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gnome-control-center package

Connection sharing with AP mode not possible

Bug #1074281 reported by Marius B. Kotsbak
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This bug affects 2 people
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Network Manager Applet
In Progress
Undecided
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NetworkManager
Fix Released
Undecided
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gnome-control-center
Fix Released
Medium
gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)
Fix Committed
Low
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network-manager (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
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network-manager-applet (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
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Bug Description

It is only possible to set up connection sharing in ad hoc mode. It would be useful for the hardware that supports it to set it up with AP mode. E.g. Android can't connect to ad hoc networks.

See http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/RealHotspot

Control center fixed in this commit: http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-control-center/commit/?id=fc6753e76870e5ad9a1b90b338f58a4302d1e85c

See original description
Tags: quantal
Marius B. Kotsbak (mariusko)
tags: added: quantal
description: updated
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Marius B. Kotsbak (mariusko) wrote :

Seems to be fixed in upstream Network Manager in these commits:

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/log/?qt=grep&q=AP-mode&showmsg=1

description: updated
Changed in network-manager:
status: New → Confirmed
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
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Marius B. Kotsbak (mariusko) wrote :

Released in 0.9.8.

Changed in network-manager:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Marius B. Kotsbak (mariusko) wrote :

NM list update from Dan Williams: "> nm-applet has not been updated to support AP mode. (gnome-control-center
> has been.) Can you file a bug?

Yeah, we simply ran out of time on this for 0.9.8; but it will be
cherry-picked to 0.9.8.2. I have a branch for it, but we need some
changes in the generic code (which both the editor and applet use)
before this is all handled correctly."

Changed in network-manager-applet:
status: New → In Progress
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in gnome-control-center:
importance: Unknown → Medium
status: Unknown → Fix Released
Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
Changed in gnome-control-center (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Committed
importance: Undecided → Low
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Yannick Defais (sevmek) wrote :

This is still not possible in 13.04 due to not compiling wpasupplicant with AP support, more details here :
https://bugs.launchpad.net/debian/+source/wpa/+bug/1186688

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in network-manager (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in network-manager-applet (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Marius B. Kotsbak (mariusko) wrote :

Works in KDE in Ubuntu Trusty now.

Changed in network-manager (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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