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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
          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
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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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