It's been implemented in the network manager itself, but it's not in the applet yet. In the meanwhile, you can use nmcli utility to create the AP. More info here: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/networkmanager-list/2013-April/msg00100.html
If it doesn't work, check the logs for any error messages from wpa_supplicant: it may have been built without AP mode support. That flaw is currently present in all Debian variants (stable, testing, unstable). I don't know how things are in Ubuntu 13.04. More info here: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/networkmanager-list/2013-April/msg00109.html -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1173680 Title: Network manager 0.9.8 still creates adhoc hotspots Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Hi, I just upgraded to ubuntu 13.04 to enjoy the new NM capability to creat AP hotspots. Unfortunately, adhoc networks are still created when activating hotspots using System Settings -> Networks. I have verified with 'iw list' that my card supports AP mode. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: network-manager 0.9.8.0-0ubuntu6 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-19.29-generic 3.8.8 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8 Architecture: i386 Date: Sat Apr 27 18:16:04 2013 IfupdownConfig: # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8) auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-11-19 (158 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release i386 (20121017.2) IpRoute: default via 10.64.64.64 dev ppp0 proto static 10.64.64.64 dev ppp0 proto kernel scope link src 10.18.243.162 169.254.0.0/16 dev ppp0 scope link metric 1000 192.168.122.0/24 dev virbr0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.122.1 MarkForUpload: True NetworkManager.state: [main] NetworkingEnabled=true WirelessEnabled=true WWANEnabled=true WimaxEnabled=true ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=it_IT.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: network-manager UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-04-27 (0 days ago) nmcli-dev: DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH ttyUSB4 gsm connected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/2 eth0 802-3-ethernet unavailable /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1 wlan0 802-11-wireless disconnected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0 nmcli-nm: RUNNING VERSION STATE NET-ENABLED WIFI-HARDWARE WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN running 0.9.8.0 connected enabled enabled enabled enabled enabled To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1173680/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
