I mean to have my laptop under Ubuntu 16.04LTS as both an Access Point and using it also to connect to internet (e.g., browsing). I found that this is possible. I would need
$ iw list
Wiphy phy0
...
Supported interface modes:
...
* AP
but in my case
$ iw list
Wiphy phy0
...
Supported interface modes:
* IBSS
* managed
* monitor
I have a
$ lspci | grep -i Network
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 (rev 35)
$ ethtool -i wlp3s0 | grep driver
driver: iwlwifi
From the many references that I read, I wasn't clear about a few points:
Does my card support AP per se? According to this and this, the card is capable of using Intel® My WiFi Dashboard, so it would support AP.
Is it mandatory to have AP mode supported by the driver? According to this,
iwlwifi
, what I have, would be ok, so I would already have hardware and drivers supporting AP mode (but there is something clearly missing).Can I change to Broadcom driver to get the AP mode? (I did not dare trying, lest ruining my current wifi access and getting none).
Must I install ap-hotspot or create_ap?
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