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Create Wifi Hotspot in Ubuntu Laptop For Android Phones

Last updated: April 22, 2024

Wireless access point for Android

If you have a single wired Internet connection, you can easily setup an ad-hoc wireless network with Ubuntu and share the Internet connection among multiple devices. Unfortunately, some devices including Android & Windows Phones may not support ad-hoc wireless networks.

UPDATE 2024: This tutorial is outdated! It may no longer works in current Ubuntu releases!

So this tutorial is going to show you how to turn your Ubuntu laptop into a wireless access point in another way with Android phones support.

To get started, press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open the terminal. When it opens, run the commands below one by one to install ap-hotspot.

Ap-hotspot is an open-source project that automatically creates an infrastructure (Access Point mode) wireless hotspot in Ubuntu that should work with Android and Windows Phone devices

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install ap-hotspot

Supports for Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 12.04 and Ubuntu 14.04. download & install the ap-hotspot deb for saucy at this page.

For Ubuntu 14.04, due to bug you need to downgrade hostapd to make ap-hotspot work.

  1. First uninstall the buggy hostapd in Ubuntu 14.04 via: 
    sudo apt-get remove hostapd
  2. Copy and paste the command below into terminal that matches your OS type – check out via System Setting -> Details – and hit run to download, install, and hold the old version of hostapd.While running the commands below, type in your user password in terminal when prompt.

    For 64-bit system:

    cd /tmp && wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/w/wpa/hostapd_1.0-3ubuntu2.1_amd64.deb && sudo dpkg -i hostapd*.deb && sudo apt-mark hold hostapd

    For 32-bit system:

    cd /tmp && wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/w/wpa/hostapd_1.0-3ubuntu2.1_i386.deb && sudo dpkg -i hostapd*.deb && sudo apt-mark hold hostapd

Once installed, execute below command to configure your wifi hotspot:

sudo ap-hotspot configure

It will detect the wired & wireless interfaces and ask you to confirm that if they are correct (run ifconfig if you’re not sure). Then you’ll be asked to enter a wifi hotspot name and setup a password.

Finally start the wireless hotspot via:

sudo ap-hotspot start

Now you’re able to connect to wifi hotspot via your Android phone!

To stop the wireless hotspot, execute this command in Ubuntu terminal:

sudo ap-hotspot stop

UPDATE: Please report issues at: https://github.com/hotice/AP-Hotspot/.

Tip: For the error “Access Point Mode is not supported by this device”, you may take a look at this page.

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    103 responses to Create Wifi Hotspot in Ubuntu Laptop For Android Phones

    1. bart00 February 6, 2014 at 11:30 am

      This metod working with 3g mobile modem ?

    2. shrief February 8, 2014 at 3:06 pm

      great man , i run it on kali linux and working but unfortunatuly network only with no internet , i dont know why ?? maybe (firewall or missing command ……

      if you have idea check with me ……. any way thanks

    3. Sari March 17, 2014 at 3:34 pm

      Thanks a lot, I got it working on my Ubuntu 13.10 -> Android tablet

    4. yanuar March 25, 2014 at 7:00 pm

      thanks…
      very very usefull

    5. abderrahmen April 3, 2014 at 9:17 am

      hey .. i m used to do this on ubuntu 13.10 .. and it works fine , i can conneect my tablet .. but yesterday i changed to Elementary Os .. i found the access point and when i connect to it , it stuck on obtaining Ip adress ..

    6. Armin April 15, 2014 at 8:37 am

      Hi. I have TTL = 1 on my laptop. My phone hasn’t internet access. How can I lower or raise the TTL value?

      • Ji m April 15, 2014 at 11:53 am

        The IPV4 settings are accessible through proc filesystem at /proc/sys/net/ipv4.

        Check the current TTL value, run:

        cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_default_ttl

        To set a new TTL value, 255 as example:

        sudo su

echo 255 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_default_ttl
    7. Ochiroo13 April 17, 2014 at 11:50 am

      @Ji m
      when i run sudo ap-hotspot configure this command
      terminal says: Your wireless card does not support Access Point mode

      what should i do

      • Ji m April 17, 2014 at 1:20 pm

        Please report this issue at: “https://github.com/hotice/AP-Hotspot/issues” and ask the developer to add support your wireless card.

        To check out network info, run:

        lshw -C network
    8. Sandeep April 22, 2014 at 2:28 pm

      Hi,
      Thank you for the post. I am using ubunutu 12.04. I have followed the instruction given above to create the network. But, my android tab couldn’t connect to this network, it struck at obtaining IP address. I have searched for this, but i didn’t find any solution. Can you suggest me what i should i do to solve this problem? Thanks.

