Hello,
I was searching for a long time how to enable ad-hoc connections on my HTC chacha and finally I found it!, so I decided to share my experience with you.
btw I found many ways but guess what?! most of them didn’t work 🙁
lets stop talking and start enjoying the unlimited internet connection on your mobile 🙂
Ubuntu Users
First of all you had to install hostapd
“In simple words, hostapd allows you to create software wifi access points allowing decent amount of configuration options. In rest of this post, I will show how to create a software access point in Linux using hostapd and share your internet to the devices through it”
To Install hostapd just type this command on the terminal
sudo apt-get install hostapdThen, open a text editor program, for example gedit. Copy the following into it.
interface=wlan0 driver=nl80211 ssid=MyAP hw_mode=g channel=11 wpa=1 wpa_passphrase=MyPasswordHere wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK wpa_pairwise=TKIP CCMP wpa_ptk_rekey=600
Please don’t forget to fill in the name of your network after “ssid=”, as well as the password after “wpa_passphrase=”.
After all these, save the file as hostapd.conf in your home folder.
Then create a normal ad-hoc network from the wireless menu from the top bar click on “Create New Wireless Network”
after the new network created successfully proceed to the next and the final step
Now, in your terminal:
sudo hostapd hostapd.confTurn the wifi connection on in your devices and enjoy the fast network share!
Windows Users
You can install Virtual Router
Project Description
Virtual Router turns any Windows 7 or Windows 2008 R2 Computer into a Wifi Hot Spot using Windows 7’s Wireless Hosted Network (Virtual Wifi) technology.
What is Virtual Router?
Virtual Router is a free, open source software based router for PCs running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2. Using Virtual Router, users can wirelessly share any internet connection (Wifi, LAN, Cable Modem, Dial-up, Cellular, etc.) with any Wifi device (Laptop, Smart Phone, iPod Touch, iPhone, Android Phone, Zune, Netbook, wireless printer, etc.) These devices connect to Virtual Router just like any other access point, and the connection is completely secured using WPA2 (the most secure wireless encryption.)
Download Virtual Router
http://virtualrouter.codeplex.com/downloads/get/93540
Preparing your Wireless Connection
After installing Virtual Router and restarting, open the application this window will appear
Type your network name ,, and your password ,, choose network to share ,, and click on Start Virtual Router
Turn the wifi connection on in your devices and enjoy the fast network share!
Resources
http://nims11.wordpress.com/2012/04/27/hostapd-the-linux-way-to-create-virtual-wifi-access-point/
http://exain.wordpress.com/tag/hostapd/
http://zhangyou.wordpress.com/2010/08/26/easily-turn-your-ubuntu-into-a-virtual-router/
http://virtualrouter.codeplex.com
62 Comments
My connecting device is not getting its IP. So it’s not able to connect!! 🙁
what is ur platform? ubuntu?
if so create an ad-hoc connection first before running the hostapd command =)
I am going to edit the post to point to this issue =)
Great job!
It worked perfectly for me and is completely secure with WPA encryption. Thanks a lot!
Just FYI, the first time, I had to try twice to get my HTC wildfire S connected. Now, it works directly.
I am glad that is working for you ,, but no Idea why you have to do it twice =)) ,, maybe something went wrong
hay guys This works foe HTC one X 😀
That’s really great viva HTC =))
Hi. My HTC sensation has detected the wifi network,and i got connected to it successfully. However i cannot surf internet on my HTC. its like, its just connected to the wifi, not the internet. 🙁
are you using windows? ,,
are you sure that your pc is already connected to the internet?
