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 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....
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Login page for users trying to access my hotspot

I want to show a login page for users who try to access my hotspot. And then once they login i want to capture their mac address. Its like a small captive portal for my laptop. Any advice??
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WiFi Hotspot not working with mobile devices on Ubuntu

WiFi hotspot not working with windows phone 8 and of course its not working with a any other phones as well. I have tried both Android and Windows phone 8. Either of these devices doesn't even detect ...
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Wifi Hostspot setup for Cable Modem Connection

I have a broadband connection through my ISP (Hathway), using a cable modem. I wish to share the internet connection to my laptop, and the phone. Refer to this configuration guide at Wireless ...
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How do I Share a Wired DSL Connection as a hotspot? [duplicate]

I have a Wired DSL Connection in my laptop, and I want to share this creating a hotspot. Ubuntu 12.04 Dell Inspiron 1545
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Why does wifi hotspot doesn't work correctly?

I have created the wifi hotspot. In windows, it used to display wifi signal on my nokia C3 but after creating wifi hotspot from ubuntu, I am facing certain problem. Nokia C3 doesn't even gets wifi ...
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wifi access point with wicd?

How can I make a wifi access point with wicd? I have a wired connection at laptop, and would like to deliver wifi to my android phone. So in wicd I press Network -> create an ad hoc network, which ...
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Is it possible to have single wi-fi device switch between client and hotspot modes?

I have a portable ubuntu machine (ODROID) with wifi adapter. I can setup wifi hotspot with it, or I can use it to access other wifi network. The question is can I use it as hotspot, but then switch to ...
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Used wireless as hotspot but connected device (iphone 3) gets no conection?

If got an EeePc with interenet connection via LAN. Because I have no WLAN in my office I want to share it to my Iphone -- although the Iphone can connect to the laptop it does not get any IPadress ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 Wireless Hotspot Problems

I had an Ubuntu 12.04 system which I recently upgraded to 13.04. I thought of trying to create a Wireless Hotspot that I could use to share my Mobile Broadband Connection with other devices. To that ...
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How to share internet connection from USB Wireless Broadband using wifi?

Please I need help. Objective: Be able to create a Wifi-Hotspot on my laptop[Dell Inspiron 5520 64-bit with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS] and share the internet connection being supplied via my USB Internet ...
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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 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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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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How to make hotspot in Ubuntu? [duplicate]

How to make wifi hotspot in Ubuntu? I am having connected with wifi Internet and want to create wifi hotspot so that other devices gets connected with 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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file sending through hotspot?

Hi is it possible to send files from my PC to mobile which is connected by Hotspot from my PC. I am using Ubuntu 13.04. Thank you for your answers.
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Creating an infrastructure hotspot using ubuntu 12.10

I want to create an infrastructure hot-spot using ubuntu 12.10 as I want use internet on my android phone by creating an infrastructure hot-spot.I have tried to change the setting the hot-spot and ...
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Airdroid and Kubuntu via Hotspot [duplicate]

I would like to connect my Samsung Galaxy with Android using Airdroid to my Kubuntun 12.04 on a Dell 1510. I do not use a WiFi at home, but a G3 SIM on my laptop. However I have seen I could create a ...
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Generating Wi-fi for mobile phone from linux [duplicate]

I use ubuntu 12.04 and wish to share its internet with my wi-fi enabled phone. I know how to use wireless network as hotspot using GUI. But it works only for other laptops. My android phone can't ...
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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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wifi access point? [duplicate]

Can I create wifi access point from ubuntu desktop 12.10 so as to connect my mobile it won't support ad-hoc network? On windows it was done by connectify but I recently switched to ubuntu and I dont ...
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Created Hotspot not found using other devices [duplicate]

I have Ubuntu 12.10 on my desktop machine and have a wireless capability on it using D-Link DWA-121 . The Desktop machine have Ethernet connection. When creating a wireless hotspot by doing the ...
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Share internet via WiFi like Connectify in Windows [duplicate]

I use Connectify in Windows to access Internet via WiFi and create a WiFi hot-spot to share Internet with my other devices. Since Connectify isn't available for Ubuntu, are there any ways that I can ...
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Software to _easily_ create Hotspot

At this link there is a tricky and not always working solution to activate a wifi-hotspot using wifi. Does someone know any program (like Connectify for Windows) that does this? I understand this ...
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Wireless Access Point with login/landing page

I´m investigating how to setup a Wireless Access Point in a Linux (Ubuntu, in my case) PC where is mandatory to login/register using a backend module that I have developed. I know that exist some ...
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How to reset hotspot key?

