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@@ -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. Here's the whole story, and more importantly, the fix.
## It starts innocently enough ## It starts innocently enough
You fire up `nmcli`, throw together what looks like a perfectly reasonable hotspot command, and get slapped with this: You fire up `nmcli`, throw together what looks like a perfectly reasonable hotspot command, and get slapped with this:
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At this point the error message has told you nothing useful, and you're running out of obvious things to blame. At this point the error message has told you nothing useful, and you're running out of obvious things to blame.
## The actual culprit ## The actual culprit
Dig into the NetworkManager journal and you'll find the real error hiding two lines below the surface: Dig into the NetworkManager journal and you'll find the real error hiding two lines below the surface:
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Don't enable it, don't start it. Just having it on the system is enough. NetworkManager will find it and handle the rest. 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 ## 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. 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.