Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless connection-sharing with networkmanager problem

["J. Roeleveld" <joost@antarean.org>]

On Tue, October 2, 2012 3:18 am, João Matos wrote:
> Dear list,
>
> I've been trying to get networkmanager working and use it to share my
> Internet connection with my Android.
>
> I have my wireless card working properly, since I can create a network
> with
> my phone and connect to it, using the networkmanager script from KDE.
>
> I've already enabled the "connection-sharing" user flag, and followed the
> instruction from
> http://simplehacksnreviews.wordpress.com/2011/10/30/simple-connection-sharing-with-networkmanager-how-to-connect-with-a-3g-usb-modem-on-linux/(just
> 4 simple steps), and tried many other configurations by myself.
>
> Apparently the configuration is ok, bcz my wlan0 gets itself a IP address,
> but my smartphone can't see the network I've *theoretically* created.
>
> I don't know why, the channel is -1 (0 Mhz) (networkmanager screeshot
> attached), and I think is should be the problem, but I don't know what
> else
> to try.
>
> Any ideias how to solve this problem? do you need any other information?

Can you please clarify if you want to use your mobile phone to provide an
internet connection to your laptop?

Assuming the answer is yes, you should only need to do the following:
- Configure your mobile to enable "Portable Wi-Fi hotspot"
- Configure your laptop to connect to your mobile as if it's a standard
WiFi hotspot/access point.

There should be no need to adjust anything else on your laptop.

The website you followed describes how to do it with a USB-connection.
That works differently then when using WIFI.

-- 
Joost