vpn and kindle fire hdx

[jays1sc]

Hi All,

Has anyone successfully connected a Kindle Fire hdx (7 inch) using sonic's vpn service? Or has anyone tried it and been unsuccessful?

Here is what I'm seeing:

I have a couple of android devices I have been able to use with sonic's vpn service. But not my new(ish) kindle hdx.

Specifically, I set up the fire's vpn settings with the same options I use on my other devices; and the little lock (key) icon will show up saying I am connected to sonic's vpn. And my wifi icon remains solid with high signal strength apparently.

But then no internet access will show up on my browser, or on my weather.com app, or anything else. They just sit there spinning their "wait" icons.

If I disconnect from sonic VPN, everything is back to normal; and I have full network access again.

Any pointers appreciated.

Thanks,

- Jay

[jays1sc]

WORKS! -- With the Kindle Fire HDX update to Fire OS 4.1.1 (installed Nov 10, 2014), the standard Android directions for sonic vpn now work. At least now the lock (key) icon shows up and the latest browser, mail, and weather apps work, and ipchicken.com reports a vpn.sonic.net IP instead of dsl.dynamic.sonic.net IP. That's "working" in my book.

[kevind]

I've spent a fair amount of time, including a couple of calls with Sonic tech support, trying to get VPN installed. An old google posting said that ovpn is not supported on Kindle, but an Android user told me she installed ovpn successfully.

This Kindle is running Fire OS 4.5.5.3.