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    Wireless connection to cell phone - WAN2

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      firefox
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      Continue Photos

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        firefox
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        Continue Photos

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          firefox
          last edited by

          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
              last edited by

              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
                last edited by

                one more try
                anybody

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                  gjaltemba
                  last edited by

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

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                    firefox
                    last edited by

                    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
                      last edited by

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

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                        firefox
                        last edited by

                        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
                          last edited by

                          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
                            last edited by

                            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
                              last edited by

                              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
                                last edited by

                                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
                                  last edited by

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

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                                    firefox
                                    last edited by

                                    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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