Questions tagged [hot-spot]
A Hotspot is a device that offers internet connection in an area. Use this tag if you have trouble creating or using hotspots in Ubuntu.
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How to setup Ubuntu as a mobile WiFi router with NAT - connect to a WiFi provider, NAT to Ethernet port?
Here are what I have:
a laptop with Ubuntu 22.04, with a wifi and an ethernet port.
a ZyXEL mobile WiFi router that uses an Ethernet port.
My family will go on a cruise trip, where WiFi costs will ...
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Ubuntu 20+ doesn't connect to non-internet WIFI
I have some device, that acts as open wifi hotspot (of course with no internet access) to connect to it and to use via web interface. Unfortunately any UBUNTU version more than 18 (20.04, 22, 24) don'...
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Hotspot turns off if no internet connection
I am using the hotspot feature in Ubuntu to create a local wifi. This works fine when I have an internet connection. However, in cases when I don't have access to internet the Hotspot turns itself off ...
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Does intel ax211 6e support creating a wifi hotspot
I have a Intel Wifi ax211 6E card and I am able to create a hotspot on Windows, I want to try to create a wifi hotspot on ubuntu 22.04, will that be compatible?
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See detailed Wi-Fi information for Ubuntu 22.04 Wi-Fi hotspot?
I'm rather new to Linux. Is there any way to display the Wi-Fi settings of my own established hot-spot? I have used the built in desktop UI to set it up
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List connected devices for Ubuntu hotspot 22.04
Is there any way to get a list of devices connected to your own established AP in Ubuntu 22.04? I have used the built in desktop Wi-Fi hot-spot enabler and and arp -a only returns an IP-address ...
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Ubuntu cannot connect to Android hotspot
I tried connecting to a hotspot from Android 14 and Ubuntu just kept saying no internet but connected to the hotspot.
I tried via USB ethernet and also Bluetooth, the hotspot worked well on other ...
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How to get Hotspot login outside of Gnome
Ubuntu 22.04, I sometimes use default Gnome, sometimes xmonad window manager.
When I connect to a hotspot that requires login, while using Gnome, a window for Hotspot login pops up.
When I do the same ...
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Whitelisting Websites on Kubuntu Hotspot
I'm trying to create a Wi-Fi hotspot on my Kubuntu laptop. I want to limit internet access to a specific list of websites for devices connected to the hotspot. Any idea how to achieve this?
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Ubuntu 20.04 Wifi-Hotspot
I have dual boot my laptop windows 11 and ubuntu 20.04. When i go to settings "Turn on wifi hotspot" is grayed out. I tried multiple times but didn't work.
Going in settings then 'network' ...
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Ubuntu WiHotspot not running
I just got migrated from Windows 10 to Ubuntu 22.04 LTs and I could not use Wifi while sharing it at the same time. So I followed this tutorial with GPU and after I run, It prompts "Not Running&...
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Create wi-fi hotspot using specific network adapter
I have an Ubuntu box. It has both an internal and external (USB) wi-fi adapter. I can connect to wi-fi networks on either.
However, I need to set up a hotspot using this machine. It has to use the ...
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How to configure Wi-Fi hotspot on RPi4 with Ubuntu 20.04 and network created from the 5G modem
i have a RPi4 with the SIM8200EA-M2 5G HAT With Antennas connected via USB port to enable the 5G network on it, i need it ti be configured as a Hotspot to allow some devices to connect to it. So i ...
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apt-get update problem
When i connect to my phone hotspot on my pc it connect normally and internet is ok but when i use the command sudo apt-get update doesn't work some errors appears, but when i use another phone it ...
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Hotspot on Ubuntu 23.04 terminates after a few seconds
I'm using the GUI to open a hotspot in Ubuntu 23.04 (Settings > Wifi > ... > Turn on Wifi hotspot). Then the GUI shows me the info page of the hotspot, but when I wait for a few seconds, the ...
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Ubuntu22 can't create 5G hotspot
I was trying to create ap, and found that ubuntu22 can only create 2.4GHZ hotspot, which is different from windows with the same hardware that can create 5GHZ hotspot. (I've just replaced windows10 ...