I can do it when i use ubuntu 12.04, but it is failed to be done in ubuntu 12.10. So I retry it, but there is only isc-dhcp-server instead of dhcp3-server. Now my kindle can search this wifi, but cant connect. can you give me some advice?
so another hack is to create an adhoc connection from “Create New Wireless Network” , and when the connection established run the commend “sudo hostapd hostapd.conf” and you can now connect to this network =)) ,, hope this work with you
Thanks very much! It worked for galaxy s (gt-i9003) w kubuntu 12.12. But due to “kernel bugs” I couldn’t set up adhoc wireless + WAP on network_management. I created an unsecured one. Is it unsecured indeed?
unsecured mean that anyone can access the network, you can disable broadcasting the SSID check this file
http://hostap.epitest.fi/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=hostap.git;a=blob_plain;f=hostapd/hostapd.conf
Thanks a lot for the answer! But maybe I was not clear. My hostap.conf is exactly the one you suggested, with the wap lines.
Connecting from my android, for example, it asks for the wap password.
It is just the adhoc on kubuntu (I needed to set up to obtain IP) which is not wap (nor wep).
My question is whether I am safe or not.
aha,, if you setup an ad-hoc connection,, and then run the hostapd command the new network will replace the ad-hoc one so yea you are safe 🙂
🙂 Thanks a lot!
sorry. I meant wpa
Thank you very much but … it doesn’t work for me…
I have Ubuntu 12.04 and when I run “sudo hostapd hostapd.conf” on my terminal, it says this:
Configuration file: hostapd.conf
Could not set interface mon.wlan0 flags: Operation not possible due to RF-kill
nl80211: Failed to set interface wlan0 into AP mode
nl80211 driver initialization failed.
ELOOP: remaining socket: sock=4 eloop_data=0x9a198f8 user_data=0x9a19e98 handler=0x807c5e0
ELOOP: remaining socket: sock=6 eloop_data=0x9a1bca0 user_data=(nil) handler=0x8086770
Have you any idea…?
Thank you!!!!!
kindly please check this link 🙂
http://askubuntu.com/questions/62166/siocsifflags-operation-not-possible-due-to-rf-kill
Hi, But for me, it says..
Could not read interface wlan0 flags: No such device
nl80211 driver initialization failed.
ELOOP: remaining socket: sock=4 eloop_data=0x86e38f8 user_data=0x86e3e98 handler=0x807c5e0
ELOOP: remaining socket: sock=6 eloop_data=0x86e5d28 user_data=(nil) handler=0x8086770
Help!
hello, i have just installed virtual hotspot 1.2 application to my windows xp and after that my i phone easily connected to it but galaxy note 1 is not even finding the hotspot name in available network list….
pl help.
do you mean virtual router?
I tried this on my ubuntu 12.04 but my galaxy ace watch the connection but it does’t take an ip, must i do something with dhcp?
sorry for not updating this point on the article ,, you can purge the dhcp server and follow the instructions on the previous comment http://shaer.me/blog/2012/08/how-to-enable-ad-hoc-connection-on-your-android/#comment-176
It continuous to show ‘Obtaining IP address’ in my micromax A110. I’m using ubuntu 12.10. Should I add anything to the above steps?
android phone to adhoc connecror
Its stuck at
“Configuration file: hostapd.conf
Using interface wlan0 with hwaddr 68:5d:43:c5:2c:95 and ssid ‘abcds'”
Any idea to resolve this..
OS : Ubuntu
i connect to the wifi network,but I do not have internet access in my android???a solution please…
cant get the Ip on mySamsung s.
Terminal says:
sudo hostapd hostapd.conf
Configuration file: hostapd.conf
Using interface wlan0 with hwaddr 00:25:d3:9c:fb:db and ssid ‘Floswlan’
wlan0: STA 20:13:e0:c6:d7:1b IEEE 802.11: authenticated
wlan0: STA 20:13:e0:c6:d7:1b IEEE 802.11: associated (aid 1)
wlan0: AP-STA-CONNECTED 20:13:e0:c6:d7:1b
wlan0: STA 20:13:e0:c6:d7:1b RADIUS: starting accounting session 5152E85F-00000000
wlan0: STA 20:13:e0:c6:d7:1b WPA: pairwise key handshake completed (WPA)
wlan0: STA 20:13:e0:c6:d7:1b WPA: group key handshake completed (WPA)
wlan0: AP-STA-DISCONNECTED 20:13:e0:c6:d7:1b
wlan0: STA 20:13:e0:c6:d7:1b IEEE 802.11: disassociated
wlan0: STA 20:13:e0:c6:d7:1b IEEE 802.11: deauthenticated due to inactivity
Thanks for help
Hi,
for static IP is conection redy.
