D26392: Add option to easily configure and start a hotspot

[Jan Grulich]

jgrulich added a comment.


  In D26392#587200 <https://phabricator.kde.org/D26392#587200>, @alexde wrote:
  
  > > UI-wise, this would probably be better off as a button than a checkbox.
  >
  > Personally, I'm more inclined to a checkbox. Why is "turn wifi on/off" not an action? Right now, I don't see the big difference.
  >
  > Is the new "hotspot" equivalent to the "shared wifi", you can already set up? 
  >  If so, without really reading the patch details yet, just some remarks or ideas:
  >
  > 1. If you have configured several hotspots in the KCM, you probably need to choose a default one or a specific one when activating the hotspot.
  
  
  This is meant to be as simple as possible, allowing users to create a hotspot without needing them to know the details. On Android you also don't get to choose.
  
  > 2. What do you think about adding a small configure button for the default hotspot directly on the plasma-nm frontend  next to the hotspot checkbox/button?
  >   - That would make it much easier for newcomers to use and configure their hotspot without first digging in the KCM.
  > 3. I also think that a hotspot (shared wifi) connection should be better separated from the other wifi connections in the KCM. If I create a new hotspot in the KCM now, it hides in the long list of known connections.
  
  I will probably use a new icon for this. I will need to request it.
  
  > 4. That's somehow also true for the plasma-nm list of available networks: It's not really clear that a hotspot in the list is a indeed hotspot but not another access point.
  
  Same here. A different icon should be enough.
  
  > In D26392#587159 <https://phabricator.kde.org/D26392#587159>, @mthw wrote:
  > 
  >> @apol You are right, it is not possible to create a hotspot if one is already connected to a WiFi network. Currently enabling hotspot disables your previous connection (WiFi) and hides available WiFi networks.
  > 
  > 
  > Is this also true if one has two wifi network cards? IIRC I could run both with an additional usb netwok card simultaneously.
  
  In case of multiple wifi cards we will choose the one which is not in use. Still any wifi card makes this option available, even if it's in use.
  
  >  ---
  > 
  > @jgrulich do you intend to create another patch to display all connected clients, similiar to the list of active connections? :)
  
  I don't think NetworkManager provides this information.

REPOSITORY
  R116 Plasma Network Management Applet

REVISION DETAIL
  https://phabricator.kde.org/D26392

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