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Permanently Turn off wifi hotspot option
How to disable turning on wifi hotspot in Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS
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Ubuntu 22.04 -- Random pop-up Hotspot Login appearing on desktop PCs (no wifi)
Today, for the first time since, well, ever [*], I saw my PC at home showing this screen, to me absolutely mysterious, with a 404 reported by NGNIX on a Hotspot Login page. The PC is a desktop, ...
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How do I set password for Hotspot?
I have an active wired LAN connection and want to share it via my wireless radio, requiring a password to connect. This should be super easy, right?
I am running Kubuntu 20.04.
When I go into the ...
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ICE WLAN No Route to Host nach Update auf Ubuntu 22.04
My Dell E7470 is just running Ubuntu 22.04. Every place it's connecting to WLAN fine. But in the German ICE-trains it won't work anymore since I updated to 22.04
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Creating Wi-Fi Hotspot on Ubuntu
I read other posts here about this, and they use an Ubuntu or Linux Guest VM on a Host Machine with a WiFi Adapter or something like that, but I am confused because some of the terminal commands they ...
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Connection activation failed of Ubuntu 22.04 Hotspot
After reinstalling the Network Manager with all its missing dependencies (see for details How to reinstall the network manager with all its dependencies offline in Ubuntu 22.04) I tried to connect my ...
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How do I setup an access point that starts on every boot?
I tried following Web-E's answer on this but when I connect to the AP/hotspot I don't get an IP: How to create a Wi-Fi Hotspot (in Access Point mode)?
I had to use the default hostapd conf for it to ...
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Ubuntu ethernet error and hotspot login popup
I am not being able to connect to the internet on Ubuntu 22.04.
The first thing I get is a popup message of hotspot login window saying: “Error receiving data: connection reset by peer”.
I’m new to ...
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How to prevent Hotspot sleep after suspend?
I want hotspot to be always on even when my PC is on suspend. Usually when I suspend my PC which runs on Ubuntu 22.04LTS, hotspot gets turned off. I tried methods given here "https://askubuntu....
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Hostapd access point + isc-dhcp-server disconnects client after 2 seconds of authenticating
I have Ubuntu 22.04 with a Wi-Fi access point Hostapd + isc-dhcp-server and every time I connect a client it automatically disconnects after 2 seconds.
Here are the contents of /etc/hostapd/hostapd....
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cant connect to ubuntu hotspot 22.10 through the QR code from my android 12 or iphone [closed]
I am trying to connect my phone to the ubuntu hotspot , but it keeps saying in the phone after reading the QRcode, that is not connection and I should check it. After that the hotspot in ubuntu close ...
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Can't create 5Ghz wifi hotspot on ubuntu 22.04.1
I recently bought an RT3572 chip based usb wifi adapter, but i can't seem to be able to create a 5Ghz hotspot, when i try to in ubuntu 22.04, this is the output of dmesg:
here's my hotspot ...
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No wifi hotspot when docker is enabled
When I started the docker service/socket, I'm no more able to share my laptop connection via wifi hotspot. To be more precise, my phone still detects my hotspot, I enter the password, it tells me '...
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Could not connect to wifi hotspot when ufw is enabled
I have a wifi hotspot with Ubuntu 22.04.
Without UFW enabled, my phone connects just fine and can browse the internet. With UFW enabled, I could not connect.
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Is it possible to enable DHCP server on wlan interface during startup?
To change a box to unattended AP, DHCP service need to be bound to the wlan interface during the system startup.
But there is few article to mention how to assign a static IP to the wireless card ...
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Some internet services do not work when using my phone hotspot
I have a problem on Ubuntu 20.04.03
When connecting to the wifi through my phone hotspot some internet services such as Slack, Gmail or even Netflix, Prime video do not work. They either do not load, ...
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How to whitelisting hotspot from the firewall ubuntu 22.04
I have to disable the firewall to use hotspot or else other devices can't connect to internet, so I'm assuming hotspot blocked it. I have tried other ways like downgrade wpa_supplicant or add new ...
