[Novalug] Ubuntu 14.04 Hotspot not working right?

jerry w jerrywone@gmail.com
Mon Feb 23 03:53:21 EST 2015


mucking around on the internet i found some links to

3 ways, network manager, ap-hotspot, kde something

trying ap-hotspot ppa

hostapd is a problem as of the article writing, so tried removing it, but
it brought it back, so maybe it was fixed in the meantime...

found my macbookpro proprietary binary drivered broadcom wireless has
no ap support

so a workaround, maybe if tldr

http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2014/02/wifi-hotspot-ubuntu-laptop-android/

http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2014/09/wifi-hotspot-access-point-not-supported/


half arse attempt below:


jerry@jerry-MacBookPro:~$ sudo apt-get install ap-hotspot
[sudo] password for jerry:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package ap-hotspot
jerry@jerry-MacBookPro:~$ sudo apt-get install Ap-hotspot
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package Ap-hotspot
jerry@jerry-MacBookPro:~$ sudo apt-get install hotspot
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package hotspot
jerry@jerry-MacBookPro:~$ more /etc/issue
Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS \n \l

jerry@jerry-MacBookPro:~$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8
 The main Web Upd8 PPA maintained by: http://www.webupd8.org/

To add this PPA, simply paste this in a terminal:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8

Packages in this PPA: audacious, ap-hotspot, awn-applet-radio,
awn-applet-wm, calise, cmus, dockbarx, dockbarx-themes-extra,
dropbox-share, emerald, exaile, fbmessenger, gnome-subtitles,
gnome-window-applets, grsync, grive, gthumb, launchpad-getkeys, mc, mdm
(Mint Display Manager), minitunes, minitube, musique, notifyosdconfig,
nautilus-columns, powertop, ppa-purge, rosa-media-player, fixed
pulseaudio-equalizer, subtitleeditor, syncwall, umplayer, unity-reboot,
wimlib, youtube-dl, xfce4-dockbarx-plugin, xournal, yad and others. Almost
all packages are updated to their latest version.

For other (specialized) PPAs we maintain, see:
https://launchpad.net/~webupd8team
 More info: https://launchpad.net/~nilarimogard/+archive/ubuntu/webupd8
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it

gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmp5hu4hgoi/secring.gpg' created
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmp5hu4hgoi/pubring.gpg' created
gpg: requesting key 4C9D234C from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: /tmp/tmp5hu4hgoi/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key 4C9D234C: public key "Launchpad webupd8" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1  (RSA: 1)
OK
jerry@jerry-MacBookPro:~$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install
Ap-hotspot
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security InRelease
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty
InRelease
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security
Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates
InRelease
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security
Release
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InRelease
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Release.gpg
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates Release.gpg [933
B]
Ign http://archive.canonical.com precise
InRelease
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main
Sources
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InRelease
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B]
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty
InRelease
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Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty
Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe
Sources
Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates Release [62.0
kB]
Hit http://archive.canonical.com precise
Release.gpg
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/multiverse
Sources
Get:4 http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty Release.gpg [72
B]
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main i386
Packages
Get:5 http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty Release.gpg [316
B]
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/restricted i386
Packages
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Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe i386
Packages
Get:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports Release [62.0
kB]
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty
Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/multiverse i386
Packages
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Sources
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Packages
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Sources
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Packages
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Packages
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[2,061 B]
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Packages [28 B]
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[24.1 kB]
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[5,550 B]
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Packages [1,249 B]
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Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en_US
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Fetched 1,203 kB in 6s (187
kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  dnsmasq hostapd
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  ap-hotspot dnsmasq hostapd
0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 436 kB of archives.
After this operation, 1,421 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe dnsmasq all
2.68-1 [14.9 kB]
Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security/universe hostapd
i386 1:2.1-0ubuntu1.1 [416 kB]
Get:3 http://ppa.launchpad.net/nilarimogard/webupd8/ubuntu/ trusty/main
ap-hotspot all 0.3-1~webupd8~4 [5,128 B]
Fetched 436 kB in 0s (1,602 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package dnsmasq.
(Reading database ... 397257 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../dnsmasq_2.68-1_all.deb ...
Unpacking dnsmasq (2.68-1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package hostapd.
Preparing to unpack .../hostapd_1%3a2.1-0ubuntu1.1_i386.deb ...
Unpacking hostapd (1:2.1-0ubuntu1.1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package ap-hotspot.
Preparing to unpack .../ap-hotspot_0.3-1~webupd8~4_all.deb ...
Unpacking ap-hotspot (0.3-1~webupd8~4) ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-16) ...
ureadahead will be reprofiled on next reboot
Processing triggers for man-db (2.6.7.1-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up dnsmasq (2.68-1) ...
 * Starting DNS forwarder and DHCP server dnsmasq                        [
OK ]
Setting up hostapd (1:2.1-0ubuntu1.1) ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-16) ...
Setting up ap-hotspot (0.3-1~webupd8~4) ...
jerry@jerry-MacBookPro:~$ sudo apt-get remove hostapd
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
  dnsmasq
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove it.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  ap-hotspot hostapd
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
After this operation, 1,308 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
(Reading database ... 397293 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing ap-hotspot (0.3-1~webupd8~4) ...
Removing hostapd (1:2.1-0ubuntu1.1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.6.7.1-1ubuntu1) ...
jerry@jerry-MacBookPro:~$  sudo apt-get install Ap-hotspotReading package
lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  hostapd
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  ap-hotspot hostapd
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/421 kB of archives.
After this operation, 1,308 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
Selecting previously unselected package hostapd.
(Reading database ... 397272 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../hostapd_1%3a2.1-0ubuntu1.1_i386.deb ...
Unpacking hostapd (1:2.1-0ubuntu1.1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package ap-hotspot.
Preparing to unpack .../ap-hotspot_0.3-1~webupd8~4_all.deb ...
Unpacking ap-hotspot (0.3-1~webupd8~4) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.6.7.1-1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-16) ...
Setting up hostapd (1:2.1-0ubuntu1.1) ...
Setting up ap-hotspot (0.3-1~webupd8~4) ...
jerry@jerry-MacBookPro:~$ sudo ap-hotspot configure
Your wireless card or driver does not support Access Point mode
jerry@jerry-MacBookPro:~$ lspci | grep -i Network
02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4322 802.11a/b/g/n
Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01)
jerry@jerry-MacBookPro:~$ ethtool -i wlan0 | grep driver
driver: wl0
jerry@jerry-MacBookPro:~$ sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  b43-fwcutter
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  b43-fwcutter firmware-b43-installer
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 29.3 kB of archives.
After this operation, 146 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
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firmware-b43-installer all 1:018-2 [3,960 B]
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Preconfiguring packages ...
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Setting up firmware-b43-installer (1:018-2) ...
No chroot environment found. Starting normal installation
--2015-02-23 03:44:06--
http://www.lwfinger.com/b43-firmware/broadcom-wl-5.100.138.tar.bz2
Resolving www.lwfinger.com (www.lwfinger.com)... 173.254.28.119
Connecting to www.lwfinger.com (www.lwfinger.com)|173.254.28.119|:80...
connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 13514651 (13M) [application/x-bzip2]
Saving to: ‘broadcom-wl-5.100.138.tar.bz2’

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2015-02-23 03:45:23 (172 KB/s) - ‘broadcom-wl-5.100.138.tar.bz2’ saved
[13514651/13514651]

