From 25c03231da2e0bc2b96e41c493160e11ac33c0c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: andwati Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 23:12:48 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] fix space --- content/posts/wifi-hotspot-arch/index.md | 6 ------ 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/posts/wifi-hotspot-arch/index.md b/content/posts/wifi-hotspot-arch/index.md index c1c6d20..1b92ae9 100644 --- a/content/posts/wifi-hotspot-arch/index.md +++ b/content/posts/wifi-hotspot-arch/index.md @@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ For context: I'm running a minimal Arch Linux install with KDE Plasma. No bloat, Here's the whole story, and more importantly, the fix. - - ## It starts innocently enough You fire up `nmcli`, throw together what looks like a perfectly reasonable hotspot command, and get slapped with this: @@ -29,8 +27,6 @@ Your first instinct is probably to check if your WiFi card even supports AP mode At this point the error message has told you nothing useful, and you're running out of obvious things to blame. - - ## The actual culprit Dig into the NetworkManager journal and you'll find the real error hiding two lines below the surface: @@ -51,8 +47,6 @@ sudo pacman -S dnsmasq Don't enable it, don't start it. Just having it on the system is enough. NetworkManager will find it and handle the rest. - - ## Getting internet to actually work Once the hotspot is up, you'll notice connected devices get an IP but no internet. The hotspot being active and internet being shared are two separate things — your machine needs to be explicitly told to forward traffic between its WiFi and ethernet interfaces.