Public bug reported:
Since Network Manager now supports internet sharing over a Wi-Fi
connection using Access Point (infrastructure) rather than Hotspot (Ad-
Hoc) mode, AP support is required in wpa_supplicant. This is absolutely
necessary in order to share internet with most new mobile phones.
To use this, you need to edit the file for your shared internet
connection, located in /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/ and under
[802-11-wireless] set mode=ap. If you created a new file and it's not
getting picked up, make it root:root, and only rwx to root.
Start the connection with nmcli con up id your-connection-name. To see
if this is successful, check the syslog.
To see if your interface supports AP mode, run iw list.
If you have multiple interfaces, it might be necessary to select the right one
by adding a "mac" line. Just set the mac in the nm-applet interface on some
other connection, and you'll see how it's set.
I tested with a TP-Link TL-WN722N as the interface for AP mode and
Samsung Galaxy S4 as client.
** Affects: wpasupplicant (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: access-point accesspoint ap ics sharing
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wpa_supplicant: AP mode support not included in the build
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