As suggested here:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/76981/cannot-make-wi-fi-hotspot
the workaround is to do a
sudo killall dnsmasq
before creating the hotspot.
You need to do that every time. I have not idea how to automate it.
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The IPV6 was not my issue (or might have been secondary). Even with
Ignore my dnsmasq services are not responding to DHCP requests.
Things look good from the process output (which shows flags, etc for
dnsmasq) but no joy when inspecting the wire for DHCP request/response.
A separate issue in any
Hmm. I just created a Hotspot via Network Settings in 12.04, and it has
put IPV6 in automatic. I noticed dnsmasq wasn't active and found this
post.
Switching to ignore.
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Is there a reason that ubuntu6 isn't in the 11.10 repositories?
With ubuntu5.1, which is the latest one there, I get the same
'disconnects within seconds' problem as reported here.
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This was an issue in NM, fixed in 0.9.1.90-0ubuntu6: we'll default to IPv6:
Ignore if creating an ad-hoc network:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/830178
Closing as Fix Released for n-m and Invalid for dnsmasq.
** Changed in: network-manager (Ubuntu)
Status:
It indeed appears to be directly related to bringing up IPv6.. However,
since IPv6 hotspots don't appear to currently being supported (no
iptables code, no parameters passed for it to dnsmasq, etc.; it probably
simply should be ignored in all cases.
** Changed in: network-manager (Ubuntu)
** Tags added: ipv6
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Title:
Creating hotspot leads to endless connect/disconnect loop
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I found a workaround to this issue:
- kill any running dnsmasq process. (or restart computer afterwards)
- Disable IPv6 in the Hotspot settings. (IPv6: Ignore)
- restart the Hotspot
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The default settings of the Hotspot in Oneiric are:
- IPv4: Shared with other Computers
- IPv6: Automatic
** Also affects: dnsmasq (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Title:
Creating hotspot leads to endless
tankdriver, I think the address in use error may be a red herring, as
thats what happens if you rapidly shutdown and start back up a listening
socket without using the SO_REUSEADDR socket option. dnsmasq is
basically saying that it can't listen because there may be existing
half-closed sockets on
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