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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
        last edited by

        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

                                home.plex_-Interfaces_WAN1-_2014-05-19_08.02.46.png
                                home.plex_-Interfaces_WAN1-_2014-05-19_08.02.46.png_thumb
                                home.plex_-Interfaces_WAN2-_2014-05-19_08.03.40.png
                                home.plex_-Interfaces_WAN2-_2014-05-19_08.03.40.png_thumb

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                                  gjaltemba
                                  last edited by

                                  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
                                    last edited by

                                    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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