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Aditya Prasun
Asked: 2015-01-26 01:03:42 +0800 CST

How to create wifi hotspot on Ubuntu 14.04 that is visible to every device?

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I was creating a wifi hotspot using kde-nm-connection-editor as instructed on Share Internet Connection With Android in Ubuntu 14.04 but an unexpected error occurred as a result of which I was able to create it up. The following error appeared :
(32) Access Point (AP) mode is not supported by this device.

14.04

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  1. Best Answer

    As @Zeiss Ikon said, it seems that it doesn't support AP mode. Sadly this happens to me too.

    You can run in a terminal iw list and check the Supported interface modes: section to see if there is any reference to AP. If not, then you can't use the AP mode.

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  2. That error is reporting that your particular wifi hardware doesn't support operating as a hotspot. There's nothing you can do in software to correct it, you can only replace the hardware (though it would probably cost about the same to buy a cheap wifi router).

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