Can't create AP hotspots in ubuntu 13.10 / network-manager

[f3a97]

Hi,

Today I have upgraded to Ubuntu 13.10 with the hope that network-manager was finally able to create AP hotspots without complex configurations. This would enable the end user to finally connect phones and tablets to wifi hotspots created with Ubuntu.

Too bad I found out that the Network tool still creates hotspots with ad-hoc networks.

Good news is that with a simple change I managed to create a working AP hotspot and connect my android devices! The only change that is required is to:

1) set mode=ap to the hotspot connection file (created by the Network tool)
2) start the hotspot with the nmcli tool: nmcli con up id your-connection-name (credits to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wpa/+bug/1209511)

It is clear then that this is not an hardware or driver issue, so why AP hotspots are still not created by default?

Thanks for the great work.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: network-manager 0.9.8.0-0ubuntu22
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-14.21-generic 3.11.7
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-14-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Dec 12 14:23:17 2013
IfupdownConfig:
 # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-11-19 (387 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release i386 (20121017.2)
IpRoute:
 default via 10.64.64.64 dev ppp0 proto static
 10.42.0.0/24 dev wlan1 proto kernel scope link src 10.42.0.1 metric 9
 10.64.64.64 dev ppp0 proto kernel scope link src 10.214.172.154
 192.168.122.0/24 dev virbr0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.122.1
MarkForUpload: True
NetworkManager.state:
 [main]
 NetworkingEnabled=true
 WirelessEnabled=true
 WWANEnabled=true
 WimaxEnabled=true
SourcePackage: network-manager
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-12-12 (0 days ago)
nmcli-dev:
 DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH
 ttyUSB4 gsm connected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/6
 wlan1 802-11-wireless connected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/5
 eth0 802-3-ethernet unavailable /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1
 wlan0 802-11-wireless disconnected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0
nmcli-nm:
 RUNNING VERSION STATE NET-ENABLED WIFI-HARDWARE WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN
 running 0.9.8.0 connected enabled enabled enabled enabled enabled

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Dirk Willrodt (dwillrodt)]

thank You for that explanation of a work around!

[Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (cyphermox)]

Reassigning to nm-applet, it only needs to support setting the connection in mode=ap, which NM already understands.

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

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