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iPad How To: Enable VPN to watch Cablevision LiveTV outside your home
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Instructions how to enable the app to work outside home network as described here in this post. You can IM me also if it's easier. PM me for scree name or the instructions.
so i followed your steps completely, the only issue i have is finding the DHCP IP address range for my router (airport extreme). I left the default range and proceeded. I ran into problems when trying to connect to the VPN from iPhone/other computer, etc
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trying to play catch up in the small book of posts on this
Coleman - maybe you can answer this quickly. I already have a VPN server at home and my iphone connects to it remotely and gets the internal ip from DHCP on the VPN server (192.168.2.x), but I can't get the app to work.
a) Does the iphone have to be jailbroken to do this?
b) I have my router forwarding port 1723 (PPTP) to the VPN server but I see mention of port 47 - is that the port the Optimum app uses? Where would I forward that?
trying to play catch up in the small book of posts on this
Coleman - maybe you can answer this quickly. I already have a VPN server at home and my iphone connects to it remotely and gets the internal ip from DHCP on the VPN server (192.168.2.x), but I can't get the app to work.
a) Does the iphone have to be jailbroken to do this?
b) I have my router forwarding port 1723 (PPTP) to the VPN server but I see mention of port 47 - is that the port the Optimum app uses? Where would I forward that?
Worked great on my iPhone! How is the quality of this on the iPad 3? I'm moving away to school in Pennsylvania in a few weeks, and I'm thinking about buying an iPad 3 so I can watch my Yanks and Jets
trying to play catch up in the small book of posts on this
Coleman - maybe you can answer this quickly. I already have a VPN server at home and my iphone connects to it remotely and gets the internal ip from DHCP on the VPN server (192.168.2.x), but I can't get the app to work.
a) Does the iphone have to be jailbroken to do this?
b) I have my router forwarding port 1723 (PPTP) to the VPN server but I see mention of port 47 - is that the port the Optimum app uses? Where would I forward that?
A) Yes the iPhone has to be jailbroken and 2 patches applied to the iPhone.
B) Both ports 1723 and 47 have to be forwarded for UDP and TCP traffic to the internal IP address of your VPN server.
Worked great on my iPhone! How is the quality of this on the iPad 3? I'm moving away to school in Pennsylvania in a few weeks, and I'm thinking about buying an iPad 3 so I can watch my Yanks and Jets
I bought an iPad 3. It looks pretty damn good. HD quality.
Please help!
To Coleman 2010, if you please could, I'd like your help to. Obviously I'm not the first to ask and I'm sure I won't be the last, do you think maybe you could just make a video? As awesome as that would be for me and all of us, it'd probably save you a lot of time helping people! Just a suggestion, thanks in adavnced!
To Coleman 2010, if you please could, I'd like your help to. Obviously I'm not the first to ask and I'm sure I won't be the last, do you think maybe you could just make a video? As awesome as that would be for me and all of us, it'd probably save you a lot of time helping people! Just a suggestion, thanks in adavnced!
Hmm... I never thought of doing a video. What do you need help with?To Coleman 2010, if you please could, I'd like your help to. Obviously I'm not the first to ask and I'm sure I won't be the last, do you think maybe you could just make a video? As awesome as that would be for me and all of us, it'd probably save you a lot of time helping people! Just a suggestion, thanks in adavnced!
Well I'd really like to set up my iPad to view tv from the optimum app even when away from home. It's already jailbroken and I already have xcon and I'm ready to move onto the next step. I keep looking for what you must've posted once and everyone keeps referencing and I'm finding that that information as well as the answers to all of these questions people are asking you are scattered all over the place on this thread. I figured if youd make a video, it'd probably save you a lot of time and everyone else a lot of hair tearing out. Haha
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Not that you HAVE to make a video, I just need help, and however you prefer is fine by me.
