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 create a Wi-Fi Hotspot (in Access Point mode)?
How to setup an Access Point (AP) mode Wi-Fi Hotspot?
Point to be noted: Wireless access points aren't the same as ad hoc networks. They differ significantly. In short, ad hoc networks aren't ...
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How do I create a WiFi hotspot sharing wireless internet connection (single adapter)?
I know how to create a hotspot when connected to a wired network, but when I am using internet from a WiFi connection, this disconnects the wireless connection the moment I activate the hotspot.
In ...
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Create WiFi hotspot on ubuntu
Although many questions have already been asked regarding WiFi hotspot, I didn't get any of the solutions working for me.
I connect to the Internet using a 3G Dongle of Huawei 3772 (Vodafone). The ...
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How to set up a wi-fi hotspot with an Ubuntu laptop (access point mode)?
I've read this article, and carefully followed the instructions provided. I am sure the wireless card in my laptop supports going into wireless access point mode.
But unfortunately, when I use the ...
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Create a wifi hotspot using my desktop
My desktop has a fast wired connection and I would like to set up a sort of "wifi hotspot" that allows mobile devices to connect to my pc and share this fast connection. How would I go about doing ...
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"Starting Wireless Hotspot..." but nothing happens
I was trying to create an WiFi hotspot for my android device. I used ap-hotspot to do so.
I configured the ap-hotspot using
sudo ap-hotspot configure
Then I started ap-hotspot using
sudo ap-...
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How do I change Wi-Fi Hotspot settings in Ubuntu with GNOME 3?
How do I manage my hotspot connected devices or change the hotspot password? I can only see the Network Name, Security type and the Password but I can't seem to manage users or the network properties.
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Broadcom BCM43142 WiFi drivers with AP mode to create hotspot for android devices
I want to create WiFi hotspot for android device using Broadcom BCM43142 chipset. OS : 14.0.4but I am stuck at a STEP which says your Wireless card should support AP mode!The current driver: wl0 ...
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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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How to make an android phone use a wi-fi hotspot created on ubuntu [duplicate]
I want to know how to enable an android phone to detect the hotspot created under ubuntu so that the phone can use thse internet through it.
I have learnt that Android does not support ad-hoc.I tried ...
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Slow speed on Hotspot created from Ubuntu 16.04 with RTL8723BE Wireless Network Adapter
History
I ran into a weird problem yesterday(on 13 Jan 2018). My Ubuntu was not able to get strong signals of Wifi. I once encountered this problem before and was able to fix it using this post. The ...
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Wi-fi hotspot doesn't transmit data
Wi-fi hot-spot doesn't transmit data after startup or just doesn't work properly, however it is possible to connect to it. After turning it off and on it changes it's network name and there is no ...
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"System Policy prohibits use as a Hotspot" when trying to turn on WiFi hotspot (option grayed out)
I'm using Ubuntu 20.04 on ThinkPad x230, W540, T440p, etc.
Sometimes (appears randomly) after a reboot, I try to click on "Turn on WiFi hotspot..." under WiFi settings, but it is greyed out and when ...
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How to create hotspot without internet connection?
I am using XUbuntu 17.10 and i have created a wifi hotspot, the problem is i want to use the hotspot for samba and other things that don't require an internet connection. how do i create a wifi ...
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Restart Wi-Fi Hotspot automatically on Ubuntu 17.04
I'm using a hotspot on Ubuntu 17.04 to share my Internet connection with other devices. But when I restart or suspend the computer, I need to activate the hotspot manually each time.
Is there some ...
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How to set up a Wi-Fi hot-spot on Ubuntu 17.04?
I recently upgraded from Ubuntu 16.10 to 17.04. In Ubuntu 16.10, I could setup a WiFi hot-spot to give Internet access to my Android phone using the trick mentioned in this article Share internet with ...
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How to create wifi hotspot in Ubuntu 17.10
I have not found any answer on how to create Wi-Fi hotspot in Ubuntu 17.10.
I have found how to change the password of an existing hotspot. Also I found how to create in Ubuntu 16.04, but I can't ...
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Ubuntu GNOME 16.10/17.04 issue with creating hot-spot using Network Manager
I've experienced the following problem on Ubuntu GNOME 16.10 and 17.04.
Using Gnome-Network-Manager (I don't want to use other tools) I have issues when I create a wifi hot-spot to allow my Android ...
