Proxy support on Blackberry

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My Blackberry connects to BES behind the firewall. Outside connections need 
to go through the HTTP proxy. Due to this, using the data connection times 
out.

The proxy rules are generous, so as long as the proxy is used, I don't 
believe any other modification to the protocol would be necessary.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by LaBlua on 25 Nov 2009 at 4:18

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Hm .. I don't really get your point. I don't have practical experience with
Blackberry devices, could you try to describe the desired feature in other 
words?

Original comment by obensonne@googlemail.com on 25 Nov 2009 at 10:27

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It's more of a firewall issue than a Blackberry issue, per se.

All internet connections from my Blackberry originate from an IP inside the 
corporate 
network. The corporate network has a firewall, and the only way to make 
connections 
outside it is via the HTTP proxy. 

http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/ for the BlackBerry has an HTTP proxy option in the 
network settings, perhaps you could look at how they implement it.

Original comment by LaBlua on 25 Nov 2009 at 10:48

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I'll have a look into it.

Besides that, I remember a user (using a Blackberry with WiFi support) reported 
that
the option 'interface=wifi' had to be set when setting up a WiFi connection in 
the
Remuco client. This told the device to not use the phone network (or BIS) for
connections but the WLAN interface. Is this a solution for you?

Original comment by obensonne@googlemail.com on 25 Nov 2009 at 11:22

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Unfortunately not, as my Blackberry (Curve 8330) does not have WiFi. My linux 
box 
doesn't have Bluetooth. So WLAN via HTTP proxy is my only option. 

Original comment by LaBlua on 25 Nov 2009 at 11:52

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I'll work on this ASAP. Stay tuned for testing.

Original comment by obensonne@googlemail.com on 2 Dec 2009 at 10:01

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Just stumbled upon this:
http://www.blackberry.com/developers/docs/5.0.0api/javax/microedition/io/Connect
or.html#socket

They mention an option 'deviceside' to control if using direct TCP connections 
or
proxy TCP connections. What happens if you set the option deviceside=true in the
client's WiFi configuration screen?

Original comment by obensonne@googlemail.com on 4 Dec 2009 at 11:13

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Yes! Setting "deviceside=true" in the config screen allows remuco to work.
It seems a tad prone to losing connection and not realizing it, but other than 
that
it is working for me now, thanks!

Original comment by LaBlua on 16 Dec 2009 at 1:53

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Good news. I don't think the connection loss is a Remuco issue. The only thing 
you
could try is to change the interval at which the client pings the server. By 
default
this is set to 15 (or 25) seconds. If you reduce this value, broken connections 
get
recognized faster. In the 0.9.2 client the ping interval can be set in the 
options
screen.

I'll add the "deviceside" option info to the wiki.

Cheers,
Oben

Original comment by obensonne@googlemail.com on 16 Dec 2009 at 8:22

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Original comment by obensonne@googlemail.com on 8 Mar 2011 at 6:38

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