Connect to ubuntu hotspot from ubuntu laptop

Asked Feb 22 '20 at 12:00

Active Feb 22 '20 at 12:25

Viewed 118 times

I'm having a lot of difficulty connecting from an ubuntu 18.04 laptop to a hotspot setup on my ubuntu 18.04 desktop.

Laptop card

02:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter (rev 32)

Desktop card

01:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter (rev 03)

I tried the default settings:

go into wifi settings
choose turn on wifi hotspot
select the wifi network on laptop
enter password shown as "password" on desktop

I wait a few seconds and I see full bars so I guess it's physically connected in some way, then I get a pop up "Activation of network connection failed".

I've tried

changing Ad-Hoc to Hotspot
turning off the password
changing the password to passphrase (not Hex or Ascii)
manually entering the IPv4 connection info for the connection on the laptop as in this post ... I skipped the other answer cos I don't think I want P2P

The laptop can connect fine to my house wifi.

edited Feb 22 '20 at 12:25

asked Feb 22 '20 at 12:00

joel

So you have Desktop and Laptop.. You have setup wifi hot spot on Desktop. How is the internet connection coming to this Desktop? via LAN or WIFI?? If the internet intake is through the wifi card.. it can not output.. – PRATAP Feb 22 '20 at 12:42
@PRATAP internet's coming to desktop via ethernet – joel Feb 22 '20 at 12:44
Ok thats fine.. Can you try the below commands once.. – PRATAP Feb 22 '20 at 12:47
nmcli device wifi hotspot ssid TESTING password 12345678 from the Desktop – PRATAP Feb 22 '20 at 12:48
Error: Invalid 'password': '12345678' is not valid WEP key (it should be 5 or 13 ASCII chars). – joel Feb 22 '20 at 12:49
with password 12345, I get "Device 'wlp1s0' successfully activated with '0643bbad-6f1e-4df7-b59e-0eeb28ec8634'." – joel Feb 22 '20 at 12:50
Ok now check from your laptop.. – PRATAP Feb 22 '20 at 12:51
Let us continue this discussion in chat. – joel Feb 22 '20 at 12:53

Connect to ubuntu hotspot from ubuntu laptop

0 Answers0