[SOLVED]How to share my computer ethernet internet to other devices

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GMvaring
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[SOLVED]How to share my computer ethernet internet to other devices

Post by GMvaring »

So, my home wifi was off for maintainence and i wanted to share my ethernet's internet because thats the only mode of internet available but when i tried to search about it, only ubuntu forms where poping up which really did not gave me a good answer, i have no idea how to open my network manager but the terminal said it was already at its latest version, so i want help in this topic, if you have an answer to this let me know.

Forgot to mention my computer hardware

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System:
  Kernel: 5.15.0-67-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.3.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 5.6.8
    tk: GTK 3.24.33 wm: muffin dm: LightDM Distro: Linux Mint 21.1 Vera base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: TOSHIBA product: SATELLITE C50t-A v: PSCFAV-00C002AR
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: TOSHIBA model: Portable PC v: MP serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Insyde v: 1.20
    date: 06/07/2013
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 0.0 Wh (0.0%) condition: 18.5/47.5 Wh (38.9%) volts: 10.8 min: 10.8
    model: PA5024U-1BRS serial: <filter> status: N/A
CPU:
  Info: dual core model: Intel Core i5-3230M bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Ivy Bridge rev: 9 cache:
    L1: 128 KiB L2: 512 KiB L3: 3 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 3058 high: 3133 min/max: 1200/3200 cores: 1: 3133 2: 3016 3: 2993 4: 3092
    bogomips: 20752
  Flags: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics vendor: Toshiba driver: i915 v: kernel ports:
    active: LVDS-1 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1,VGA-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0166
  Device-2: NVIDIA GF117M [GeForce 610M/710M/810M/820M / GT 620M/625M/630M/720M] vendor: Toshiba
    driver: nvidia v: 390.157 pcie: speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 8 bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1140
  Device-3: Importek TOSHIBA Web Camera - HD type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-1.3:4
    chip-ID: 10f1:1a52
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.3 driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia
    unloaded: fbdev,nouveau,vesa gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 102
  Monitor-1: LVDS-1-1 mapped: LVDS-1 model: LG res: 1366x768 dpi: 101 diag: 396mm (15.6")
  OpenGL: renderer: GeForce 710M/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 390.157 direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio vendor: Toshiba driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:1e20
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.0-67-generic running: yes
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: yes
  Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros AR8162 Fast Ethernet vendor: Toshiba driver: alx v: kernel pcie:
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 2000 bus-ID: 08:00.0 chip-ID: 1969:1090
  IF: enp8s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9565 / AR9565 Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Lite-On
    driver: ath9k v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 09:00.0 chip-ID: 168c:0036
  IF: wlp9s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 21.36 GiB (2.3%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Toshiba model: MQ01ABD100 size: 931.51 GiB speed: 3.0 Gb/s
    serial: <filter>
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 915.32 GiB used: 21.35 GiB (2.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 511 MiB used: 6.1 MiB (1.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swapfile
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
  Hub-2: 1-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 8087:0024
  Device-1: 1-1.1:3 info: Realtek RTS5129 Card Reader Controller type: <vendor specific>
    driver: rtsx_usb,rtsx_usb_ms,rtsx_usb_sdmmc rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 0bda:0129
  Device-2: 1-1.3:4 info: Importek TOSHIBA Web Camera - HD type: Video driver: uvcvideo rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 10f1:1a52
  Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
  Hub-4: 2-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 8087:0024
  Hub-5: 3-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
  Device-1: 3-2:2 info: SINOWEALTH Wired Gaming Mouse type: Mouse,Keyboard
    driver: glorious,usbhid rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 258a:0036
  Device-2: 3-3:3 info: IBM NetVista Full Width Keyboard type: Keyboard
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid rev: 1.1 speed: 1.5 Mb/s chip-ID: 04b3:3025
  Device-3: 3-4:4 info: Elan Micro Touchscreen type: HID driver: hid-multitouch,usbhid rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 04f3:0142
  Hub-6: 4-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 77.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 55 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: apt: 2540
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nala-sources.list
    1: deb http: //ftp.rezopole.net/ubuntu/ jammy main restricted universe multiverse
    2: deb http: //mirrors.us.kernel.org/ubuntu/ jammy main restricted universe multiverse
    3: deb http: //ubuntu.mirror.serverloft.de/ubuntu/ jammy main restricted universe multiverse
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
    1: deb https: //mirror.turhost.com/linuxmint/repo vera main upstream import backport
    2: deb https: //mirrors.isu.net.sa/apt-mirror jammy main restricted universe multiverse
    3: deb https: //mirrors.isu.net.sa/apt-mirror jammy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
    4: deb https: //mirrors.isu.net.sa/apt-mirror jammy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    5: deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-security main restricted universe multiverse
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq-jammy.sources
    1: deb [arch=amd64 i386] https: //dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu jammy main
Info:
  Processes: 227 Uptime: 1h 31m Memory: 5.68 GiB used: 1.85 GiB (32.6%) Init: systemd v: 249
  runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 11.3.0 alt: 11/12 Client: Unknown python3.10 client inxi: 3.3.13
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Re: How to share my computer ethernet internet to other devices

Post by billyswong »

I can't guarantee their correctness but here are some Wifi hotspot creation tutorial for Linux Mint
https://linuxhint.com/create-wifi-hotspot-linux-mint/
https://fostips.com/turn-ubuntu-22-04-wifi-hotspot/ (scroll down for LM)
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