Create WIFI Hotspot using Wireless Connection

[wizzybang]

Hi All,

Just installed Mint 18.2, a linux newbie and all is well so far, loving it!!

I am looking at trying to create a WIFI hotspot using my laptops wireless connection, is this possible.

I'm using Mint 18.2. The laptop is pretty old it's a Lenovo Thinkpad R500 beast but Mint works like a dream. The network card is a Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 5100 AGN.

So as mentioned, is it possible to share the WIFI connection on this beast of a machine!

I did try searching but couldn't really find much on sharing wireless connections, just sharing wired connections.

Thanks

Sam
A Mint Newbie

[JeremyB]

sam post results from terminal for

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iwconfig

So I can give more than a generic answer

[wizzybang]

Hi Jeremy,

Thanks for the response

These are the results:

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ens5      no wireless extensions.

wlp3s0    IEEE 802.11  ESSID:"BTHub3-QF8W"  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.462 GHz  Access Point: 5C:7D:5E:A2:28:1C   
          Bit Rate=72.2 Mb/s   Tx-Power=15 dBm   
          Retry short limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:on
          Link Quality=56/70  Signal level=-54 dBm  
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:2  Invalid misc:182   Missed beacon:0

lo        no wireless extensions.

Thanks

[JeremyB]

In terminal

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sudo apt-get install hostapd git build-essential
git clone https://github.com/oblique/create_ap.git
cd create_ap
sudo make install

Whenever you want to use it

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sudo create_ap wlp3s0 wlp3s0

followed by what you want to use for a network name and password, I think the password needs to have at least 8 digits so

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sudo create_ap wlp3s0 wlp3s0 mytest jeremyb1

Should work

[wizzybang]

Did most of what you posted but when coming to the last part i get this error:

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ERROR: Your adapter does not support AP (master) mode

I'm guessing my adaptor won't support it?

[JeremyB]

Did most of what you posted but when coming to the last part i get this error:

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ERROR: Your adapter does not support AP (master) mode

I'm guessing my adaptor won't support it?

I think that might be correct

[wizzybang]

Ah, never mind. Was worth a try, thanks for the help anyhow very much appreciated Jeremy.

[sammiev]

Hi Jeremy,

Just a thumbs up that it's working on the right hardware.

Been looking at this for a while now and this thread gave the push to do so.

Many Thanks