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That can happen. Apparently this is on a mobile. Did you walk out of range?
Does reconnect work (refresh the page)?
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I got a wifi signal near the router.

Refreshing the page same error?

Only :8998 as the problem.
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I've got the same problem..

However, the problem occurs on Samsung Internet browser for me, but not using Edge..

Seems to be just port 8998.. weird
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Lack of interaction?
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Maybe some browsers only permit web socket connections on port 80 or 443?
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Can this problem be sorted on all browsers please?
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I'd say it's a browser issue.

Samsung Galaxy S20+ here & I get exactly the same port error.
If I try it with Chrome it works fine.

Can't see where there is anything that could be fixed in CMX if Samsung's Browser is closing a connection to the port.
Maybe try running CMX on a different port & even test on port 80 as it always open (but I could be way wrong with that suggestion.

I've used Samsung's Browser for many years & have always considered it does a few strange things.
Caching maybe? But I've often found occasions where I needed to switch to Chrome for things to work.

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freddie wrote: Thu 16 Dec 2021 2:09 pm Maybe some browsers only permit web socket connections on port 80 or 443?
Googled "Android Browser websockets"....

Lots of hits indicating that there are various issues with support.
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