    9. Eunice May 1, 2014 at 4:52 am

      @Ji m
      After starting the hotspot, my phone sees the connection but cannot access it. It keeps showing an invalid password error. Any ideas how to fix this?

    10. edovscov May 4, 2014 at 1:09 am

      Hi, thank you for the post, I am using ubuntu 12.10, I am installing on a Dell Latitude E5530.
      Any ideas how to fix this?
      $ sudo ap-hotspot configure
      Your wireless card does not support Access Point mode

    11. rohit May 27, 2014 at 1:53 am

      hello i have ubuntu 14.04 , and i successfully configure hotspot as u describe above,
      and i am able to connect my mobile with hotspot but when i am running any application which uses internet it could not load, seems that i am connected but no internet access…
      what i do?

      • Ji m May 28, 2014 at 4:10 am

        Sorry @rohit. This app is a little buggy on 14.04 and please go to the project page (link at the end of article) to get help.

    12. Ahmed May 31, 2014 at 5:55 pm

      can i do this on linux mint 16?

    13. name June 2, 2014 at 4:37 am

      mine is not working, it says “starting wireless hotspot….” waiting for 15 min it still not active, how can i fix this?

    14. vijay June 2, 2014 at 7:52 pm

      hello i have ubuntu 12.10 , and i successfully configure hotspot as u describe above,
      and i am able to connect my mobile with hotspot but when i am running any application which uses internet it could not load, seems that i am connected but no internet access…
      what i do?

    15. Samuel Gregory June 4, 2014 at 4:36 pm

      Really work for connecting a Nokia Lumia

    16. vaibhav June 6, 2014 at 4:32 am

      Hi hotspot is configured well but it only showing obtaning ip address and won’t connect
      ?

    17. Kunal Gaurav June 7, 2014 at 8:01 pm

      I installed ap-hotspot. I entered hotspot name and password. But when I try to connect any device it says authentication problem. I am unable to connect any device.

    18. durjoy June 9, 2014 at 4:50 pm

      Not working in linux mint 17 cinnamon :(

      • Ji m June 10, 2014 at 2:34 pm

        Sorry, the tutorial was tested on Ubuntu 13.10. Please try the KDE’s network manager, see the link at the end of article (UPDATE 2).

    19. chaitanya June 10, 2014 at 4:30 am

      when i give the command sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8
      it says pycurl.error: (7, “couldn’t connect to host”) even though i am connected to internet

    20. linux torvalds June 12, 2014 at 12:45 pm

      it is not working, it says “starting wireless hotspot….” waiting for 15 min it still not active, how can i fix this?

    21. Sagir Hussain Khan June 15, 2014 at 7:07 pm

      Dear
      Its not working with linux mint 17 though I used it with linux mint 15. can you update it for linux mint 17?

    22. Rashmi June 20, 2014 at 9:11 am

      Dear Sir,
      Thanks for your article, I am able connect my laptop with mobile. But unfortunately on my mobile, Satus is showing as: Limited connectivity and also I am not able to access the internet on mobile.

      Kindly help me.. waiting for your response.

    23. Rashmi June 20, 2014 at 9:14 am

      also kindly show me the steps, what setting do I need on mobile (already done the seeting on laptop) for accesing the wired internet connection on mobile.

    24. Rashmi June 20, 2014 at 9:28 am

      Dear sir,for your prompt reply. But I am having ubuntu 12.04

    25. Piyush Singhai June 23, 2014 at 3:14 am

      Hi,
      Thank you for the post. I am using ubunutu 12.04. I have followed the instruction given above to create the network. But, my android tab couldn’t connect to this network, it struck at obtaining IP address. I have searched for this, but i didn’t find any solution. Can you suggest me what i should i do to solve this problem? Thanks.

    26. Irrelavant July 2, 2014 at 11:10 am

      GAH, nevermind!!! I was looking at the end of the article. I found it in the middle while scrolling up.

    27. ankit yadav July 3, 2014 at 6:35 am

      its not working on ubuntu 12.04. it is showing that wireless hotspot is active but my mobile is not searching it. also not showing in wireless connection.

      • Ji m July 3, 2014 at 1:53 pm

        Sorry man, Hotspot was working good. It may or may not work nowadays, please visit the project page (in the end of post) to get more information.

