Ad-hoc network (hot spot) created in Ubuntu is not detected by android phone

Question

I created a hot spot via network > wireless > use as hotspot.

Other laptops successfully detected the hot-spot,could connect and use it without any problem.

But no android phone could detect it.! I tried with many android phones but none could.(I found out that even an ad-hoc created in windows is not detected by any phone)

So is there anything wrong i am doing(rather i am not doing anything actually other than clicking on the "use as hotspot" button..but still..)? or is that the network cannot be shared with phones? and if not,how can i share it with phones?

Solution 1

I think Android doesn't support ad-hoc networking.

Solution 2

Android by default doesn't allow you to connect to ad-hoc networks. There are many patches available online that allow you to connect to ad-hoc networks, but you need to be root to apply the patch.

Comments

[Nirmik]

A downvote? what for?

[Eliah Kagan]

People probably downvoted because they didn't realize the question is about Ubuntu (which it was, since you created the ad-hoc network in Ubuntu and for all you knew there was an Ubuntu-specific fix). There is no reason for someone to have assumed you weren't using Ubuntu or that your question is not Ubuntu-related ...but people make mistakes. In the long run, upvotes will cancel out downvotes (including mistaken or random downvotes).

[Nirmik]

@EliahKagan..Thanx a lot! m editing the title i guess to add IN UBUNTU ;)

[Nirmik]

Then should i select "infrastructure" instead of "adhoc"

[wajed]

Give it a try. It will work if your Wireless Adapter supports it. It's safe. (I haven't tried that before, though)

[Thomas Ward]

That probably won't work. most wifi adapters do not support 'infrastructure' nets being hosted on them...