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.

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How can I get the options to configure my hotspot?

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

You may need to turn off the hotspot in order to edit the hotspot settings. Try toggling it off. — drs, Jul 16 '14 at 14:55
actually i am not getting any ways to change the encryptio also — Krishnakumar, Jul 16 '14 at 17:05

Paul Schutte · Answer 1 · 2015-03-05T10:41:00.587

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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.

edited Mar 05 '15 at 10:41

answered Mar 04 '15 at 09:57

Paul Schutte

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 27 '19 at 20:44

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

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 10 '16 at 19:56

Make sure IPv4 settings are shared with other computers.

Open a terminal and type:

sudo vi /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/YOUR_CONNECTION_NAME

Next change

mode=infrastructure

to

mode=ap

and save it.

Go to your

network_manager

Choose "connect to hidden"

How to edit hotspot settings in Linux Mint 17?

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