I am new to Ubuntu. I wanted to create a wifi hotspot from my wired connected laptop. I followed these instructions http://www.howtogeek.com/116409/how-to-turn-your-ubuntu-laptop-into-a-wireless-...
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How to share my mobile broadband connection via Wifi

I am running Ubuntu 12.04 on my laptop having wifi. I have an android tablet which has wifi support. I connect my laptop to the internet through Mobile broadband (reliance netconnect zte modem). I ...
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How to prevent ubuntu from connecting to wifi hotspots automatically

Note: this question is distinct from "How to disable automatically connecting to WiFi?", as I do not wish to disable automatic WiFi connection in general. Problem: The Ubuntu WiFi module connects ...
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How to reverse tether the internet connection via wifi

How to share by internet (from my internal gsm card) via wifi? I can share my gsm internet from Android, but whats about the other way around?
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Wifi browser login problem

We use a wifi network at my school in which you must login with your student account in the web brower. When I boot my laptop with Windows 7, it redirects me automatically to the login page. But if ...
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Could not connect to wireless unitl reboot (nl80211)

I'm using Samsung NP900X3C. I have problem with occasionally connecting to WIFI, with Ubuntu 12.10. Sometimes my computer could not connect to WIFI "blab", neither after reboot computer. Only ...
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Wireless hotspot configuration and internet browsing

In our campus we have a leased line connection from a service provider, which has an external IP W.X.Y.Z. This connection is distributed from the server several sub-networks / subnets as follows: ...
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Ubuntu laptop connected to usb modem and set to be a hotspot + nexus 7

I'm using my laptop as a wifi hotspot while it's connected to broadband over a usb stick. And it works perfectly, I connect my phone to the laptop hotspot without a problem. But my nexus 7 can't find ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 wifi hotspot problem

After upgrade Ubuntu to 12.10 (x64) (pure install), my phone can't find my notebook's wifi hotspot. The hotspot was created by click 'Create New Wireless Network...' from the network indicator menu, ...
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Can't connect to my android's hotspot

I've tried to run Ubuntu from Live CD to check it. Ubuntu recognized my android's hotspot (I use android 2.1 with "Wifi Tethering") but wasn't able to connect to it. It's really a problem for me ...
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How can I create a Wifi Hotspot like in Connectify? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to share a wired internet connection via Wifi? When I had Windows 7 I used Connectify (http://www.connectify.me) to create a Wifi Hotspot. Now I have a wireless connection ...
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Create a HotSpot which requires a username and password

I wish to set up a wireless access point which requires a username and password in order for clients to use the internet. The network setup will be internet modem connected to an Ubuntu Server (2 ...
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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 to bridge mobile broadband and wifi networks?

I'm using a Mobile Broadband device/ usb modem to connect my computer to the Internet.When I was using Windows 7, I made my laptop a Wifi hotspot, so I could surf internet on my iPod touch . Now I ...
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Can't run a wifi hotspot via my laptop

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....
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Lubuntu hotspot starts up and then disconnects

I'm need to use my laptop (with lubuntu 12.04) as a WiFi hotspot. I created the wifi hotspot via "Create new wireless network" from the network connections menu. The hotspot comes up and then ...
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Why is WPA-encrypted ad-hoc mode disabled in 12.04?

Or, alternatively, how can I check that some WiFi chip supports WPA-encrypted hotspot creation? Is it hardware-dependent? Is anyone able to create WPA-encrypted hotspot? Update: See the discussion at ...
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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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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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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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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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