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TJM

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Registered: 2016-09-18

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Hotspot network creation took too long and failed activation

Hi there, my home router has failed, and the wireless network is down. I'm planning to host a hotspot on my laptop with NetworkManager.
It was not difficult to create a hotspot configuration. However, when I was attempting to activate the created hotspot connection, an error occurred.

Error: Connection activation failed: 802.1X supplicant took too long to authenticate
Hint: use 'journalctl -xe NM_CONNECTION=b9ecc651-d491-414d-9c26-a3800cf2c9fd + NM_DEVICE=wlp3s0' to get more details.

I have found the journal that it suggested to check, and pasted it in the following:

-- Logs begin at Sat 2019-10-12 06:59:32 UTC, end at Sat 2020-09-26 23:29:53 UTC. --
Sep 26 23:29:23 ArchPad NetworkManager[1201]: <info>  [1601162963.0692] device (wlp3s0): set-hw-addr: set MAC address to D2:D0:FE:25:82:24 (scanning)
Sep 26 23:29:23 ArchPad NetworkManager[1201]: <info>  [1601162963.1337] device (wlp3s0): Activation: starting connection 'Hotspot' (b9ecc651-d491-414d-9c26-a3800cf2c9fd)
Sep 26 23:29:23 ArchPad NetworkManager[1201]: <info>  [1601162963.1349] device (wlp3s0): supplicant interface state: completed -> disconnected
Sep 26 23:29:23 ArchPad NetworkManager[1201]: <info>  [1601162963.1526] device (wlp3s0): state change: disconnected -> prepare (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Sep 26 23:29:23 ArchPad NetworkManager[1201]: <info>  [1601162963.1611] device (wlp3s0): set-hw-addr: set-cloned MAC address to 7C:7A:91:3D:C5:ED (stable)
Sep 26 23:29:23 ArchPad NetworkManager[1201]: <info>  [1601162963.1639] device (wlp3s0): state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Sep 26 23:29:23 ArchPad NetworkManager[1201]: <info>  [1601162963.1643] device (wlp3s0): Activation: (wifi) access point 'Hotspot' has security, but secrets are required.
Sep 26 23:29:23 ArchPad NetworkManager[1201]: <info>  [1601162963.1643] device (wlp3s0): state change: config -> need-auth (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Sep 26 23:29:23 ArchPad NetworkManager[1201]: <info>  [1601162963.1749] device (wlp3s0): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> interface_disabled
Sep 26 23:29:23 ArchPad NetworkManager[1201]: <info>  [1601162963.1769] device (wlp3s0): state change: need-auth -> prepare (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Sep 26 23:29:23 ArchPad NetworkManager[1201]: <info>  [1601162963.1781] device (wlp3s0): state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Sep 26 23:29:23 ArchPad NetworkManager[1201]: <info>  [1601162963.1785] device (wlp3s0): Activation: (wifi) connection 'Hotspot' has security, and secrets exist.  No new secrets needed.
Sep 26 23:29:23 ArchPad NetworkManager[1201]: <info>  [1601162963.1817] device (wlp3s0): supplicant interface state: interface_disabled -> disconnected
Sep 26 23:29:48 ArchPad NetworkManager[1201]: <warn>  [1601162988.5177] device (wlp3s0): Activation: (wifi) Hotspot network creation took too long, failing activation
Sep 26 23:29:48 ArchPad NetworkManager[1201]: <info>  [1601162988.5178] device (wlp3s0): state change: config -> failed (reason 'supplicant-timeout', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Sep 26 23:29:48 ArchPad NetworkManager[1201]: <warn>  [1601162988.5199] device (wlp3s0): Activation: failed for connection 'Hotspot'
Sep 26 23:29:48 ArchPad NetworkManager[1201]: <info>  [1601162988.5215] device (wlp3s0): state change: failed -> disconnected (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Sep 26 23:29:48 ArchPad NetworkManager[1201]: <info>  [1601162988.5263] device (wlp3s0): set-hw-addr: set MAC address to 6E:7F:89:23:28:29 (scanning)