Truthfully I haven't started yet, what program should I use for the VPN if I only have a pc? My ultimate goal with jail breaking my iPad is to do everything I can to it with my pc so that sooner or later I never even have to use my pc again, I've already set up some download managers on my iPad, as well as iFile and itransmission as well so that I can download torrents, I can't wait to do all this live tv stuff, I'm trying to get everything done with before my good old pc crashes and my iPad can basically be a complete replacement. (sorry, I guess that's irrelevant but its just a little back story) anyway, live tv. What should I use with my pc to do what I need to for the VPN?
I'm lost at port forwarding, is there anyway I could get you on aim? My name is nicktwox2
Im not online often, but if you can IM me or add me and then message me on here or something, that would be great. Your help is dearly appreciated!
Im not online often, but if you can IM me or add me and then message me on here or something, that would be great. Your help is dearly appreciated!
alright look, im so unnecessarily close i can feel it. ive got everything set up but since im using windows its a little different for me and i'm getting confused. i'm getting to the point where on the ipad i'm trying to log into the vpn but it keeps telling me i'm entering the wrong password. when I put in my password, the dialogue box pops up again, only with the password not there anymore, if I try again it says "VPN Connection- Authentification Failed" but that is my windows password..... i'm entering my windows password which is the same password as what i thought i was using to set up a user profile to log into the vpn with which is only 6 characters long, however for some reason when i look at the properties of the "user" i'm counting a 15 character password that i never created and obviously don't know. I'm not sure but i can only assume that that unknown password is the one that i need to log into the vpn on my ipad. What else can i do? how can i get around this or fix this? Someone PLEAAASSEEE help me, i feel like i'm so close and this is eating away at me. i've already installed both patches, and everything i could! aaaaaahhhhh this is so frustrating
thoughts: is the password incorrect or is it the username perhaps? it says Nick-PC based on what i typed into the ipad, thats also what i changed my windows user ID to be last night, so it should match. the old user ID was NICKONE-PC and i had the username set as that for a while on the ipad too and ive been having the same problem all throughout.
thoughts: is the password incorrect or is it the username perhaps? it says Nick-PC based on what i typed into the ipad, thats also what i changed my windows user ID to be last night, so it should match. the old user ID was NICKONE-PC and i had the username set as that for a while on the ipad too and ive been having the same problem all throughout.
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Nick. Here are VPN setup instructions for windows 7.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1259555/
Hope this helps.
Hey Coleman, wanted to ask a question that might help others too.
I've noticed that I have to reset my router and computer every day or two before I could reconnect to VPN. I don't mind to much but I wonder why i have to do that every couple days. Thanks.
I've noticed that I have to reset my router and computer every day or two before I could reconnect to VPN. I don't mind to much but I wonder why i have to do that every couple days. Thanks.
I haven't heard of this happening. What kind of router? Is your IP address changing?
My router is a WNDR3400 (the one cablevision gives you for free lol)
My ip never changed before today. I got tired of resetting every time so I started reading up on static ip vs Dhcp so I thought setting up a static ip would fix it. (I don't know anything about static/dhcp) I went into my router manager under Internet ip address and changed the settings from "get dynamically from ISP" to "use static ip address"
I reset my router and restarted my computer after then when I used my phone safari wouldn't work on wifi so I changed settings back on the router. When I changed everything back I tested connecting to VPN and it didn't work so I went on "whatsmyip" to find out my ip had changed. VPN working again but problem not solved
My ip never changed before today. I got tired of resetting every time so I started reading up on static ip vs Dhcp so I thought setting up a static ip would fix it. (I don't know anything about static/dhcp) I went into my router manager under Internet ip address and changed the settings from "get dynamically from ISP" to "use static ip address"
I reset my router and restarted my computer after then when I used my phone safari wouldn't work on wifi so I changed settings back on the router. When I changed everything back I tested connecting to VPN and it didn't work so I went on "whatsmyip" to find out my ip had changed. VPN working again but problem not solved