You can use your device running Joli OS as a mobile Wifi hotspot!

1. Establish either an Ethernet or a 3G Internet connection (How do I connect with 3G on Joli OS?).

Note: If you'd like to share a Wifi Internet connection, you need a Wifi USB dongle to create the hotspot.

2. Click on the Network Manager icon and select the 'Create New Wireless Network...' option.

3. Enter the details you want for this new network.

Notes:

• 'WPA & WPA2 Personal' is not supported yet.
• If you want to be able to connect Windows clients to your network, you might need to use 'WEP 40/128-bit Key' with a 13 characters key.

4. Click 'Create', your device running Joli OS automatically connects to this new network.

5. Connect your other device and enjoy browsing the Internet!

Troubleshooting:

If this feature is not working OK, you should try these troubleshooting steps:

Recreate your wireless network

• Right-click on the Network Manager icon and select 'Edit Connections...'
• Go to the Wireless tab
• Delete your previous wireless network
• Close and create a new wireless network

Reset the list of the wireless networks on the other device

It depends on the other operating system. On Joli OS, right-click on the Network Manager icon and deselect/select 'Enable Wireless'; otherwise you might need to reboot the device.

Prerequisites to help us diagnose your issue

If it still doesn't work, you can contact the Ubuntu community since Joli OS is based on Ubuntu and/or contact the manufacturer of your device.

Provide as much detail as you can, including:

• The version of Joli OS installed
• The brand of your device
• The model of your device
• The brand and model of your USB dongle (if applicable)
• The hardware component affected
• The error message you get (if applicable)
• A detailed description of your issue

In addition to this, it should be very useful to include the output files generated by the following commands (they should be in your home directory):

1. Open a terminal by pressing Alt + F1 (more details)
2. Type: sudo lspci -v -nn > lspci (it returns the list of your PCI devices)
3. Type: sudo lsusb -v > lsusb (it returns the list of your USB devices)
4. Type: ifconfig -a > ifconfig (it returns the list of network interfaces, the wireless interface should be wlan0 or eth1)
5. Type: sudo iwlist wireless-interface-name scan > iwlist (wireless-interface-name should be wlan0 or eth1, it returns the list of available wireless networks)

Finally, you can open the file system, go to /var/log and retrieve the dmesg file.

Note: In any case, stay tuned and keep your OS up-to-date. Most of issues are simply solved by a system update.