        Now I’m using KDE’s network applet to handle this in Ubuntu 14.04 (not tested in 12.04), you can try it from the link in the “update2” (in the middle of post) section.

    28. ajit July 9, 2014 at 11:35 am

      it is not working, it says “starting wireless hotspot….” waiting for 15 min it still not active, how can i fix this?

      • Constantine July 14, 2014 at 5:08 pm

        On the machines or phones you are trying to connect with, select “only wpa2” for encryption. Then you will be able to connect AND obtain an IP-address.

    29. ghost July 19, 2014 at 3:09 am

      you can use this tool to create hotspot in ubuntu. if somehow it doesn’t install, install libqtgui from synaptic package manager

      http://launchpad.net/mobhotspot

    30. suresh July 25, 2014 at 8:39 am

      Hi Sir, i m using ubuntu 12.04 when i entered the command “sudo ap-hotspot configure” in terminal, it is showing that “Your wireless card does not support Access Point mode” why ? and what i have to do now ?

    31. Jatin Khurana July 29, 2014 at 5:28 am

      Hello, I am running ubuntu 14.04. It’s not working for me. After running the command to start the Hotspot, it is continuously showing “Starting Wireless Hotspot…..”. and doing nothing after that…

    32. S N Banerjee August 10, 2014 at 1:52 pm

      The same happens to me. I am running 14.04 x86_64, After running the command to start the Hotspot, it is continuously showing “Starting Wireless Hotspot…..”. and doing nothing after that…
      sudeep@syslap:~$ sudo rm /tmp/hotspot.pid
      rm: cannot remove ‘/tmp/hotspot.pid’: No such file or directory
      sudeep@syslap:~$ sudo ap-hotspot start
      Starting Wireless Hotspot…

      Any help would be appreciated!

      Thanks

    33. Andre August 12, 2014 at 6:53 pm

      If it doesn’t work in Elementary OS try to find here:

      http://elementaryos.org/answers/making-ap-hotspot-work

    34. Sudhir August 15, 2014 at 8:14 am

      Thanks! Great command but not working with my lan connection.

    35. Ramana August 24, 2014 at 2:51 pm

      Hi, how do I keep a check of the devices that connected to my hotspot ?

    36. Parth August 27, 2014 at 7:06 am

      Dunno wt happend i did go through all steps but at last step
      parthdave@ubuntu:~$ sudo ap-hotspot start
      Please disconnect WiFi before proceeding
      parthdave@ubuntu:~$ sudo ap-hotspot debug
      Starting Wireless Hotspot…
      * Stopping DNS forwarder and DHCP server dnsmasq
      * (not running)
      update-rc.d: warning: hostapd start runlevel arguments (none) do not match LSB Default-Start values (2 3 4 5)
      update-rc.d: warning: hostapd stop runlevel arguments (none) do not match LSB Default-Stop values (0 1 6)
      Disabling system startup links for /etc/init.d/hostapd …
      Removing any system startup links for /etc/init.d/hostapd …
      /etc/rc0.d/K20hostapd
      /etc/rc1.d/K20hostapd
      /etc/rc2.d/S20hostapd
      /etc/rc3.d/S20hostapd
      /etc/rc4.d/S20hostapd
      /etc/rc5.d/S20hostapd
      /etc/rc6.d/K20hostapd
      Adding system startup for /etc/init.d/hostapd …
      /etc/rc0.d/K20hostapd -> ../init.d/hostapd
      /etc/rc1.d/K20hostapd -> ../init.d/hostapd
      /etc/rc6.d/K20hostapd -> ../init.d/hostapd
      /etc/rc2.d/K80hostapd -> ../init.d/hostapd
      /etc/rc3.d/K80hostapd -> ../init.d/hostapd
      /etc/rc4.d/K80hostapd -> ../init.d/hostapd
      /etc/rc5.d/K80hostapd -> ../init.d/hostapd
      update-rc.d: warning: dnsmasq start runlevel arguments (none) do not match LSB Default-Start values (2 3 4 5)
      update-rc.d: warning: dnsmasq stop runlevel arguments (none) do not match LSB Default-Stop values (0 1 6)
      Disabling system startup links for /etc/init.d/dnsmasq …
      Removing any system startup links for /etc/init.d/dnsmasq …
      /etc/rc0.d/K85dnsmasq
      /etc/rc1.d/K85dnsmasq
      /etc/rc2.d/S15dnsmasq
      /etc/rc3.d/S15dnsmasq
      /etc/rc4.d/S15dnsmasq
      /etc/rc5.d/S15dnsmasq
      /etc/rc6.d/K85dnsmasq
      Adding system startup for /etc/init.d/dnsmasq …
      /etc/rc0.d/K85dnsmasq -> ../init.d/dnsmasq
      /etc/rc1.d/K85dnsmasq -> ../init.d/dnsmasq
      /etc/rc6.d/K85dnsmasq -> ../init.d/dnsmasq
      /etc/rc2.d/K85dnsmasq -> ../init.d/dnsmasq
      /etc/rc3.d/K85dnsmasq -> ../init.d/dnsmasq
      /etc/rc4.d/K85dnsmasq -> ../init.d/dnsmasq
      /etc/rc5.d/K85dnsmasq -> ../init.d/dnsmasq
      * Restarting DNS forwarder and DHCP server dnsmasq

