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Panadestein

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From: Lille, France

Registered: 2017-04-08

Posts: 51

Can't connect to Android hotspot

Hello!

As you can see, I'm trying to stablish a connection between my Android 6.01 (Resurrection Remix custom ROM) and my Arch desktop, which uses a TL-WN725N USB dongle as wifi card.

It's very easy to create a hotspot on Android 6.01 (Tethering & portable hotspot >> Portable Wi-Fi hotspot) so I'm able to do it without complication. The problem is that the hotspot I created (WPA2 PSK security) is not seen by my desktop. I'm using wicd to manage my connections on Arch, I tried refreshing connections and restarting it, but still my Android hotspot is invisible. Some relevant command's output (please tell me if extra information is needed):

$ ip link
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
2: enp0s25: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:1e:4f:d8:6d:6c brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
3: wlp0s26f7u4: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 18:a6:f7:0b:12:2d brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

I would appreciate a lot any suggestion regarding this issue.

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ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 20,501

Re: Can't connect to Android hotspot

What is the output of sudo iw dev wlp0s26f7u4 scan  ?
What is the output of iw phy

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Panadestein

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From: Lille, France

Registered: 2017-04-08

Posts: 51

Re: Can't connect to Android hotspot

Thanks for the reply, here is the output:

[panadestein@rpanades-OptiPlex-755 ~]$ sudo iw dev wlp0s26f7u4 scan
command failed: No such device (-19)
[panadestein@rpanades-OptiPlex-755 ~]$

[panadestein@rpanades-OptiPlex-755 ~]$ iw phy
[panadestein@rpanades-OptiPlex-755 ~]$

I think my card is not supported by iw somehow.

Last edited by Panadestein (2017-05-08 14:58:08)

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