How to edit hotspot settings in Linux Mint 17?

Question

I am trying to create a soft hotspot in Linux Mint 17 (based on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS), but when I try I am not able to edit username/password for the created hotpsot moreover it is not detected by my mobile.

Below is the screenshot of Networking window.

How can I get the options to configure my hotspot?

Or is there any other package available to do it better?

Solution 1

You can edit the hotspot properties under "Main Menu -> Preferences -> Network Connections".

There should be an entry called Hotspot, which you can edit.

I also changed the "mode=infrastructure" to "mode=ap" under [802-11-wireless] in the /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/Hotspot file.

Have a look at How to enable Wi-Fi Access point on Mint 17 for more details.

Solution 2

I wasn't able to get the graphical tools to respect the ssid change, I was able to find a way to setup a wifi access point directly like so:

nmcli dev wifi hotspot ifname wlp4s0 ssid test password "test1234"

credit: https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/384513/61349

Comments

[drs]

You may need to turn off the hotspot in order to edit the hotspot settings. Try toggling it off.

[Krishnakumar]

actually i am not getting any ways to change the encryptio also