      dnsmasq: failed to create listening socket for 127.0.0.1: Address already in use
      …fail!
      net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1
      Wireless Hotspot active
      parthdave@ubuntu:~$ sudo ap-hotspot start
      Another process is already running

      please solve this problem…

    37. Agli August 29, 2014 at 12:43 am

      Perfect! Got it working on Xubuntu 12.04 with a few additional easy steps.

      After a successfull install, when trying to connect Android phone and tablet to the hotspot they were just stuck at optaining IP address.
      The following steps fixed that:
      1) Run in a terminal: sudo ap-hotspot debug
      – I got a message in the last line:
      “Restarting DNS forwarder and DHCP server dnsmasq
      dnsmasq: failed to create listening socket for 127.0.0.1: …..fail!”

      2) The solution is here where you have to make a simple change to NetworkManager.conf: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1968155&page=4&p=11923702#post11923702
      Summary of the solution, quoted from the link:
      Run this from a terminal:
      sudo nano /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf

      Change the line that says:
      dns=dnsmasq
      To:
      #dns=dnsmasq

      Restart Network Manager:
      sudo service network-manager restart

      Verify /etc/resolv.conf does not say: nameserver 127.0.0.1
      cat /etc/resolv.conf

      3) sudo ap-hotspot stop

      4) sudo ap-hotspot debug
      – Now it should say:
      “Restarting DNS forwarder and DHCP server dnsmasq
      …done.”

      And now the Android phone and tablet can obtain IP addresses and it’s quite fast!

      • Agli August 29, 2014 at 7:57 pm

        The Xubuntu is running on an Acer Aspire One AO751h.
        Android version 4.4.2 on LG L70 phone and Nexus tablet.

        • ofer September 3, 2014 at 12:51 am

          in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS you knwow if works? I have android 4.0 and say: “obtaining ip adress..” Help me please

      • Abdulbasit October 24, 2014 at 1:31 pm

        Thanks agli. It worked for me. Guys don’t look for the internet connection symbol. In my case intetnet is connecte, but on internet connection symbol it is showing as it’s not connected.

      • mh December 7, 2014 at 8:42 pm

        Worked for me too. thanks.

      • Pavan Gop October 14, 2015 at 8:45 pm

        Saved Me :)

      • Abhishek Gaurav November 8, 2015 at 5:52 pm

        Thanks Agli !

        This was precisely the problem I was facing. In spite of the setting the Android device failed to obtain a valid IP address. Now after commenting the dnsmasq I am able to connect 12.04 to my android device. Thank you very much,

    38. Sid September 8, 2014 at 3:46 am

      Tell me how to complete authentication of password while connecting from android.

    39. Abdul September 13, 2014 at 6:28 am

      Hi Ji M
      Im using Dell Vostro 1450 series laptop with Ubuntu 12.04.
      I have installed ap-hotspot by referring this article but it ends up with following message after i run this cmd – sudo ap-hotspot configure.

      Please suggest a solution for this.
      Thanks!

    40. Jitender Dogra September 21, 2014 at 1:00 am

      i would like to inform you that the issue with faulty hostapd has probably been fixed now as i did not encounter any problems setting up my wifi hotspot. ap-hotspot works perfectly and even better than mhotspot in windows.

    41. John October 4, 2014 at 12:55 pm

      Thanks a lot. Where other methods failed, this one worked.

    42. Himanshu Agrawal October 18, 2014 at 6:30 am

      thanks it’s also working on linux 17

    43. Suresh October 19, 2014 at 1:30 pm

      Works great for ubuntu 14.04…. I can able to access the net from my android phone…. Thanks man….

