MWeb blocking MTN VoWiFi connectivity

[deweyzeph]

If anyone is interested, I managed to get MTN Wifi-calling to work on a network that MTN has blocked wifi calling on through a wireguard VPN back to my home's Afrihost internet connection. The big problem with wifi-calling on Android is that no matter what VPN app you have on your phone, wifi-calling will ALWAYS bypass the VPN on your phone to make the connection back to MTN's servers. So using wireguard on the phone itself will not work. You have to setup the wireguard VPN in front of the phone, and for this purpose a Raspberry Pi is perfect. So I installed wireguard on the Raspberry Pi, which then setup a VPN to my home, where wifi-calling always works, and then setup the Pi as a mobile hotspot which my phone then connects to. So as far as MTN can see, I'm connecting to their WIFI calling servers from my home connection, no matter where I am in the world. It works like a charm.

 

[William1102]

If anyone is interested, I managed to get MTN Wifi-calling to work on a network that MTN has blocked wifi calling on through a wireguard VPN back to my home's Afrihost internet connection. The big problem with wifi-calling on Android is that no matter what VPN app you have on your phone, wifi-calling will ALWAYS bypass the VPN on your phone to make the connection back to MTN's servers. So using wireguard on the phone itself will not work. You have to setup the wireguard VPN in front of the phone, and for this purpose a Raspberry Pi is perfect. So I installed wireguard on the Raspberry Pi, which then setup a VPN to my home, where wifi-calling always works, and then setup the Pi as a mobile hotspot which my phone then connects to. So as far as MTN can see, I'm connecting to their WIFI calling servers from my home connection, no matter where I am in the world. It works like a charm.

Wow all that work for WiFi calling , rather move providers cause MTN is just trying to protect their international roaming revenue

Telkom just works whether at home , office or overseas

Used it in Dubai and had a mobile WiFi with a local sim connected to that and vowifi works no issues

 

[deweyzeph]

Wow all that work for WiFi calling , rather move providers cause MTN is just trying to protect their international roaming revenue

Telkom just works whether at home , office or overseas

Used it in Dubai and had a mobile WiFi with a local sim connected to that and vowifi works no issues

I swore an oath a long time ago to never ever ever have anything to do with Telkom ever again. I never want anything to do with them ever again, I don't care how good their products are.

 

[Ma’bad]

Did it work?
And is it still working?

I wanted to provide some feedback on the migration process. I applied to transfer to Afrihost just 10 days before my previous ISP was due to cancel my line. Afrihost informed me shortly afterward that the line was already with another ISP and halted the process. No amount of explaining to afrihost that my line will be cancelled at the end of the month made any difference.
Thankfully, Link Layer (guy by the name of Luvo) contacted me a few days before to retrieve their router, and when I explained my intention to migrate rather than cancel, he assisted with the process after I provided my reference number. I lost signal from my previous ISP at midnight, and by 8 am, the internet started working with Afrihost. Later that night, I had to log in through a web page and activate the line with an OTP.

MTN wifi calling works when signal is weak, worked automatically on my phone , but required resetting of network settings my wife’s phone.
I also managed to activated ipv6

 

[quovadis]

I swore an oath a long time ago to never ever ever have anything to do with Telkom ever again. I never want anything to do with them ever again, I don't care how good their products are.

I disliked (to put it mildly) Telkom too. Never had a days downtime though on my fibre and saved a fortune moving the family and extended family onto Telkom mobile sacrificing nothing. Obviously, my own experience.

 

[DapperDanMan]

I swore an oath a long time ago to never ever ever have anything to do with Telkom ever again.

This could be your brother from another mother:

Telkom - Worst Service Provider Ever!!!!!

I got an IPhone 13 on contract from Telkom recently. I paid for the bill on the 20th of February 2024 using the Telkom App Online Payment Method. The payment did not reflect and I was told to send proof of payment to documents@telkom, which I did on the 24th of February 2024. Since then, no...

mybroadband.co.za

 

[deweyzeph]

This could be your brother from another mother:

Telkom - Worst Service Provider Ever!!!!!

I got an IPhone 13 on contract from Telkom recently. I paid for the bill on the 20th of February 2024 using the Telkom App Online Payment Method. The payment did not reflect and I was told to send proof of payment to documents@telkom, which I did on the 24th of February 2024. Since then, no...

mybroadband.co.za

I've never even had a Telkom Mobile product, my beef with Telkom is still from the old landline days when they made it next to impossible to cancel your landline. I eventually managed to cancel it but it left such a bitter taste in my mouth, especially with their billing department, that I won't go near them again. No company should make it so difficult to cancel their products.