Hallo, today we will make from our Linux Mint 17 machine a Wi-Fi access point, for this we do

not need any additional software, just easy as 1-2-3:

1. Go to Main Menu -> Preferences -> Network Connections click on Add and choose Wi-Fi.
Choose a network name (SSID), Infrastructure mode. Go to to Wi-Fi Security and choose a
WPA/WPA2 Personal and create a password. Go to IPv4 settings and check that it is shared with
other computers.

2. Do sudo vi /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/YOUR_CONNECTION_NAME and

change mode=infrastructure to mode=ap and save it.

3. Click on Network Manager near clocks and choose connect to hidden wireless network -->
choose your connection --> enjoy.

P.S. If it does not work, run iw list and check in Supported interface modes: * AP, if you
do not have AP there, probably your Wi-Fi card does not support this mode.

Tags: wlan, network, access point

Created: 2 years ago.
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The idea is: if you have a wired connexion to the PC, how
to create a Hotspot with Linux Mint? The wifi connexion
that you get from this hotspot works well with Android
phones and tablets.
2 months
ago puigpuig Further explanation of Point 3: Click on Network Manager
near clocks and choose under "Network Preferences"
("Preferencias de Red in Spanish) the button that says:
"Connect to hidden wireless network", then choose your
connection.

10 months I find the problem and get the solution. It's working. Thank
ago ffacualvare you
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10 months Hi. I'm not so good in terminal. Can somebody give me a

 ffacualvare
ago step by step explanation about the second part?
z

Can't find hidden network option?

left click the wifi icon in systray -> Network Settings ->
wireless
1 year ago
farque Below the selection of wifi networks is a button 'connect to
hidden network'. Click it, scroll through the list to
YOUR_CONNECTION_NAME and select. Done.

sudo gedit
1 year ago
farque instead of sudo vi for a notepad like gui text editor

THIS IS BRILLIANT FOR ANDROID i.e. PC -> ANDROID

SHARED INTERNET.

Because - the built in hotspot mode in linux mint does not

work with android; android does not support ad hoc wifi
natively. Even with root and editing wpa_supplicant.conf I
1 year ago was unable to connect to the ad hoc hotspot built in to
farque linux mint.

However this does work. And it uses WPA2 not WEP so it's
probably more secure too.

Big thanks.

1 year ago jahid_0903 This is quite useful, but alas!!, WiFi drops after sometime...
014

1 year ago Works like Charm on my LM17.2!! Thanks alot man.

rahulrajpl

nice one man, i so wonder why the network manager

1 year ago doesn't(yet) give an option for ap...now my brother will
gunk stop bugging me.

1 year ago This is one of the reasons that I switched to Linux, and
Linux Mint in particular. My nice Dell XPS 8700 came with
NeoGeo64 Windows 8 (upgraded to 7 later down the road) and the
Dell drivers DVD came with a "HotSpot" program.

It sucked. It would disconnect all the time. The drivers for

 my wireless card SUCKED under Windows and are ROCK
SOLID under Linux. I backed up all of my prized pix and
vidz one day and ran a Boot and Nuke program to wipe all
traces of filesystems and data off my hard drive. In short,
my disk drive was factory fresh.

Then I inserted my Linux Mint install DVD and rebooted. I

installed Linux Mint 17.1 back in December 2014. It is July
2015 and I still run Linux. Version 17.2 was released about
a week ago and I've just seamlessly upgraded to that with
the upgrade manager, which is another amazing feature of
Linux Mint.

Anyways, I love having my Linux PC do everything I want it

to in addition to acting as a rock solid WiFi hotspot.

If they started charging $200 a copy of Linux Mint I'd pay

it. I love my Mint. I love it a lot!

Worked fine.
1 year ago
tarkk Thanks

You need to check VI tutorial, shortly it is goes with you

pointer till "infrastructure", press "x" till you delete it and
2 years ago
gas_85 and then press "i" to insert "ap" instead. Then ESC, ":" and
print "wq". But BETTER CHECK VI MANUALs.

"Parameters on my system is Preferences. WI-FI Protection

is WI-FI Security on my system" can be, I did translation,
because I'm using Russion Mint:)
2 years ago
gas_85 I did not catch your point about HP and USB wifi. Did you
setup AP on one system and than use HP with an USB wifi?
If yes, than it is ok if you can connect to the network.

2 years ago I am running newly installed mint-17

I went thru step 1. Parameters on my system is
pwoody82 Preferences. WI-FI Protection is WI-FI Security on my
system. I have a wireless network up so I used it's name,
but I did not have to. I changed it to something else
without affecting the connection. I selected infrastructure
mode. In security, I chose WPA & WPA2 personal and
entered a password (assigned to the network previously).
Again, the password could have been anything and I
 changed it. Save became available so I did so.

I am running an HP Desktop system with no built in wifi.

My wifi is actually a USB 2.0 plugin I got on Ebay. In my
case I did not have to do step 2 or 3, I was able to click the
Icon in the taskbar where my local net was listed. When I
clicked on that, I was asked for the password for the
network (not the password I assigned in step 1) and
connected right into the web.

The WI-FI icon appeared in the taskbar after the save,

clicking on it showed my local net and a couple of outside
networks. I did not have to go thru step 2 or 3. Rebooting
the system found the wifi still working. On my laptop,
clicking the icon in the taskbar shows all networks the
system sees including hotspots. Clicking on a hotspot will
take you to it and you can access it if you pass local
restrictions.

remoulders method won't do the job, but this tutorial

2 years ago jahid_0903 might. I am gonna check it. The option "Use as Hotspot"
014 creates an hotspot with ad-hoc network not access point.

That was a problem - no "Use as Hotspot" in my system. I

2 years ago checked everything, all other tutorial satrting with a "lets
gas_85 install hostapd..."

2 years ago Or just click "Use as Hotspot" in network

remoulder