Re: nm 0.9.8 ap-mode hotspot

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Tue, 2013-04-09 at 08:46 +0000, coolano myopera com wrote:
> Hi all. I installed nm 0.9.8 (with wpasupplicant 1.0-3) but I can't find
> and start ap-mode hotspot in gui, only adhoc.
> I also tried change "mode=" to ap, hotspot, apmode, ap-mode, lightweight
> hotspot  in /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/connectionname.
> (ath5k has ap support in nm wiki)

At the moment, neither nm-applet or the connection editor support
setting real AP mode from the GUI; that's work-in-progress because it
requires some rather extensive changes to the way that the editor
validates its UI so that you don't end up with incompatible options.

here's a sample "keyfile" connection
for /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections; you can start it with "nmcli
con up id Hotspot":

[connection]
id=Hotspot
uuid=3e13073d-6d7a-440d-ab2b-4f42c9fdacaf
type=802-11-wireless
autoconnect=false

[802-11-wireless]
ssid=my Hotspot
mode=ap
security=802-11-wireless-security

[802-11-wireless-security]
key-mgmt=wpa-psk
psk=really secure password

[ipv4]
method=shared

[ipv6]
method=auto


Dan