Hi. On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 01:52:43PM +0530, Himanshu Shekhar wrote: > Hey, I wish I could run apps as connectify. > However, the hotspot doesn't work from the GNOME network settings.
It's somewhat expected. After all, 'GNOME network settings' is simply a front-end to Network Manager. And the Network Manager's ability to, um, manage the network settings is questionable in such cases. > Also, the hotspotd package from the attachment doesn't work. >From the quick look at [1], hotspotd is a whacky python script which generates hostapd.conf, tweaks iptables and pokes Network Manager via nmcli. Since the Network Manager does not do what you're expecting from it in the first place - it's no wonder that hotspotd fails on you. > I want to use my hotspot from the attached package as I tried it on > other Ubuntu laptops (no offence to Debian) and I desire it to be in > Debian. But why? Using hostapd directly is much cleaner and easier solution. Still, if you're really wish to go that road - file the wnpp bug report against this hostspotd and don't forget to find a maintainer for such package. Sending e-mails to Debian *User* maillist won't help acception of hotspotd at all. Reco
