Can't create Hotspot (AP master mode) connection when adding shared. Reproducible: Always
You need a very new NetworkManager (0.9.6 is *not* enough) and at least wpa_supplicant 1.0 for this to work: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/networkmanager-list/2012-November/msg00208.html and it does not work with all wifi cards. Until there you can only use wep encrypted ad-hoc hotspots. We from KDE does not implement NetworkManager, so I am marking this bug as upstream.
I have: NetworkManager-0.9.7.0-9.git20121004.fc18.x86_64 wpa_supplicant-1.0-1.fc18.x86_64 Linksys WUSB54GC adapter: iw list: Supported interface modes: * IBSS * managed * AP * AP/VLAN * WDS * monitor * mesh point software interface modes (can always be added): * AP/VLAN * monitor similar bug in Gnome: wpa_supplicant-1.0-1.fc18.x86_64
According to this http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/RealHotspot no change in Plasma NM is needed to make this work. Since this is an experimental feature you should contact NetworkManager developers about any additional detail on how to enable this feature that is not documented in the two links I sent. Since the main NetworkManager developer is a RedHat employee I think you should open a bug report in RedHat's bugzilla too, which you already did by what I can see here https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=886236
According to this: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=886236#c7 GUI change is needed to make this work. You can ask Dan Williams (dcbw at redhat.com) if he can provide details on how to implement this feature in KDE Network Management.
(In reply to comment #4) > According to this: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=886236#c7 GUI > change is needed to make this work. > > You can ask Dan Williams (dcbw at redhat.com) if he can provide details on > how to implement this feature in KDE Network Management. You could do me a favour and ask that in the redhat's bug report since I do not have an account there.
Ok, the required changes are described in https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=686732. I will try to implement them next weekend.
Git commit b770588672e4e5b729329586d3bb3037f834da6c by Lamarque V. Souza. Committed on 01/03/2013 at 22:56. Pushed by lvsouza into branch 'master'. Add support to wireless ap-mode. M +6 -0 dbus/introspection/nm-device-wifi.xml M +7 -0 wirelessdevice.cpp M +5 -2 wirelessdevice.h http://commits.kde.org/libnm-qt/b770588672e4e5b729329586d3bb3037f834da6c
Git commit 7efdba8e8098c60c871ab7e21086fcb414f6f8f9 by Lamarque V. Souza. Committed on 01/03/2013 at 23:14. Pushed by lvsouza into branch 'master'. Add support to wireless ap-mode. Still needs testing since my wifi card [1] does not support ap-mode but the configuration is saved and seems correct. Also requires NetworkManager >= 0.9.7.995. [1] Intel Ultimate-N 6300 (8086:422b) M +10 -0 backends/NetworkManager/settings/802-11-wirelessdbus.cpp M +1 -0 libs/internals/interfaceconnectionhelpers.cpp M +1 -1 libs/internals/settings/802-11-wireless.h M +6 -9 libs/internals/uiutils.cpp M +5 -3 libs/internals/wirelessinterfaceconnectionhelpers.cpp M +8 -4 libs/service/wirelessnetworkinterfaceactivatableprovider.cpp M +6 -1 libs/ui/802-11-wireless.ui M +13 -6 libs/ui/802_11_wirelesswidget.cpp M +4 -0 libs/ui/wireless.ui M +24 -0 libs/ui/wirelesspreferences.cpp M +1 -1 plasma_nm_version.h http://commits.kde.org/networkmanagement/7efdba8e8098c60c871ab7e21086fcb414f6f8f9
Git commit cfd99a8eaec1fa16232d8282afae62bdab5cda81 by Lamarque V. Souza. Committed on 01/03/2013 at 23:32. Pushed by lvsouza into branch 'nm09'. Add support to wireless ap-mode. Still needs testing since my wifi card [1] does not support ap-mode but the configuration is saved and seems correct. Also requires NetworkManager >= 0.9.7.995. [1] Intel Ultimate-N 6300 (8086:422b) M +10 -0 backends/NetworkManager/settings/802-11-wirelessdbus.cpp M +1 -0 libs/internals/interfaceconnectionhelpers.cpp M +1 -1 libs/internals/settings/802-11-wireless.h M +4 -2 libs/internals/wirelessinterfaceconnectionhelpers.cpp M +8 -4 libs/service/wirelessnetworkinterfaceactivatableprovider.cpp M +6 -1 libs/ui/802-11-wireless.ui M +13 -6 libs/ui/802_11_wirelesswidget.cpp M +4 -0 libs/ui/wireless.ui M +24 -0 libs/ui/wirelesspreferences.cpp M +1 -1 plasma_nm_version.h M +3 -2 solidcontrolfuture/libs/solid/control/wirelessnetworkinterface.h M +8 -0 solidcontrolfuture/solid/networkmanager-0.9/wirelessnetworkinterface.cpp http://commits.kde.org/networkmanagement/cfd99a8eaec1fa16232d8282afae62bdab5cda81
Thanks, I'll test it after 4.10.2 release.