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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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Wifi Interface blocked from choosing interface #364

Closed NoamReuveni closed 6 months ago

NoamReuveni commented 7 months ago

Describe the bug I follow the guidlines and tried to create a hotspot. Once running as sudo the app I couldn't choose a wifi interface (see screenshot to see difference of color between Wifi Interface and Internet interface). I then thought there is just one wifi interface to choose from and it does by default but when trying to create hotspot I got the following text:

Please select Wifi and Internet interfaces pkexec --user root create_ap wlan0 eth0 'MyAccessPoint' '12345678' --mkconfig /etc/create_ap.conf --freq-band 2.4 --mac -g XXX.XXX.XX.X Config options written to '/etc/create_ap.conf' ERROR: 'wlan0' is not a WiFi interface Command not found or exited with error status

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Follow installation guide (including compiling and building)
  2. Run sudo wihotspot from terminal
  3. Chosse Internet interface
  4. Click Create Hotspot and look at terminal where it is run

Expected behavior I wold expect to be able to choose the wifi interface and be able to create a hotspot

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Additional context I tried running the app not as sudo from terminal and from the gui app that was created and all of the options led to the same bug

Tiebe commented 6 months ago

Make sure you have iw installed. That was the problem for me.

lakinduakash commented 6 months ago

@NoamReuveni did you check whether all the dependencies are installed as in the README? Please check iw also.