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    Wireless connection to cell phone - WAN2

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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
              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
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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
                          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
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                          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
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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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