Configure and Connect Android to Fonera through OpenVPN

OpenVPN In this blog I would give you a guide in order to successfully connect your Android 2.1 device with Fonera 2.0n.

What you need:

Fonera 2.0n updated to the last firmware 2.3.6.0 Fonera 2.3.6.0 r1665
Android rooted device (i used 2.1 but every previous release should work)

Let’s start to configure first our Fonera in order to activate OpenVPN.

First of all from Fonera pannel activate OpenVPN (Dashboard >> Settings >> OpenVPN) and generate a new key set. This could take up to 10 minutes.
In the meantime if you have a dynamic DNS and you don’t have an account on dyndns.org create a new free account. Dyndns free.
Configure your Fonera in order to login automatically on dyndns.org (Dashboard >> Settings >> DDNS).
If you are behind a router/NAT configure port forwarding to your fonera. Allow all connections on port 1194 (default OpenVPN port). This depends on your router config panel.
Your openVPN key should be created now, go to OpenVPN console on your Fonera and add a new client host, once it is created create a new configuration file by clicking “Generating Keys”. You can also configure auth for each connection allowing the access to your entire network.
Configuration of Fonera is finished and your pannel shoul be like this.

OpenVPN Fonera

Now configure our Android device.

Install OpenVPN Installer from market
Install OpenVPN Settings from market
Connect your Android device on USB and copy configuration file generated by Fonera on step 5.
adb push \home\<user>\<path to unzipped files>\ /sdcard/openvpn/
Launch OpenVPN Settings and it should read automatically your ovpn file configuration file.
Check the ovpn file and connect to your Fonera!

OpenVPN Android

It is really simple but I want to share with you my experience.

Fonera 2.3.6.0 r1665

This entry was posted by Ivan Femia on April 19, 2010 at 11:04 PM, and is filed under Android, IT, Technology. Follow any responses to this post through RSS 2.0.You can leave a response or trackback from your own site.

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#1 written by ultrasound technician 1 year ago

Keep posting stuff like this i really like it

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#2 written by Reheae Shinem 1 year ago

I used this openvpn based free vpn service during my test:

http://www.freeopenvpn.com

It provides free openvpn connection to both Android and Fonera router , works very well.

R.S

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#3 written by Peter Blok 1 year ago

Where is the button or link for “Generating Keys” in your step 5?

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#4 written by Ivan Femia 1 year ago

Maybe you have a different firmware release.

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#5 written by Archon 1 year ago

The only thing i get is “wait” in android.
My fonera is behind an other router. I forwarded the port 1194 to the foner ip-adress.
I made a new entry in the openvpn settings for my android phone.
I made a test with an test via freeopnvpn.com and i get an error “fatal: cannot allocate tun/tap dev dynamically.
what does it mean? what do i have to do?

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#6 written by farmerjohn 1 year ago

Thanks for the tutorial. I set up everything and it seems to work, my Android phone connects as 10.8.0.6

Now, what can I do with it?

I thought I could connect to the foneras dashboard (10.8.0.1?) or could route all traffic from my phone through the fonera? But that does not seem to be work. Is there a way that I can connect to Windowsshares (e.g. my Desktop) behind the fonera?

Would be very cool if you could write another blog about the possibilities one has with this settings from an Android phone. I couldn’t find anything similar on the web.

Thanks again,

farmerjohn

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