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      firefox
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      Continue Photos

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        firefox
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          firefox
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            firefox
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            Well

            I'm still trying
            Not with much success

            I was able to connect the phone to pfsense

            But it disconnects after a few seconds

            While it is connected
            The dhcp and \ or the DNS stop working

            The wan2 get ip only if the dhcp does not work

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              firefox
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              I still can not connect the cell phone to pfsense

              I tried all sorts of options but I'm not getting on with it
              I thank you for help

              The ip I get from the mobile is 192.168.43.11

              pfsense has two lan
              192.168.0.1 the dhcp handing out addresses from 1 to 99
              192.168.2.1 the dhcp handing out addresses from 1 to 99

              Occasionally it works
              And connects for a few seconds

              But when it happens
              These services stop working off and on
              apinger
              dhcpd
              dnsmasq
              ntpd
              squid
              avahi

              What is two options bottom of the page

              How I do it

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                firefox
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                Please little help here

                How to make it work

                It works for a few seconds and falls

                And on the way drops with it other things

                Why Some services stop working intermittently

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                  firefox
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                  one more try
                  anybody

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                    gjaltemba
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                    It may help if you stated which hotspot you are running on your cell phone?

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                      firefox
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                      There is only one option
                      Activation of an hotspot
                      And this is it
                      The rest of this option
                      What is the name of the hot spot
                      And password

                      The Cell Phone is Samsung Galaxy 3

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                        gjaltemba
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                        You need to be running a hotspot on your Samsung Galaxy 3 for pfsense to connect to. Are you?

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                          firefox
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                          Yes
                          I do it

                          As I wrote it work
                          But without success

                          This Disconnect after a few seconds
                          And some processes stop working intermittently

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                            gjaltemba
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                            As a test, are you able to connect to the hotspot on your phone with a notebook or some other method successfully?

                            Does your carrier allow you to run a hotspot on your phone?

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                              firefox
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                              Yes I can connect to the phone with a laptop

                              And the operator does not have any problem with it

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                                gjaltemba
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                                As a test, what happens if you assign your wireless to WAN interface?

                                Do you see the phone SSID in Status, Wireless?

                                What is displayed in Status, Interfaces?

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                                  firefox
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                                  As a test, what happens if you assign your wireless to WAN interface?

                                  The ip I get from the mobile is 192.168.43.11

                                  pfsense has two lan
                                  192.168.0.1 the dhcp handing out addresses from 1 to 99
                                  192.168.2.1 the dhcp handing out addresses from 1 to 99

                                  Occasionally it works
                                  And connects for a few seconds

                                  But when it happens
                                  These services stop working off and on
                                  apinger
                                  dhcpd
                                  dnsmasq
                                  ntpd
                                  squid
                                  avahi

                                  In addition I see the ip of the phone  in the list of the Gateways
                                  and it "on line"

                                  Do you see the phone SSID in Status, Wireless?

                                  yes

                                  What is displayed in Status, Interfaces?

                                  Status up
                                  ssid = the name of the phone
                                  Channel 12

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                                    gjaltemba
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                                    So the results are the same whether the wireless is assigned to WAN or WAN2?

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                                      firefox
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                                      I did not notice you asked to connect the wan 1

                                      wan one is wired network card

                                      There are no options that there is in wan2

                                      I have attached two pictures of the interface wan1
                                      And interface wan2

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                                        gjaltemba
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                                        As a test, assign the wireless to WAN1 using Interfaces (assign) menu. Switch network port for WAN1 and WAN2 and save. Configure wireless for WAN1 using Interfaces, WAN1 menu. It may be helpful to power off/on the machine before re-configuration of wireless  to ensure a fresh start.

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                                          firefox
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                                          It does not work at all

                                          Now for some reason
                                          I went into the settings of wan 2
                                          I do not have an option to save
                                          I keep getting a message

                                          You have to reassign the interface to be able to configure as dhcp.
                                          
                                          You have to reassign the interface to be able to configure as none.
                                          

                                          I tried to do it as well as you said
                                          I changed the interfaces
                                          But it did not matter
                                          I get the same message

                                          I tried it on version 2.0.3

                                          Since then I upgraded the version
                                          And not I dealt with it
                                          I do not have smartphone
                                          Now I have a smartphone for a few days
                                          So I am trying

                                          Can be the current version 2.1.3
                                          It is impossible ?

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                                            firefox
                                            last edited by

                                            All I'm trying
                                            You can not save
                                            I get the error message

                                            You have to reassign the interface to be able to configure as dhcp.
                                            
                                            You have to reassign the interface to be able to configure as none.
                                            
                                            
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