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      firefox
      last edited by

      I have a computer with three network cards
      First wan1
      Second lan 1
      Third lan2

      I added a wireless network card
      I want to use him as wan2

      If the wired connection is broken wan1
      So I will use wan2 connection when connected to a smartphone

      In short I want to connect the pfsense to a smartphone and use him as wan

      How do I do that

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        firefox
        last edited by

        Continue Photos

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          firefox
          last edited by

          Continue Photos

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            firefox
            last edited by

            Continue Photos

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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

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                                        home.plex_-Interfaces_WAN2-_2014-05-19_08.03.40.png
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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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