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lakinduakash / linux-wifi-hotspot

Feature-rich wifi hotspot creator for Linux which provides both GUI and command-line interface. It is also able to create a hotspot using the same wifi card which is connected to an AP already ( Similar to Windows 10).
BSD 2-Clause "Simplified" License
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unable to connect any device to wifi hotspot: "unable to get IP address" #239

Closed tubbadu closed 2 years ago

tubbadu commented 2 years ago

Describe the bug just installed this tool, tried turning on the wifi to connect my android phone, the wifi is found in the android network manager but when trying to connect it just load for some time and says "unable to get IP address"

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. install this tool from the latest release (no errors given)
  2. launch the gui
  3. set any name as SSID (mine was "ciao")
  4. set the connection open (no password)
  5. leave others settings unchanged (2.4Ghz and all ticks unselected)
  6. click "create hotspot"
  7. on any device (tried on android phone and on another linux machine, running kubuntu 22.04) try to connect to the network
  8. no connection
  9. cry, cry a lot

Expected behavior any other devices able to connect to other wifi should connect also the the just created hotspot

Desktop (please complete the following information):

Additional context on the same pc, creating a hotspot in kubuntu going to the wifi applet > hotspot works well even trying to set a password gives the same error

lakinduakash commented 2 years ago

Can you check #209 whether there is a solution?

tubbadu commented 2 years ago

yeah! the problem was firewalld! thank you very much