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Turning on Wi-Fi Hotspot in Wi-Fi settings<\/b> is not working very well in Ubuntu 18.04 default Gnome desktop. It says ‘can not connect’ or ‘password error’ when I’m tring to connect via iOS<\/b> or Android<\/b> device.<\/p>\n
Since Ubuntu switched to Gnome 3, Wi-Fi Hotspot can be easily created by the System Settings utility. It’s however not working very well in my Ubuntu 18.04 laptop. And here’s a workaround to make it work<\/p>\n
1.)<\/b> Press Alt+F2<\/b> on keyboard to bring up ‘Enter a Command’ box, then input 2.)<\/b> When the ‘Network Connections<\/b>‘ window pops up, click on the bottom-left plus button to create a new connection.<\/p>\n 3.)<\/b> In next window, seleft Wi-Fi<\/b> from the drop-down box.<\/p>\n 4.)<\/b> After clicked the ‘Create…’ button, do following settings in next window.<\/p>\n Tip: you may disable ‘Automatically connect to this network when it is available’ in General tab, or Wi-Fi hotspot auto-enabled in every login.<\/i><\/p>\n 5.)<\/b> Finally in Wi-Fi Settings<\/b> window, do:<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/turnonwifi-hotspot.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nnm-connection-editor<\/code> and hit Enter.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n\n
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