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[Jussi Pakkanen <jussi.pakkanen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> But I think specifying hotspot details without it turning on as a result,
> and not being able to change them while it was turned on, would both
> be a bit surprising.

Why would that be surprising? That is exactly how one would expect it to
work, especially the latter one. Being able to edit the settings while
the hotspot is on is disconcerting because you could not tell whether
the changes you have typed have taken hold or not. I would assume people
would toggle the hotspot on and off just to make sure of it.

> This doesn't seem so bad now, while we allow only WEP, WPA Personal,
or open hotspots.

We really should not be offering any other hotspot types than WPA.
Devices that can't do WPA are extremely rare these days. In comparison
both the iPhone and Jolla phones only allow you to set up a WPA hotspot.
The two main reasons for this are:

- makes implementing the functionality massively simpler
- unencrypted and WEP connections are a major security problem

We should be (and indeed are) able to connect to open and WEP networks
but we should not be setting them up ourselves.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1326271

Title:
  need a setting to activate wifi hotspot

Status in Network Menu:
  Triaged
Status in “ubuntu-system-settings” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  It would be great to have a setting where you can configure your phone
  as a mobile wifi hotspot

  <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Networking#cellular-mobile>: "'Hotspot'
  should navigate to the 'Hotspot' screen.

  <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Networking#hotspot>: "In the System Settings
  'Cellular' screen, the “Hotspot” item should have value 'Off' or
  'On'..."

  <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Networking#flight-mode>: "When you turn on
  Flight Mode: ... If you have a hotspot running, an alert should
  appear, “Turning on Flight Mode will disconnect any device connected
  to your hotspot.”..."

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