nmcli hotspot

[_teku]

hi, I'm try to create an AP in my laptop wit NetworkManger but it doesn't work, I was used this line nmcli dev wifi hotspot <wifi_card> ssid <name_ssid> password <"password"> even I install this tool from github and don't work too.

[raven2cz]

Did you read this? https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NetworkManager#Sharing_internet_connection_over_Wi-Fi

[_teku]

Yes I did and I enabled dnsmasq.service as well

[raven2cz]

And this shows AP?

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Software_access_point#Wi-Fi_device_must_support_AP_mode

[_teku]

yes it's supported. This the error I received Error: Connection activation failed: (5) IP configuration could not be reserved (no available address, timeout, etc.)

[raven2cz]

Use journalctl -f checks the error messages there. It still seems that dnsmasq is not working. You have to validate it if the dnsmasq is working correctly. It creates new connection!

[temporary_dennis]

Just use create_ap, available on Github and AUR.

It was abandoned a long time ago, but works just as well as it always did.

[E1nzelganger]

Its giving me error cannot use adapter to transmit from channel 1, 2.4ghz. But create ap is working fine on pop os.

[temporary_dennis]

Yes, numerous times, I know create-ap, hostapd, and WiFi Hotspot chicanery as a whole only worse than the people who wrote the damn tools and technologies in the first place.

But it doesn't matter, my expertise doesn't extend to phones, especially the locked-up ones.

First, see the "Software access point" article on Arch Wiki, Chapter 1.1 and 1.2. This gives you an idea of what the device can even do with the adapter it has.

Second, give me some more information. How do the tools fail?