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    Wireless connection to cell phone - WAN2

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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
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        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
                  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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