[Bug 1326271] Re: need a setting to activate wifi hotspot

[Jussi Pakkanen]

** Changed in: indicator-network
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[Bug 1326271] Re: need a setting to activate wifi hotspot

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This bug was fixed in the package ubuntu-system-settings -
0.3+14.10.20140708.1-0ubuntu1

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  * Resync trunk

  [ Jussi Pakkanen ]
  * Add support for creating a hotspot. (LP: #1326271)
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** Changed in: ubuntu-system-settings (Ubuntu)
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[Bug 1326271] Re: need a setting to activate wifi hotspot

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** Branch linked: lp:ubuntu/utopic-proposed/ubuntu-system-settings

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[Bug 1326271] Re: need a setting to activate wifi hotspot

[Sebastien Bacher]

** Branch linked: lp:~unity-api-team/ubuntu-system-settings/hotspot

** Changed in: ubuntu-system-settings (Ubuntu)
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[Bug 1326271] Re: need a setting to activate wifi hotspot

[Jussi Pakkanen]

I did a quick test in Qml, which is attached. It's missing the
explanatory text at the top but otherwise it should be good. This is a
single page in the stack with the following properties:

- whether hotspot is on or not is explicitly clear
- entry boxes become uneditable when hotspot is turned ot
- hotspot can't be turned on if password or ssid is empty

Having all this on a single page is easier to implement and, at least in
my personal opinion, easier to use.

** Attachment added: "hotspot-qml.png"
   
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[Bug 1326271] Re: need a setting to activate wifi hotspot

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

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 “”",
“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 “”", “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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[Bug 1326271] Re: need a setting to activate wifi hotspot

[Jussi Pakkanen]

> 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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[Bug 1326271] Re: need a setting to activate wifi hotspot

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

Yes, that would be possible. 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.

It would also mean two presentations, and perhaps two implementations,
of all the design and validation details for different network types.
 For
example, that the Start/Change button "should be insensitive whenever
the 'Key:' field contains fewer than 8 characters, more than 64
characters, or exactly 64 characters where any of them are not
hexadecimal". This doesn't seem so bad now, while we allow only WEP, WPA
Personal, or open hotspots. But the duplication would get steadily worse
the more possibilities we offered.

That's why I say the same dialog should be used everywhere: For
connecting to an encrypted broadcast network, for "Connect to Other
Network", for "Network Details" for a previous network, and for "Set Up
Hotspot"/"Change Hotspot Setup". In the last three cases, only the title
and buttons should change.

Your question did make me realize I omitted the titles for the dialog.
Fixed.


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[Bug 1326271] Re: need a setting to activate wifi hotspot

[Jussi Pakkanen]

The design has two pages, one for toggling and one for settings. Would
it be possible to consolidate them onto one page? It could look
something like this:

toggle switch
text field
wifi name entry box
password entry box
password visible switch

Then we could make it so that you can't turn the hotspot on until both
network name and password are filled in and possibly even make it
impossible to edit the text boxes while the hotspot is enabled.

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[Bug 1326271] Re: need a setting to activate wifi hotspot

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

This doesn't involve any changes to the network menu, except that the "Wi-Fi" 
switch in the menu, like its other two manifestations, should say "Wi-Fi used 
for hotspot" whenever that's the case. So probably that menu item should be a 
shared component to ensure that it behaves exactly the same everywhere.


** Changed in: indicator-network
   Status: Confirmed => Triaged

** Changed in: indicator-network
 Assignee: Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) => (unassigned)

** Description changed:

  It would be great to have a setting where you can configure your phone
  as a mobile wifi hotspot
+ 
+ : "'Hotspot' should
+ navigate to the 'Hotspot' screen.
+ 
+ : "In the System Settings
+ 'Cellular' screen, the “Hotspot” item should have value 'Off' or
+ 'On'..."
+ 
+ : "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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[Bug 1326271] Re: need a setting to activate wifi hotspot

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

Specification updated.


** Changed in: ubuntu-system-settings (Ubuntu)
   Status: In Progress => Triaged

** Changed in: ubuntu-system-settings (Ubuntu)
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[Bug 1326271] Re: need a setting to activate wifi hotspot

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

Not quite finished, but enough to start implementation:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Networking#hotspot

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[Bug 1326271] Re: need a setting to activate wifi hotspot

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

** Changed in: ubuntu-system-settings (Ubuntu)
   Status: Confirmed => In Progress

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[Bug 1326271] Re: need a setting to activate wifi hotspot

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

** Changed in: indicator-network
   Importance: Undecided => High

** Changed in: indicator-network
   Status: New => Confirmed

** Changed in: indicator-network
 Assignee: (unassigned) => Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)

** Also affects: ubuntu-system-settings (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
   Status: New

** Changed in: ubuntu-system-settings (Ubuntu)
 Assignee: (unassigned) => Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)

** Changed in: ubuntu-system-settings (Ubuntu)
   Status: New => Confirmed

** Changed in: ubuntu-system-settings (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => High

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