Create Wi-Fi Hotspot on Linux using nmcli

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Create a Wi-Fi hotspot on Linux using nmcli

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

Note

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 hope this is not annoying) Is it possible to run the hotspot on a rasbperry pi 5, and then connect to it? I can host the hotspot just fine, but when I try to connect it refuses because the hotspot has no internet. (It has no internet, not the network is not found.) Is there a way that you can connect to a network without internet using Raspbian lite?