Yes, that would be possible. But I think specifying hotspot details without it turning on as a result, and not being able to change them while it was turned on, would both be a bit surprising.
It would also mean two presentations, and perhaps two implementations, of all the design and validation details for different network types. <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Networking#wi-fi-authentication-variations> For example, that the Start/Change button "should be insensitive whenever the 'Key:' field contains fewer than 8 characters, more than 64 characters, or exactly 64 characters where any of them are not hexadecimal". This doesn't seem so bad now, while we allow only WEP, WPA Personal, or open hotspots. But the duplication would get steadily worse the more possibilities we offered. That's why I say the same dialog should be used everywhere: For connecting to an encrypted broadcast network, for "Connect to Other Network", for "Network Details" for a previous network, and for "Set Up Hotspot"/"Change Hotspot Setup". In the last three cases, only the title and buttons should change. Your question did make me realize I omitted the titles for the dialog. Fixed. <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Networking?action=diff&rev2=196&rev1=195> -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1326271 Title: need a setting to activate wifi hotspot To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/indicator-network/+bug/1326271/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