    44. nilesh sarkale October 20, 2014 at 3:26 pm

      i m using ubuntu 14.4 . 32 bit OS
      when i tried exactly same,,
      on terminal it displayed ..

      nilesh@nilesh-HP-Compaq-6720s:/tmp$ sudo ap-hotspot start
      sudo: ap-hotspot: command not found

    45. amit October 23, 2014 at 7:52 am

      hi i have succesfuly installed the hotspot but to conect to my android its asking for a password? where can i find the password to connect my mobile to my laptop?
      thank you

    46. Himaja October 28, 2014 at 6:43 pm

      Wonderful. It worked like a magic on my linux mint – nexus5 combo :).

    47. hhm November 1, 2014 at 8:19 am

      Many many thanks for this toturial,

      It works with me and I’m able to access internet on android, Iphone, laptob (windows/ ubuntu) when I use WPA2 key or I keep it open.
      However, when I I try using Wep key to connect I obtain only “saved” but unable to connect in all devices. can you explain plaese. how to fix it.

    48. Chetan November 9, 2014 at 4:30 pm

      For me everything is okay till end but when I give sudo ap-hotspot start it doesnt start
      It comes till Starting Wireless Hotspot in blue and doesnt proceed further…Can you help me please

    49. Mohsin November 18, 2014 at 7:03 am

      When i start the application then it says
      WiFi is disabled, please enable WiFi before running this script

      when i stop the wifi then it says
      WiFi is disabled, please enable WiFi before running this script

      please suggest what to do ..please its urgent .. Thanks in advance .

    50. Arunava December 16, 2014 at 10:55 pm

      Thanks a lot.
      Finally it worked!

    51. Shubham December 29, 2014 at 9:46 am

      I have got Ubuntu12.04 and everything works fine…my handset even detects it but on connecting “Authenticating” keeps on repeating..

    52. rai January 18, 2015 at 9:51 am

      Thanks a lot to Agli for sharing the
      solution for not obtaining an IP address
      I am on ubuntu 12.04 and I obtained the ap-hotspot deb without adding any PPA.
      Everything works fine
      Thanks to Ji m too

    53. Aravind February 2, 2015 at 4:22 am

      i have followed all the steps thoroughly but after “sudo ap-hotspot configure” it says command not found

    54. vishu February 3, 2015 at 8:55 am

      i tried ur method. all went ok but it keeps on saying starting wireless hotspot…….
      but never starts… what should i do?

    55. sujith February 4, 2015 at 5:05 am

      How to protect the hotspot with password.when password gives it is not getting.please give advice to solve it.

    56. akshay March 14, 2015 at 7:33 am

      i am really thankful to u. I started using sony vaio with os ubantu yesterday and first search i made on google to find the solution to generate wifi . Fortunately, i found you and now i am writing this comment using my android phone connected through wifi , created by my laptop….. thanks again

    57. Bharat Joshi March 17, 2015 at 11:09 am

      I tried to create a hotspot on my laptop. When I entered the command
      sudo ap-hotspot configure
      I got the response that sudo: ap-hotspot: command not found
      The process ended what should I do?
      I am a new user of Ubuntu 14.04.

    58. Raghavendra March 18, 2015 at 7:53 pm

      Thnq, I did everythng u said and it is working. But I need something else, now I need to get which and all devices are connected to my laptop through this hotspot. And need to send information to those devices as some kind of notification. Pls help me with this..
      I’m using Ubuntu 13.10

    59. Supun April 14, 2015 at 4:01 am

      This works on 14.04 without removing anything.
      Just install hostapd as said above.

    60. Akhil April 27, 2015 at 11:01 am

      Connection problem while installing ap-hotspot : ‘404 not found’ something like that. What should i do?

    61. aj May 18, 2015 at 5:07 pm

      how to create hotspot in ubuntu 15.04? these methods not working for me…

    62. Rahul June 8, 2015 at 8:52 am

      after installing INTERNET is connect but is not working in Ubuntu 12.04

    63. eburn June 10, 2015 at 1:10 pm

      Your instructions don”t work. I don’t know if it’s due to my laptop running Ubuntu 15.04 or if anything is outdated.

    64. svtter June 16, 2015 at 2:22 am

      Could you write a guide for Ubuntu 15.04 ? Thanks a lot.

    65. akshay September 18, 2015 at 6:04 pm

      Not Found

      The requested URL /ubuntu/pool/universe/w/wpa/hostapd_1.0-3ubuntu2.1_amd64.deb was not found on this server.

