D26392: Add option to easily configure and start a hotspot

[Jan Grulich]

jgrulich added a comment.


  In D26392#592136 <https://phabricator.kde.org/D26392#592136>, @apol wrote:
  
  > In D26392#588345 <https://phabricator.kde.org/D26392#588345>, @jgrulich wrote:
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  > > In D26392#587159 <https://phabricator.kde.org/D26392#587159>, @mthw wrote:
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  > > > @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.
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  > > That's a question. Do we want to allow to create a hotspot if users are already connected to w WiFi network?  You are allowed to do this for example on Android. Users might not realize why they are not allowed to create a hotspot and disconnecting from WiFi doesn't seem to me be a good first step.
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  > Leaving the user without a connection would be quite dishearting and possibly confusing.
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  > I can imagine the use-case of: I am in this building with weird authentication (thinking university) and I want to share that connection with my phone, so I create a hotspot and we don't have to do weird configuration on the phone. Would apply to e.g. vpns too.
  
  
  What about allowing to create a hotspot if the WiFi is in use, but it's not used as primary connection (e.g. Ethernet or Mobile connections are used primarily). In that case the user wouldn't be without connection if we disconnect him.

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  R116 Plasma Network Management Applet

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  https://phabricator.kde.org/D26392

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