How to Create a Wi-fi Hotspot in Ubuntu

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How to Create a Wi-fi Hotspot in Ubuntu

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Answer 1

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Ubuntu, like Windows, also comes by default with an option that allows you to create a wireless access point in the system from which to share the computer's Internet connection with other users. As in other operating systems, in Ubuntu there are several different ways to enable this access point that vary depending on the version of the operating system and the distribution that we use.

In this tutorial we will explain how to share our internet connection from the desktop of the latest version of Ubuntu, currently 14.04.

Once we have started our computer we are placed on the desk of the same and in the upper right, next to the clock, we will see an icon that represents the network connection of our team.

Click on it with the right mouse button and select "Create a new wireless network". A window similar to the following will appear.

In this window we must enter:

• Network name: The name with which we will identify our network.
• Wireless security: The type of security we want to apply. We recommend choosing WPA and WPA2.
• Password: The key to access our network to prevent intruders and unwanted people from connecting to it.

Once these sections are filled out, we will see a window similar to the following one.

Click on the "Create" button and Ubuntu will automatically create the wireless access point. The icon at the top of the system will have changed and will now be displayed with an appearance similar to the following.

The only thing left for us to do is to explore with a smartphone, tablet, video game console or any other device the wireless networks available to us, connect to it with the corresponding password and we will start surfing the Internet through the Internet connection from our computer with Ubuntu. You have doubts? Remember that you can ask in our Linux Forum .

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