      Apache/2.2.22 (Ubuntu) Server at archive.ubuntu.com Port 80

    66. Benjamin October 21, 2015 at 3:41 pm

      Hi Ji M,

      I got the error message below, I am using ubuntu 14.04LTS 64bit.

      HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 404 Not Found
      2015-10-21 23:39:37 ERROR 404: Not Found.

    67. srini October 21, 2015 at 5:49 pm

      iam using dell studio 1345 with wireless 1397 minicard iam unable to make access point with ap-hotspot
      it shows “your wireless card doesnt support accesspoint mode.
      kindly guide me to download latest drivers for the dell 1397 minicard.
      thanks in advance.

    68. brownmonkey November 9, 2015 at 6:32 am

      hi, do we update for this settings. mine is not working but perfectly fine before the most recent update and upgrade of my system. thank you in advance.

    69. Nagesh November 26, 2015 at 4:17 pm

      after enter the above command in terminal
      the following error shows in terminal

      /tmp$ cd /tmp && wget “http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/w/wpa/hostapd_1.0-3ubuntu2.1_amd64.deb” && sudo dpkg -i hostapd*.deb && sudo apt-mark hold hostapd
      –2015-11-26 21:46:35– “http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/w/wpa/hostapd_1.0-3ubuntu2.1_amd64.deb”
      Resolving archive.ubuntu.com (archive.ubuntu.com)… 91.189.91.14, 91.189.88.149, 91.189.92.201, …
      Connecting to archive.ubuntu.com (archive.ubuntu.com)|91.189.91.14|:80… connected.
      HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 404 Not Found
      2015-11-26 21:46:36 ERROR 404: Not Found.

      Pls suggest me

    70. Pankaj Chauhan December 3, 2015 at 5:06 am

      My installation and configuration is finished. My android device showing my hotspot but when i enter password andl click to connect the process go running or running but not connecting. Please tell me what i do to resolve this problem?

    71. Epic_Gamer_2000 December 29, 2015 at 7:34 pm

      will this work with ubuntu 13.10 -> iOS 9 iPad?

    72. Sidharthan February 26, 2016 at 1:25 pm

      Deb url not found
      64 bit:
      wget http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/w/wpa/hostapd_1.0-3ubuntu2.1_amd64.deb
      32 bit:

      wget http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/w/wpa/hostapd_1.0-3ubuntu2.1_i386.deb

    73. keysie April 9, 2016 at 11:09 pm

      I was looking for a good solution for easily creating a hotspot on ubuntu a few months back, but somehow I missed ap-hotspot. Other solutions proposed by the interwebz either didn’t work or were too complicated to handle quickly. Therefore I set out to write my own set of scripts to facilitate the process.

      I would be happy if some of you were to check out my project at https://github.com/keysie/ubuntu-hotspot and let me know how it works for you.

    74. Sam June 15, 2016 at 6:08 am

      Hello Sir, I already created ap-hotspot and can be used normally ， but when the WI-FI connection tip password mistake . why ?

    75. Sur July 6, 2016 at 10:46 am

      wget to the deb file is not reachable @ step 2: so stumbled for the working one which is down here.

      http://launchpadlibrarian.net/158293980/hostapd_1.0-3ubuntu2.1_amd64.deb

      Tested and working 100%. Thanks for the write up on this.

    76. Thileepan August 10, 2016 at 10:00 am

      When use this command cd /tmp && wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/w/wpa/hostapd_1.0-3ubuntu2.1_amd64.deb && sudo dpkg -i hostapd*.deb && sudo apt-mark hold hostapd
      I am getting following error
      Connecting to archive.ubuntu.com (archive.ubuntu.com)|2001:67c:1560:8001::11|:443… failed: Network is unreachable
      My ubuntu version is 14.04

    77. sujit tak October 12, 2016 at 2:08 pm

      This is what I get when i run the command for 32 bit on ubuntu 14.04

      –2016-10-12 19:30:58– http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/w/wpa/hostapd_1.0-3ubuntu2.1_i386.deb
      Resolving archive.ubuntu.com (archive.ubuntu.com)… 91.189.88.162, 91.189.88.152, 91.189.88.161, …
      Connecting to archive.ubuntu.com (archive.ubuntu.com)|91.189.88.162|:80… connected.
      HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 404 Not Found
      2016-10-12 19:30:58 ERROR 404: Not Found.

    78. asd December 26, 2016 at 10:35 am

      http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/w/wpa/hostapd_1.0-3ubuntu2.1_amd64.deb gives a 404. Please update the link with

      http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/w/wpa/hostapd_1.0-3ubuntu2.1_amd64.deb