[LAU] OT: android for the linux user ...was: legacy equipment for a user who does not "program"

Hans Wilmers hanswil at notam02.no
Tue Mar 18 15:20:30 UTC 2014


On 03/18/2014 04:10 PM, Rob wrote:
>
> sftp and shell both work over wifi, but neither work over the cell network.
> I thought it was due to the ipv6 thing, but today I have an ipv4 address
> and still can't connect -- and whatismyip.com tells me I have a different
> address, suggesting that my carrier has me behind a proxy. (That IP address
> doesn't work, either.) But the stock shell, as you observed, is not that
> useful, especially without root. So, even on wifi, I pretty much only use
> it for sftp.
>
Most providers disallow public access to GPRS equipment for security 
reasons, unless you really want it. You can ask your provider for an APN 
that will give you a public IP.

/ Hans


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