It seems that wpa_supplicant takes too much time to set-up the hotspot. I have checked the configuration of the hotspot connection, I don't think there is anything related to supplicant-timeout:

connection.id:                          Hotspot
connection.uuid:                        b9ecc651-d491-414d-9c26-a3800cf2c9fd
connection.stable-id:                   --
connection.type:                        802-11-wireless
connection.interface-name:              wlp3s0
connection.autoconnect:                 no
connection.autoconnect-priority:        0
connection.autoconnect-retries:         -1 (default)
connection.multi-connect:               0 (default)
connection.auth-retries:                -1
connection.timestamp:                   0
connection.read-only:                   no
connection.permissions:                 --
connection.zone:                        --
connection.master:                      --
connection.slave-type:                  --
connection.autoconnect-slaves:          -1 (default)
connection.secondaries:                 --
connection.gateway-ping-timeout:        0
connection.metered:                     unknown
connection.lldp:                        default
connection.mdns:                        -1 (default)
connection.llmnr:                       -1 (default)
connection.wait-device-timeout:         -1
802-11-wireless.ssid:                   TP-Link
802-11-wireless.mode:                   ap
802-11-wireless.band:                   a
802-11-wireless.channel:                7
802-11-wireless.bssid:                  --
802-11-wireless.rate:                   0
802-11-wireless.tx-power:               0
802-11-wireless.mac-address:            --
802-11-wireless.cloned-mac-address:     stable
802-11-wireless.generate-mac-address-mask:FE:FF:FF:00:00:00
802-11-wireless.mac-address-blacklist:  --
802-11-wireless.mac-address-randomization:default
802-11-wireless.mtu:                    auto
802-11-wireless.seen-bssids:            --
802-11-wireless.hidden:                 no
802-11-wireless.powersave:              0 (default)
802-11-wireless.wake-on-wlan:           0x1 (default)
802-11-wireless-security.key-mgmt:      wpa-psk
802-11-wireless-security.wep-tx-keyidx: 0
802-11-wireless-security.auth-alg:      --
802-11-wireless-security.proto:         rsn
802-11-wireless-security.pairwise:      ccmp
802-11-wireless-security.group:         ccmp
802-11-wireless-security.pmf:           0 (default)
802-11-wireless-security.leap-username: --
802-11-wireless-security.wep-key0:      <hidden>
802-11-wireless-security.wep-key1:      <hidden>
802-11-wireless-security.wep-key2:      <hidden>
802-11-wireless-security.wep-key3:      <hidden>
802-11-wireless-security.wep-key-flags: 0 (none)
802-11-wireless-security.wep-key-type:  unknown
802-11-wireless-security.psk:           <hidden>
802-11-wireless-security.psk-flags:     0 (none)
802-11-wireless-security.leap-password: <hidden>
802-11-wireless-security.leap-password-flags:0 (none)
802-11-wireless-security.wps-method:    0x0 (default)
802-11-wireless-security.fils:          0 (default)
ipv4.method:                            shared
ipv4.dns:                               --
ipv4.dns-search:                        --
ipv4.dns-options:                       --
ipv4.dns-priority:                      0
ipv4.addresses:                         --
ipv4.gateway:                           --
ipv4.routes:                            --
ipv4.route-metric:                      -1
ipv4.route-table:                       0 (unspec)
ipv4.routing-rules:                     --
ipv4.ignore-auto-routes:                no
ipv4.ignore-auto-dns:                   no
ipv4.dhcp-client-id:                    --
ipv4.dhcp-iaid:                         --
ipv4.dhcp-timeout:                      0 (default)
ipv4.dhcp-send-hostname:                yes
ipv4.dhcp-hostname:                     --
ipv4.dhcp-fqdn:                         --
ipv4.dhcp-hostname-flags:               0x0 (none)
ipv4.never-default:                     no
ipv4.may-fail:                          yes
ipv4.dad-timeout:                       -1 (default)
ipv6.method:                            ignore
ipv6.dns:                               --
ipv6.dns-search:                        --
ipv6.dns-options:                       --
ipv6.dns-priority:                      0
ipv6.addresses:                         --
ipv6.gateway:                           --
ipv6.routes:                            --
ipv6.route-metric:                      -1
ipv6.route-table:                       0 (unspec)
ipv6.routing-rules:                     --
ipv6.ignore-auto-routes:                no
ipv6.ignore-auto-dns:                   no
ipv6.never-default:                     no
ipv6.may-fail:                          yes
ipv6.ip6-privacy:                       -1 (unknown)
ipv6.addr-gen-mode:                     stable-privacy
ipv6.ra-timeout:                        0 (default)
ipv6.dhcp-duid:                         --
ipv6.dhcp-iaid:                         --
ipv6.dhcp-timeout:                      0 (default)
ipv6.dhcp-send-hostname:                yes
ipv6.dhcp-hostname:                     --
ipv6.dhcp-hostname-flags:               0x0 (none)
ipv6.token:                             --
proxy.method:                           none
proxy.browser-only:                     no
proxy.pac-url:                          --
proxy.pac-script:                       --

Also, the model of my wireless NIC on the laptop is Intel Wireless-AC 7260, which I think is capable of hosting hotspots.