I want to know how to share wireless connection and create a wireless hotspot.
On Windows i use "netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=myssid pass=mypass".
And then "netsh wlan start hostednetwork".
ubuntu 14.04 64-bit dual-booted with windows 7.
Thanks.
Test this:
You need at least: Wireless PCI or USB device connected to Linux with a/b/g and WPA2 support in AP mode, suppose it is wlan0 and Wired ethernet port connected to the upstream router for the Internet access, suppose it is eth0.
Open a terminal.
Press Ctrl+Alt+T
Type the following command to install the application:
$ sudo -i
# apt-get update
# apt-get install hostapd bridge-utils
Now you must configure it by editing your file /etc/default/hostapd
$ sudo -i
# nano /etc/default/hostapd
Uncomment and set DAEMON_CONF to the absolute path of a hostapd configuration file:
DAEMON_CONF="/etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf"
Ctrl + O, save file. Ctrl + X, close nano.
Now you need to create the text file /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
sudo -i
nano /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
You must place these lines:
# Wireless network name - Set interface name
interface=wlan0
# Bridge name - set your bridge name
bridge=br0
# Driver nane - set driver name
driver=rtl8188eu
# Country name code - set country name code in ISO/IEC 3166-1 format. US = United Stats
country_code=US
# SSID name - set your SSID
ssid=TameHog
# Operation mode - set operation mode a=IEEE 802.11a, b=IEEE 802.11b, g=IEEE 802.11g
hw_mode=g
# Channel number - set channel number
channel=3
# wpa mode - set wpa mode to 2
wpa=2
# wpa-passphrase - set your passphrase
wpa_passphrase=YourWiFiPassword
# Key management algorithms - set key and auth optionsmanagement
wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
# Set cipher suites - TKIP and CCMP = AES in Counter mode with CBC-MAC
wpa_pairwise=TKIP
rsn_pairwise=CCMP
# Shared Key Authentication
auth_algs=1
# Accept all MAC address
macaddr_acl=0
Ctrl + O, save file. Ctrl + X, close nano.
Now you can setup wlan0 in standalone mode or bridge it with eth0
$ sudo -i
# nano /etc/network/interfaces
Modify or set config as follows:
auto lo br0
iface lo inet loopback
# wireless wlan0
allow-hotplug wlan0
iface wlan0 inet manual
# eth0 connected to the ISP router
allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet manual
# Setup bridge
iface br0 inet static
bridge_ports wlan0 eth0
address 10.160.10.11
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 10.160.10.0
#Isp Router IP, 10.160.10.2 also runs DHCPD
gateway 10.160.10.2
dns-nameservers 10.160.10.2
Ctrl + O, save file. Ctrl + X, close nano.
Reboot and make sure firewall is not blocking required ports:
$ sudo -i
# /sbin/iptables -L -n -v | less
There is a really nice explanation on the german wiki. The automatic translation is not that great, but I find it understandable, so it might point you in the right direction anyways:
