> 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.
Why would that be surprising? That is exactly how one would expect it to work, especially the latter one. Being able to edit the settings while the hotspot is on is disconcerting because you could not tell whether the changes you have typed have taken hold or not. I would assume people would toggle the hotspot on and off just to make sure of it. > This doesn't seem so bad now, while we allow only WEP, WPA Personal, or open hotspots. We really should not be offering any other hotspot types than WPA. Devices that can't do WPA are extremely rare these days. In comparison both the iPhone and Jolla phones only allow you to set up a WPA hotspot. The two main reasons for this are: - makes implementing the functionality massively simpler - unencrypted and WEP connections are a major security problem We should be (and indeed are) able to connect to open and WEP networks but we should not be setting them up ourselves. -- 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
