3

When I try to connect my ubuntu with iphone's personal hotspot it won't connect in certain times, But sometimes it will recognize the device and connect to WiFi but it will automatically disconnect in 10 min or 15 min or so. I have no trouble with Android Phones, I have checked with Samsung, Oppo and Vivo everything is working fine, but iPhone has some problems

Logs of lspci -nnk | grep -iA3 net

02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter [168c:0042] (rev 31)
   Subsystem: Lenovo QCA9377 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter [17aa:0901]
   Kernel driver in use: ath10k_pci
   Kernel modules: ath10k_pci
BenMorel
  • 161
Rishikesh
  • 39
  • Are you sure it doesn't relate to settings or issues with the iphone itself (ie. settings that prevent connections at specific times, or drop connection at certain thresholds). You confirm the Ubuntu works when not used with the iphone; so the likely cause from your description is with the iphone itself. – guiverc Oct 17 '21 at 02:55
  • Look at the logs! sudo journalctl -b 0 -u NetworkManager. Read man journalctl. – waltinator Oct 17 '21 at 06:07
  • 1
    @guiverc I tried with other iPhones also like the iPhone 6s, X and 12 but it still won't connect, Maybe it will be a problem of iOS? but windows connects to iphone's hotspot without issues – Rishikesh Oct 18 '21 at 11:00
  • Please edit the question to include results from terminal for lspci -nnk | grep -iA3 net – Jeremy31 Oct 18 '21 at 21:22
  • @Jeremy31 i added the logs of lspci -nnk | grep -iA3 net – Rishikesh Oct 20 '21 at 11:42
  • This answer may help – Error404 Oct 20 '21 at 12:01
  • Try sudo sed -i 's/wifi.powersave = 3/wifi.powersave = 2/' /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/default-wifi-powersave-on.conf in terminal and reboot. You may also want to see if the iPhone uses mixed encryption as TKIP causes problems with Qualcomm wifi – Jeremy31 Oct 20 '21 at 20:55

1 Answers1

5

Struggled with this issue yesterday and now I just got it working. Hasn't even been 15 minutes yet I don't think but writing this on a laptop running ubuntu that's connected to my iPhone's hotspot as I type.

Here is how I got mine to work.

went into my laptop (ubuntu) settings -> select network -> WiFi settings -> gear icon to the right of "{{myName}}'s iPhone" -> Security and then I changed it from "WPA3 Personal" to "WPA & WPA2 Personal" and it started working!

YungTiffin
  • 51
  • 1
  • 2