I tried to create a wifi hotspot from my laptop(connected to a wired broadband connection). I followed instructions from various tutorials, but i think that the OS cannot recognize my wifi lan adaptor. All is well it says that it's connected and running but when i scan with my android phone ican't find my hostpot.Also,my laptop dose not see Any wifi networks, event tough my phone can see several in the area.
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Wifi hotspot isn't same as wireless ad hoc networks. Most android device doesn't support wi-fi in adhoc mode. What you are running is simply an ad hoc network. For running your laptop as an access point, this is only possible if your wireless adapter supports going into the Its very tough to setup even if it supports. First you need to setup wireless card and then set up a dhcp server (to get dhcp server up and running is really a horrible task) How to test https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/MasterMode Helpful threads to setup wireless access point https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WirelessAccessPoint |
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