FIX: Failed to set IP address

Posted on July 29, 2013 @ 7:29 am

Problem: An error message "Failed to set IP address" appears every time i connect DroidVPN.

Cause: This problem is normally encountered on devices running ICS or Jelly Bean. The TUN interface used in creating a VPN tunnel is designed to be accessed only through the VpnService API, Any attempt to set the IP address manually even with root access will fail.

Solution: The solution to this problem is to connect without root. Just go to the Settings page of DroidVPN and enable the "No Root Mode" option.

If you really want to connect with root, (eg: You want to connect using ICMP) then you should flash a custom ROM on your device with a compiled tun.ko for your kernel.