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Cannot Create Hotspot on Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS
I have been able to create a hotspot successfully using a VivoBook E203M previously, but I now have a replacement E203M and it fails as follows:
"Network - Requesting a WiFi network address for '...
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Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS - Hotspot - Connected but without internet on Android 11
After upgrading to Ubuntu 22.04, the hotspot didn't work correctly anymore. It worked well on version 20.04.
I have tried some solutions like removing the old Hotspot and creating a new one without ...
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Unable to connect with the hotspot created on ubuntu
I am using Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS desktop. I want to share the ethernet connection via wifi hotspot on my laptop. After turning on the hotspot, I am not able to connect any device from the hotspot, it ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 limit who can connect to my hotspot/ set it to connect to a particular device only and invisible to others
Since there is a bug in the recent ubuntu 22.04 which prevents my phone to connect to the hotspot when the hotspot is created using WPA3 security.
Found in an online forum that creating the hotspot ...
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How to revert automatic hot-spot setup?
Long ago I set my Ubuntu 21.04 to automatically start a WiFi hot-spot at startup or simply why turning on the WiFi (I was keeping my laptop connected to Ethernet all day and I needed WiFi nearby).
I ...
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Open which ports with UFW hotspot
I have a wifi hotspot with Ubuntu 22.04.
Without UFW enabled, my phone connects just fine and can browse the internet.
With UFW enabled, I could not connect.
So then in UFW, I opened domain (53), ...
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unable to connect from phone to unbuntu hotspot
I have set up a hotspot in ubuntu(running 22.04) using nm-connector-editor, but I cant connect to this hotspot from any android devices while connecting a windows laptop to the same ubuntu hotspot ...
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UBUNTU 22 Hotspot is not connecting
On Ubuntu 22, When hotspot is created, it is discoverable by other devices. But when I try to connect it, the status turns to saved, but mobile device is not connected. I tried it with multiple ...
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Can't connect to ubuntu 22.04 hotspot
wifi hotspot is created easily and is visible to other devices too. but on the other hand after typing password to connect it just do nothing. can't able to connect my ubuntu 22.04 created hotspot can ...
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The network list doesn't show all the available WiFi networks (22.04, 20.04)
I just upgraded from ubuntu 20.04 to 22.04.
The problem is that my personal hotspot doesn't show up in the networks list.
Well, the network does show sometimes. But not all the time.
I had the same ...
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How do I use UFW to block a device in Ubuntu hotspot?
I have a laptop running Ubuntu 20.04, which connected to the internet via ethernet.
I have setup a WiFi hotspot on this machine, so that I can share its internet connection.
Say, I have third device (...
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Creating a WPA3 Wi-Fi hotspot fails all the time
When I am trying to create a Wi-Fi hotspot that should offer a WPA3 Personal encryption, all CPUs are running mad for a few seconds before Ubuntu tells me that the creation of the hotspot failed. ...
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How to connect to my phones's hotspot automatically as soon as it is detected by my desktop?
I have two devices through which i access the internet on my Ubuntu 21.10 desktop:a portable broadband device (always active/on) and my android phone's hotspot (active occasionally to save battery). ...
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Ubuntu is not connecting to wifi from iphone's personal hotspot
When I try to connect my ubuntu with iphone's personal hotspot it won't connect in certain times, But sometimes it will recognize the device and connect to WiFi but it will automatically disconnect in ...
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How to see and manage the connected devices on your Ubuntu hotspot?
I would like to check how many devices including mine are connected to the active hotspot, and perhaps manage the devices by kicking out unwanted devices that might be connected to my hotspot. I was ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 hotspot not working [duplicate]
I occasionally require hotspot from my laptop which runs Ubuntu 20.04 and till yesterday it was working, but without me doing anything it stopped. It shows that my Hotspot is on, it shows signals even ...
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is there any shortcut to turn on hotspot?
is there any shortcut to turn on hot-spot. Its to long procedure to turn on hot-spot. Its my daily need procedure. Please suggest me any short cut to turn on/off hot-spot directly.