Wi-Fi hotspot

KDE Desktop

Configuration

1. Access to system settings.

2. Select the Connections ----> + ----> Wi-Fi (shared) ----> Create button in order.

3. Refer to the following configuration and fill in the configuration you need to modify.

Enable Hotspot

Right-click on the hotspot configuration and select Connect Enable Wi-Fi hotspot.

Shell

Configuration

1. Use sudo nmtui to enter the NetworkManager configuration interface.

2. Select the Edit a connection ----> Add ----> Wi-Fi button.

3. Refer to the following configuration and fill in the configuration you need to modify.

┌────────────────────────────┤ Edit Connection ├─────────────────────────────┐
│                                                                          ↑│
│            Profile name AP______________________________________          ▮│
│                  Device ________________________________________          ▒│
│                                                                           ▒│
│ ╤ WI-FI                                                          <Hide>   ▒│
│ │                  SSID AP______________________________________          ▒│
│ │                  Mode <Access Point>                                    ▒│
│ │               Channel <Automatic>                                       ▒│
│ │                                                                         ▒│
│ │              Security <WPA & WPA2 Personal>                             ▒│
│ │              Password ********________________________________          ▒│
│ │                       [ ] Show password                                 ▒│
│ │                                                                         ▒│
│ │                 BSSID ________________________________________          ▒│
│ │    Cloned MAC address ________________________________________          ▒│
│ │                   MTU __________ (default)                              ▒│
│ └                                                                         ▒│
│                                                                           ▒│
│ ═ IPv4 CONFIGURATION    <Shared>                                 <Show>   ▒│
│                                                                          ↓│
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

4. Save and exit.

5. Add a NAT rule to specify traffic egress sudo iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o end0 -j MASQUERADE, where end0 is the name of the egress NIC.

Enable hotspot

sudo nmcli connection up AP