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[Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You're right, we definitely shouldn't let people set up a WEP hotspot
(don't know what I was thinking there!), and probably shouldn't let
people set up an open hotspot. So it's only the WPA Personal key
subtleties that should be in sync between starting a hotspot, changing a
hotspot, and connecting to a WPA Personal network.

For the other points we were muffled by a lack of wireframes, which is
my fault. I've attached a comparison of "Connect to “<network>”",
“Connect to Hidden Network", “Set Up Hotspot", and "Change Hotspot
Setup". These illustrate why I think they should all be dialogs, rather
than some being dialogs and some being stack pages. Making them dialogs
with buttons makes it clear exactly when the hotspot will turn on, and
exactly when any changes will take effect. What do you think?

** Attachment added: "wireframes of "Connect to “<network>”", “Connect to Hidden Network", “Set Up Hotspot", and "Change Hotspot Setup""
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/indicator-network/+bug/1326271/+attachment/4131098/+files/dialog-variations.phone.png

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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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