I use OpenSuse 13.1 (with KDE). On my phone I can turn on a hotspot just by pushing a button. I have been researching how to do this on linux, I haven't found an easy way yet. What I want to achieve: I have a wired connection. I want to share this through a wireless connection (so that my phone can access the internet). I read that I could do this with an ad-hoc network. Is this correct or is this something different still? I did try this, new network (regular and shared I tried) -> mode: ad-hoc -> I gave in a ssid hotspot. But it is not being detected by my phones. Perhaps ad-hoc is not allowed for them?Any suggestions?-- updateI have added the steps I have tried graphically: Add new network: I need to choose between wireless and shared. I have tried both. But I presume it is wireless?Set a name and as ad-hoc (or infrastructure) network. -> none of the two seems to be detected by android or iphone. I am connected by cable, do I also need to connect to the wireless (by dubble clicking it?)Am I missing something obvious? Or a missing host service/server? Etc... because none of the ad-hoc or infrastructure networks are showing on my cell phone. I am using knetworkmanager now (kde). If I can do it command line, would also be ok. --updateI have executed the following commands error free:   nmcli nm wifi off    rfkill unblock wlan    ip link set dev wlp1s0 up    ip address add 192.168.5.1/24 dev wlp1s0    iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s 192.168.5.0/24 -o enp0s20u2 -j MASQUERADE    sysctl -w net.ipv4.ip_forward=1 1> /dev/null    systemctl start hostapd.service    systemctl start dnsmasq.serviceMy /etc/hostapd is:interface=wlp1s0driver=nl80211# bridge=br0channel=3hw_mode=gauth_algs=1ssid=testMy phone sees the test network. But keeps saying Obtaining IP address....I feel that I am very close now...
How to configure a computer as a hotspot?
networking;networkmanager