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Listing devices connected in hotspot through terminal
I connect my hotspot through ap-hotspot and I can see the notifications pop out displaying new device connected , device disconnected. (Because I want to learn about privileges for access to use or ...
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ap-hotspot error "Another process is already running"
ap-hotspot is configured, when i first entered the command sudo ap-hotspot it said starting wireless hotspot which took long time but didn't start. Afterwards it displays following errors:
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Problem with ap-hotspot
This is the message displayed in my terminal screen when I typed
sudo ap-hotspot start
Another process is already running
Which process is running and how do I stop it?
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How to share WiFi/hotspot over SSH tunnel
I have created a SSH tunnel on my laptop connected to LAN. I want to share the internet via WiFi/hotspot, but over the SSH tunnel. I mean any computer using this wireless should connect to the ...
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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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Creating a hotspot in Lubuntu
I am trying to make a hotspot in Lubuntu. The problem is that I can't seem to connect to it. after creating the hotspot how do I activate it? Do I click on "Connect to Hidden Wireless Network" ? I ...
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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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is there any way to create a hidden hotspot from ubuntu?
I would like to create a hidden hotspot from my Ubuntu for my phone, is there any way to do this? I want that only people who know the SSID can connect to the WiFi.
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ap-hotspot cannot connect to android devices
I created a hotspot using ap-hotspot in my ubuntu 12.10.
The created hotspot shows in my android phone but it get stucks in obtaining IP address.. How can I add an IP address?
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Ad-hoc network (hot spot) created in Ubuntu is not detected by android phone
I created a hot spot via network > wireless > use as hotspot.
Other laptops successfully detected the hot-spot,could connect and use it without any problem.
But no android phone could detect it.! I ...
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Hotspot upgrade to wpa2
I use my notebook as a hotspot(through a wired connection), but if i want to change te security setting. The only 2 options i get is WEP or WEP sentence. and thats not enough to connect a windows ...
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ubuntu 18.04 hotspot not visible
I'm Using Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and trying to share internet from 3g Huawei modem to android phone. I followed these steps, but Hotspot not visible on android devices:
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wifi hotspot start up
I am using my Ubuntu LTS 18.04 to hotspot an internet connection to various other devices, but I would like this to be the default configuration, but when I restart the system I currently have to ...
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Create a hotspot on Ubuntu 15.04 (single adapter) help!
I know there are lots of questions on this type but I cannot find the answer anywhere. On Windows I can use cmd to create a virtual AP and share connection from a local network. However, It seems not ...
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Hotspot and Internet access together -- why not? [duplicate]
If I go Settings → Network → Wireless and select Use as Hotspot..., I get the following message:
If you have a connection to the Internet other than wireless, you can use it to share your internet ...
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how to setup local WiFi network in Ubuntu?
I would like to have local home network, so my PC, netbook can share files between each other. On both machines I have Ubuntu (latest versions).
Is this possible ?
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How to change password of hotspot in Ubuntu gnome 17.04? [duplicate]
There are no options like "Edit Connections" as suggested by many other questions.Does anybody know how to change password?
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Configure WIreless Hotspot Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty
I would like to turn my laptop (Ubuntu 14.04 - Trusty) into a wireless hotspot.
So i linked my laptop to my router with an Ethernet cable, I went into System settings > Network > Wireless. I selected ...
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Permanently disable hotspot in Ubuntu 16.04 and 18.04
Our company is totally open-source. Mostly we work on Ubuntu 16.04 and 18.04. Most of our employees have turned on the hotspot in the network settings. We want to block all these hotspot connections. ...
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Can I create a keyboard shortcut to kicking on my WiFi hotspot?
How might I create a keyboard shortcut for turning on my WiFi hotspot?
I tried using the keyboard shortcut menu in the settings, with nmcli device wifi hotspot ssid ____ password ____ for turning on ...
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How can I create a hotspot in Lubuntu 20?
I want to create local network, which would allow other computers to connect.
I have not found way to do this.
Not a duplicate of Creating a hotspot in Lubuntu as their answers is not usable in ...
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Ubuntu Network Manger keep creating Ad-Hoc Hotspot. No infrastructure. A bug?
I'd like to share my Ubuntu wired connection with a Wifi android tablet. To do that I could use the "Use as Hotspot..." function in System Settings->Network. As I can understand, android has issues ...
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How to access hostspot in mobile phone?
Is it possible to access hotspot in mobile phone or not?
After I start Hotspot from my laptop,the hotspot id is shown in the mobile while I refresh for the available wifi's but it never gets connected....