Tun.ko and get-a-robot-vpnc (VPN Connections)

[Tekz08]

Any chance that the next version of Liberty will have tun.ko and the capability for VPN Connections to work?

All it does now is crash whenever I try to connect to a VPN.

Apologies if this is not possible - I ran a search on the entire forum here and didn't pull anything... don't know if it's not talked about or if it's just never been brought up.

 

[Tekz08]

Or maybe someone knows how to incorporate this module into the existing Liberty build? Any help or advice would be greatly welcomed.

get-a-robot-vpnc - Project Hosting on Google Code

 

[MoparFinch]

I too would like to see this.

 

[bogatyr]

My steps:

Install VPN Connections from: get-a-robot-vpnc - Project Hosting on Google Code

Download the tun_alt.ko file to the phone/sdcard: http://www.saturnwiki.net/droid_tun_driver/2.6.32.9/tun_alt.ko
(the built in browser wouldn't download it so I did that on my desktop, the built in one only showed the contents of the file)

Start the terminal emulator and use these commands:

su
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
cp /sdcard/tun_alt.ko /system/lib/modules/tun.ko
mount -o remount,ro /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
insmod /system/lib/modules/tun.ko

Works like a charm for me. I'm able to connect to Cisco 2811 routers using IPSEC VPNs.

 

[Jaxidian]

My steps:

Install VPN Connections from: get-a-robot-vpnc - Project Hosting on Google Code

Download the tun_alt.ko file to the phone/sdcard: http://www.saturnwiki.net/droid_tun_driver/2.6.32.9/tun_alt.ko
(the built in browser wouldn't download it so I did that on my desktop, the built in one only showed the contents of the file)

Start the terminal emulator and use these commands:

su
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
cp /sdcard/tun_alt.ko /system/lib/modules/tun.ko
mount -o remount,ro /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
insmod /system/lib/modules/tun.ko

Works like a charm for me. I'm able to connect to Cisco 2811 routers using IPSEC VPNs.

Does this stick after a reboot? I'm clueless as to what this does but am VERY interested!

 

[bogatyr]

Yes, it sticks after restarting. I used it for some time on my D2G so I'm quite happy that it works on my X too. My phone lets me support work without lugging my laptop around.

 

[bogatyr]

Also it basically opens the system partition for write access, copies the tun.ko. file into it, then sets it back to read only and installs the module. I think. Once installed, vpnconnections can use the tun.ko module for Cisco Ipsec VPNs.