Original post : https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/310699
nmcli con add type wifi ifname wlan0 con-name Hostspot autoconnect yes ssid Hostspot
nmcli con modify Hostspot 802-11-wireless.mode ap 802-11-wireless.band bg ipv4.method shared
nmcli con modify Hostspot wifi-sec.key-mgmt wpa-psk
nmcli con modify Hostspot wifi-sec.psk "veryveryhardpassword1234"
nmcli con up Hostspot
If after reboot nmcli con up Hotspot
doesn't work
Use this command instead to start Hotspot
UUID=$(grep uuid /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/Hotspot | cut -d= -f2)
nmcli con up uuid $UUID
I'm configuring a Raspberry PI with a UMTS dongle as a standalone AP for an IoT application using the last release of Raspian (Buster light) updated. After successfully configuring the dongle (ping www.example.com successful), I tried configuring the AP, but your script fails at the very last step:
Maybe the following helps (with fake ssid and psk):
Any help? Thank you!