direct?
there is no feature to measure the RSSI between peers in Wifi-direct, so how to get RSSI between them.
actually i go under API for WIFI to see how they measure WIFI RSSI So i see that they send ...
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netcat listening on nexus 4 doesn't seem to respond
I have a Nexus 4 on my wifi network along with a laptop. I would like to establish a connection using netcat from my laptop to my phone.
On my phone, I can run uname -a | nc <LAPTOP IP> ...
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How do I access files on an Android device from a LAN connected computer?
My connection configuration is, my modem, connected to a LAN router, connected to several PCs and also connected to a wireless router. When I use WiFi on my android device, I can access files on the ...
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Unknown Host - Emulator network config question
I have an issue I need help with. I have the android emulator running using Eclipse Helios & ADTv20. I am able to get to internet using emulator. (google.com) However I cannot access any local ...
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Possible to connect Android device to Internet with Ethernet
I want to connect my Samsung S3/S4 to the internet using an Ethernet cable and USB network adapter. Is this possible?
I have tried a couple different adapters, which don't work, and leads me to ...
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Tablet not connected to N wifi
I have bought a cheap tablet, and it was not able to connect to my N-only wifi. When I set it to NG or G, it connected fine. So I took it back to the shop and had it replaced. The new one has the same ...
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Galaxy S4 filtering incoming connections
I am trying to run an ftp server app on my galaxy s4 (tmobile) and it starts ok, binds to the wifi address and port 8021, but then I can't connect to it. I tried pinging my internal ip address as well ...
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android 4.1.1 network connectivity issues
device: asus memo pad mev172v
issue: Apps (facebook, play store, ym, skype, etc) cannot access the wifi network. I can browse using Chrome (except for SSL sites) and can use the Youtube app.
tried:
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Why is one of my WiFi networks not visible after connecting to the other one?
I've got two access points / WiFi networks at my home and there is a strange behavior with my Android 4.0 phone (SGS2): after my phone connects to one network or the other (whichever is currently ...
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Connecting the DS18B20 Temperature Sensor Probe to Android [closed]
The DS18B20 is a temperature probe. Has anyone ever heard of connecting this to an Android phone?
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Improving local wifi speed
I'm would like to use local Wi-Fi Hotspot with no Internet access to connect to multiple Android phones. The problem is, even though is a local network with only a few phones connected and no Internet ...
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How to simulate cell signal loss?
The program (CSipSimple) seems to work not well when cell data network is unstable. It works OK hovewer if you manually switch it on and off.
How to simulate bad network connectivity (e.g. going by ...
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How to create a Local Area Network with Android device?
I want to use a TCP service running on my phone that needs its current IP to be known. So when the phone is connected to its internet as alone, I can know its IP.
However to speed up this task, I ...
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Android ADB unable connect with IP address
I have successfully installed Android OS in Oracle virtual box, but I have one problem: I cannot connect to ADB in the Android OS virtual box.
In my Network settings in virtual box:
When I select ...
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Phone connected to wireless but does not respond to pings
I have here two phones that both exhibit the same symptoms. One is a samsung GT-S5570 running the stock ROM, the other is a Galaxy S2 running an AOSP-based custom ROM. The problem I have is that ...
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How can I share my files from mobile device to PC through wireless router?
I have a wireless router and my pc has ip : 192.168.1.101 and my htc desire mobile has ip: 192.168.1.102. But I am not able to ping my mobile from PC. I just want to access my files on mobile through ...
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Access CentOS server on VMware from Android mobile?
I'm stacked on this issue , I'm basically trying to make calls between android device and php pages to deal with mysql database .
I could reach WAMP server from chrome on android emulator on windows ...
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Why does my phone uses Google Public DNS?
I was just curious to know what DNS server my phone used. So I launched a terminal emulator and I entered:
$ cat /etc/resolv.conf
nameserver 8.8.8.8
nameserver 8.8.4.4
As you can see, my phone uses ...
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How to resolve that both Wifi Hotspot and USB Tethering need reboot to work?
I am using a Huawei Honor Device running the official Ice Cream Sandwich. I use the wifi tethering quite often to get my notebook online, and realized following behavior:
I am connected to Wifi. ...
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How to set the DNS server on Nexus One?
The ISP I use on my N1 doesn't allow me to open facebook. Using a PC, I can use Google DNS server (8.8.8.8) to by-pass them but on N1, I can't find where to put the stufff.
Please help if you know ...
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Can I override the default DNS settings on an HTC Evo without root access?
Is there any way to override the Sprint DNS server(s) used by default on the 3G connection of an HTC Evo running Froyo without root access?
The reason I want to do this is because some sites are able ...
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How to connect 3rd party tcp/ip device to Nexus7
I have a wired tcp/ip based device that I need to access from an android app running on a rooted nexus 7.
There is only one hard-requirement1. The tablet's primary internet connectivity must NOT be ...
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Do I need to root my phone to get a tcpdump?
I'm troubleshooting my aCal installation and the good folks at aCal asked me for the output from tcpdump -A -- do I need to root my phone and install busybox or can I do this from a terminal emulator?
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No web access on Android 2.3.7
I have an LG Optimus V, rooted, with Cyangenmod 7.2.1 (BackSide-IHO) that has developed, lately, a weird network problem:
While on 3G (or wifi) every app on the system with the exception of the two ...
