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Danielsan

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Registered: 2020-07-14

Posts: 178  

[HELP] Hotspot through nm-applet

Hi There,

I am trying to set up an hotspot with my laptop through the nm-applet but it doesn't work.
In my memories there were plenty of articles about hotspot and nm-applet but looks like all them were cannibalized by the latest Ubuntu/Gnome3...

I wonder if this is actually possible with the default Xfce4 and desktop, plus nm-applet... I have runit as init system but if I need to change to openrc, for instance, I am willing to make this change.

May anyone of you guide me through this process?

Thanks in advance!

soren

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Registered: 2023-04-30

Posts: 142  

Re: [HELP] Hotspot through nm-applet

Does your network card support AP mode?
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Softwa … rt_AP_mode

Also see here
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Networ … over_Wi-Fi

I know they are archlinux links but the arch wiki is usually pretty good when it comes to stuff like this.

ralph.ronnquist

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From: Battery Point, Tasmania, AUS

Registered: 2016-11-30

Posts: 1,247  

Re: [HELP] Hotspot through nm-applet

You'll need to install hostapd and read through its documentation.

Danielsan

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Registered: 2020-07-14

Posts: 178  

Re: [HELP] Hotspot through nm-applet

Thank you guys, apparently it is supported:

sudo iw list | grep AP
		 * AP
		 * AP/VLAN
		 * AP/VLAN
	Driver supports full state transitions for AP/GO clients
		 * AP: 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0
		 * AP/VLAN: 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0
		 * AP: 0x00 0x20 0x40 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0
		 * AP/VLAN: 0x00 0x20 0x40 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0

However I am not sure I want go that route, it is easier using my phone as access point and connect my workstation to the laptop through RDP...