Deleting old extracted firmware...
broadcom-wl-5.100.138/
broadcom-wl-5.100.138/linux/
broadcom-wl-5.100.138/linux/wl_apsta.o
broadcom-wl-5.100.138/linux/wl_ap.o
broadcom-wl-5.100.138/linux/wl_sta.o
broadcom-wl-5.100.138/README
broadcom-wl-5.100.138/config/
broadcom-wl-5.100.138/config/wlconfig_lx_shared
broadcom-wl-5.100.138/config/wl.mk
broadcom-wl-5.100.138/config/wl_default
broadcom-wl-5.100.138/config/wl_hnd
broadcom-wl-5.100.138/config/wlconfig_nomimo
This file is recognised as:
  filename   :  wl_apsta.o
  version    :  666.2
  MD5        :  e1b05e268bcdbfef3560c28fc161f30e
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  ucode date:     2011-02-23
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jerry@jerry-MacBookPro:~$ iw list
Wiphy phy0
    Band 1:
        Frequencies:
            * 2412 MHz [1] (20.0 dBm)
            * 2417 MHz [2] (20.0 dBm)
            * 2422 MHz [3] (20.0 dBm)
            * 2427 MHz [4] (20.0 dBm)
            * 2432 MHz [5] (20.0 dBm)
            * 2437 MHz [6] (20.0 dBm)
            * 2442 MHz [7] (20.0 dBm)
            * 2447 MHz [8] (20.0 dBm)
            * 2452 MHz [9] (20.0 dBm)
            * 2457 MHz [10] (20.0 dBm)
            * 2462 MHz [11] (20.0 dBm)
            * 2467 MHz [12] (20.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS)
            * 2472 MHz [13] (20.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS)
            * 2484 MHz [14] (20.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS)
        Bitrates (non-HT):
            * 1.0 Mbps
            * 2.0 Mbps (short preamble supported)
            * 5.5 Mbps (short preamble supported)
            * 11.0 Mbps (short preamble supported)
            * 6.0 Mbps
            * 9.0 Mbps
            * 12.0 Mbps
            * 18.0 Mbps
            * 24.0 Mbps
            * 36.0 Mbps
            * 48.0 Mbps
            * 54.0 Mbps
    Band 2:
        Frequencies:
            * 5170 MHz [34] (disabled)
            * 5180 MHz [36] (20.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS)
            * 5190 MHz [38] (20.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS)
            * 5200 MHz [40] (20.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS)
            * 5210 MHz [42] (20.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS)
            * 5220 MHz [44] (20.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS)
            * 5230 MHz [46] (20.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS)
            * 5240 MHz [48] (20.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS)
            * 5260 MHz [52] (disabled)
            * 5280 MHz [56] (disabled)
            * 5300 MHz [60] (disabled)
            * 5320 MHz [64] (disabled)
            * 5500 MHz [100] (disabled)
            * 5520 MHz [104] (disabled)
            * 5540 MHz [108] (disabled)
            * 5560 MHz [112] (disabled)
            * 5580 MHz [116] (disabled)
            * 5600 MHz [120] (disabled)
            * 5620 MHz [124] (disabled)
            * 5640 MHz [128] (disabled)
            * 5660 MHz [132] (disabled)
            * 5680 MHz [136] (disabled)
            * 5700 MHz [140] (disabled)
            * 5745 MHz [149] (20.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS)
            * 5765 MHz [153] (20.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS)
            * 5785 MHz [157] (20.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS)
            * 5805 MHz [161] (20.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS)
            * 5825 MHz [165] (20.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS)
            * 5920 MHz [184] (disabled)
            * 5940 MHz [188] (disabled)
            * 5960 MHz [192] (disabled)
            * 5980 MHz [196] (disabled)
            * 6000 MHz [200] (disabled)
            * 6020 MHz [204] (disabled)
            * 6040 MHz [208] (disabled)
            * 6060 MHz [212] (disabled)
            * 6080 MHz [216] (disabled)
        Bitrates (non-HT):
            * 6.0 Mbps
            * 9.0 Mbps
            * 12.0 Mbps
            * 18.0 Mbps
            * 24.0 Mbps
            * 36.0 Mbps
            * 48.0 Mbps
            * 54.0 Mbps
    max # scan SSIDs: 1
    max scan IEs length: 0 bytes
    Coverage class: 0 (up to 0m)
    Supported Ciphers:
        * WEP40 (00-0f-ac:1)
        * WEP104 (00-0f-ac:5)
        * TKIP (00-0f-ac:2)
        * CCMP (00-0f-ac:4)
        * CMAC (00-0f-ac:6)
    Available Antennas: TX 0 RX 0
    Supported interface modes:
         * IBSS
         * managed
    software interface modes (can always be added):
    interface combinations are not supported
    Supported commands:
         * set_interface
         * new_key
         * join_ibss
         * set_pmksa
         * del_pmksa
         * flush_pmksa
         * connect
         * disconnect
jerry@jerry-MacBookPro:~$


On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 3:24 AM, jerry w <jerrywone@gmail.com> wrote:

> So CombersomeCast decided to upgrade the tier of service for likey more
> denero at 6am seemingly coming in while I was in bed, and now I cannot get
> wifi out of XFluzzity, so how do I do what I've done back in the day and
> run the wired as a bridge to wifi?
>
> Incantations of iptables or similar allowed but remember I'm not a
> magician, much less miracle worker...
>
> Says hotspot on the wireless setting panel, then can not use wifi while
> doing it in a dialog box, then does nothing, AFAICT.
>
>
> --
> Jerry W
>



-- 
Jerry W



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