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Ports on the Android PHONE
I often use my Samsung Galaxy Note2 on local WiFi networks which are protected by a firewall, and experience problems with some apps which are most likely caused by strict firewall rules.
Is there ...
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Is it possible to use an Android phone as network disk, so I can browse it on my TV?
Is it possible to connect an Android phone to my TV with a USB cable, and then browse a network disk instead of the SD card?
To answer comment questions: HTC Desire HD, TV is able to browse USB ...
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Block all connections except a single host server ? (block by server not by app)
My mobile company offers a free package for facebook with unlimited bandwidth , however when I open my 3G connection the mobile automatically connects to unknown servers (maybe google) and the mobile ...
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How to control additional tethering settings on android phones?
I want to use my phone and data plan as a temporary solution for providing Internet for my whole home network.
I have plugged it into my OpenWRT router via USB and it's network device usb0 is so far ...
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How to listen which URLs an app tries to connect
Is there an app (or some other way) that could listen to other apps, and their network?
I have this one app, and I couldn't figure out where it gets its images. I tried to google an app to listen to ...
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How can I see what IP address my android phone has?
I would like to know what IP-address my Android phone has. E.g. if I use my phone over WiFi, how can I get the local IP-address that is assigned to my phone?
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Use android tablet as ethernet gateway
i have an android tablet with wifi and ethernet adapter.
i have also configured a vpn. I would like to use this tablet as gateway internet for a second device where i cannot configure a vpn.
How to ...
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Cannot ping Android devices on same wifi network
I have a Nexus 7 running CyanogenMod 10.1. For some reason I cannot reach it from my laptop on the same wifi network. I cannot ping in either direction. In the past i have been only able to ping one ...
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How is WhatsApp able to receive messages when not in use?
I'm curious about how WhatsApp is able to receive messages when not in use.
I mean, I understand that WhatsApp works using the Internet connection rather than the cellphone network. Imagine that I ...
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Use Galaxy S2 / S3 as router for PC lan gaming
I have a computer with no network interfaces (the only one it had went faulty). My friend's PC's network interfaces are working fine. We want to play PC LAN games, but when I set my Galaxy phone to ...
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How to setup VLAN on Android?
Can anybody give me idea how to setup the VLAN on android. I get VLAN 200 tagged traffic from some device. So how can I configure or setup the networking stuffs in android to allow traffic tagged with ...
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How can I configure Android to login to an ISA proxy server?
I see that if I did a long touch over a Wifi network, I can specify some proxy settings. In my company we use a Isa Proxy server, and each user has to login through domain server.
Is there any way to ...
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Using Android as network server
I want to use my Android device as a network server. In the same kind of way you would make it a Wi-Fi hotspot, but I don't want to allow connected computers to access the internet, I would like them ...
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Is there a command or application similar to ipconfig?
I would like to see my network addresses on my phone. On Windows I can use ipconfig for this and ifconfig on Linux. But how can I see this information on my Android device? Is there an application or ...
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I have rooted my phone, but why can't I Telnet?
I have a T-Mobile G1 and rooted it using AndRoot. I've confirmed that I have root by using Wireless Tethering, I get all the required request superuser permission dialogues.
However when I go to the ...
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Run connectbot as root? [duplicate]
I'd like to do reverse ssh tunneling with my phone. Anyone know how I can run connectbot as root so that it can bind to port 22 ?
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What are twitter clients work as bridge
I'm where twitter is blocked therefore I need proxy or vpn to bypass and use twitter on my phone. But websites like hootsuite solve this problem while they fetch content on their own servers (I think ...
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Do I need adb? Whats wrong with terminal?
I'm pretty new to Android, but I have a bit of linux understanding.
Do I need to use adb and do I need to type adb before every command?
I have SSHDroid running on my GS3. I open my regular linux ...
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Connect Android phone to router via USB-to-Ethernet
I own an HTC Desire HD and it currently has the IceColdSandwich custom rom on it. I also own a usb OTG adapter and a D-Link USB 2.0 Fast Ethernet adapter DUB-E100.
What I want to achieve is to ...
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Rooted Kindle Fire can't connect to Socket
I rooted my first-generation Kindle Fire (at the time running 6.3.2) so I can run Jelly Bean on it. However, when programming a simple networking app, the following line:
Socket sock = ...
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Connect an Android tablet to ethernet
I use tablet with Android in a professional environment and the it department doesn't accept to install wifi.
My tablet need to synchronise with CSV file on a LAN share.
I'm looking for solutions. ...
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How to know the MAC and IP of my device?
The screen shot of my device looks like this:
Screenshot (click image to enlarge)
Could anyone help me to know the MAC and IP Addresses please? My device runs Android ICS.
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Push notifications to my Droid on local network
I am looking for either an app or a way to allow my 3 Ubuntu server's running in my house on my local network to send a notification to my Android phone when a task is done.
Every hour or so one of ...
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Connect with adb to device via network
I want to do some android theming, but I have a question on what the best way is to set up the system.
I have 2 computers here at home. So i was thinking of having the following setup if that is ...
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Can I use an USB Ethernet adapter to connect Sony Ericsson Xperia Active to a wired Ethernet LAN?
Due to my profession I use to have to connect to wired-only LAN-attached devices (like managed switches, routers set-top-boxes etc) frequently to access their configuration interfaces via ...
