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Android phone stuck on "Optaining IP Address" #460

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nvestorora opened this issue Feb 5, 2025 · 1 comment
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Android phone stuck on "Optaining IP Address" #460

nvestorora opened this issue Feb 5, 2025 · 1 comment

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@nvestorora
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Describe the bug
After creating the hotspot, the phone (Android 11) gets stuck at "Opaining IP Address"

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Start wihotspot gui
  2. Enter SSID, make it open (no password)
  3. Set Wifi Interface to wlan0
  4. Set Internet Interface to wlan0
  5. Set band to 5GHz
  6. Click "Create hotspot"
  7. Try to connect to hotspot on smartphone

Expected behavior
Phone connects to hotspot

Logs
journalctl gave me this:

Feb 05 09:46:39 worklab hostapd[329626]: ap0: STA 2a:b2:1d:5b:84:57 IEEE 802.11: authenticated
Feb 05 09:46:39 worklab hostapd[329626]: ap0: STA 2a:b2:1d:5b:84:57 IEEE 802.11: associated (aid 1)
Feb 05 09:46:39 worklab hostapd[329626]: ap0: STA 2a:b2:1d:5b:84:57 RADIUS: starting accounting session 3978D5CEEA427CBD
Feb 05 09:46:39 worklab hostapd[329626]: ap0: STA 2a:b2:1d:5b:84:57 WPA: pairwise key handshake completed (RSN)

And no logs after that.

Desktop (please complete the following information):

  • OS: EndeavourOS
  • Kernel: 6.12.10-arch1-1
  • Desktop: KDE Plasma 6.2.5
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ByteMuch commented Feb 17, 2025 •
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I had the same problem with the same distro. This command in the terminal solved my problem.
Check out issue #166 for reference. Wifi-hotspot requires specific firewall rules to be modified to allow the connection to transmit.

sudo firewall-cmd --add-service=dhcp
sudo firewall-cmd --add-service=dns
sudo firewall-cmd  --add-masquerade

sudo firewall-cmd -q --direct --add-rule ipv4 nat POSTROUTING 0 -o <ap_iface> -j MASQUERADE
sudo firewall-cmd -q --direct --add-rule ipv4 filter FORWARD 0 -i <internet_iface> -o <ap_iface> -j ACCEPT
sudo firewall-cmd -q --direct --add-rule ipv4 filter FORWARD 0 -i <ap_iface> -o <internet_iface> -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT

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