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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
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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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