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Mikhail Gilmutdinov2016-01-04 23:27:29
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Mikhail Gilmutdinov, 2016-01-04 23:27:29

How to create an access point on Linux Mint from a laptop?

I can't set up a hotspot on a Linux Mint laptop.
followed this instruction ru.d-ws.biz/articles/wifi-ap-ubuntu-linux-setup.shtml
sudo sh ap-start.sh
* Restarting DNS forwarder and DHCP server configuration syntax check [fail]
net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1
Configuration file: /etc/hostapd.conf
nl80211: Could not configure driver mode
nl80211 driver initialization failed.
hostapd_free_hapd_data: Interface wlan0 wasn't started
This is what happens:
ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0f:b0:d2:5c:2f
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped: 0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
lo Link encap:Loopback
inet addr: 127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:3182 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:3182 errors: 0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:277288 (277.2 KB) TX bytes:277288 (277.2 KB)
ppp0 Link encap:PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol)
inet addr:10.71.202.41 PtP:10.64.64.64 Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1925 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2113 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
RX bytes:778260 (778.2 KB) TX bytes:475819 (475.8 KB)
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:19:d2:9f:48:f9
inet addr :192.168.10.1 Bcast:192.168.10.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:282 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns :0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:51709 (51.7 KB)
wwan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 58:2c:80:13:92:63
inet6 addr: fe80::5a2c:80ff:fe13 :9263/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:123 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions :0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:1658789 (1.6 MB)

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laurvas, 2016-01-05
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It looks like your adapter driver does not support access point mode.
In the output of the iw list command, the Supported interface modes section must contain the AP mode , otherwise nothing will work. There is a good guide in the archwiki , but keep in mind that this is a different Linux distribution.

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