Not function FORWARDING and DHCP server
Problem… 🙁
using an ubuntu based distro
pppoe is cofigured with pppoeconf
my samsung galaxy connects perfectly with wifi but can’t access internet
Perfect! Now I can connect my kindle to sync via my ubuntu shared connection. (using Ubuntu 12.04). Thank you! I connected with no internet sharing though, until I did the hack/tweak mentioned in comment #10.
Worked fine for me!
Thank you so MUCH!
(ubuntu 12.04)
Configuration file: hostapd.conf
nl80211: ‘nl80211’ generic netlink not found
Failed to initialize driver ‘nl80211’
Works for me in windows 7 and a sony live walkman with android 4.0, thanks for the tutorial.
What you’re doing is NOT enabling ad-hoc wireless on the Android device. You’re running infrastructure wireless mode from the host computer instead of ad-hoc mode.
That said, there are some methods for actually enabling ad-hoc on the Android such as http://www.androidsim.net/2011/08/how-to-35-connecting-to-adhoc-networks.html
Hello ,
Really thank you very much for your tutorial , i was very happy to see the (GEEKPEEK) at my android device connected to my ubuntu. but unfortunately , there is no internet in my android device. could you please help me to share the internet.
when i run the command to start sharing the wirless this line appears:
Using interface wlan0 with hwaddr 00:c0:a8:ee:f4:48 and ssid ‘geekpeek’
and after configuring my phone – it has beem connected succefully and these lines appears:
wlan0: STA 30:85:a9:65:f0:bf IEEE 802.11: authenticated
wlan0: STA 30:85:a9:65:f0:bf IEEE 802.11: associated (aid 1)
AP-STA-CONNECTED 30:85:a9:65:f0:bf
wlan0: STA 30:85:a9:65:f0:bf RADIUS: starting accounting session 51880568-00000000
wlan0: STA 30:85:a9:65:f0:bf WPA: pairwise key handshake completed (RSN)
your help is really appreciated.
All Respect;
Hello friends ,, I updated the post ,, for all those who have any error ,, please try the new way to get the IP ,, without installing DCHP 🙂
Best Regards
Hi,
I’m able to see the network I set up and my phone is trying to connect to it, but it always stops at the “Obtaining IP address” phase. On the terminal I see
IEEE 802.11: authenticated
IEEE 802.11: associated
AP-STA-CONNECTED
RADIUS: starting accounting session
WPA: pairwise key handshake completed (WPA)
WPA: group key handshake completed (WPA)
—-(Slight pause here, phone is trying to obtain IP address)—-
AP-STA-DISCONNECTED
IEEE 802.11: disassociated
IEEE 802.11: deauthenticated due to inactivity
Any ideas?
–
did you create a New regular ad-hoc network before running the command “sudo hostapd hostapd.conf”
oh my! this is working wonderfully. I am successfully sharing my wired connection from Ubuntu 13.04 to my 2 android devices! things are looking good.
Thanks for the write-up!
i’ve only LOCAL AREA CONNECTION in SHARED connection
also when I click (START VIRTUAL ROUTER) it give : couldnot be started >> 🙁
help plzz
check this post http://virtualrouter.codeplex.com/discussions/248029
HI..Thank you for the information.
As per u i downloaded virtual router on my windows 7 laptop, however when i tried to start it it showing an error as virtual router could not be started.. Can you please help me on this..
check this post http://virtualrouter.codeplex.com/discussions/248029
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Thank you, but it doesn’t work for me, when i run sudo hostapd hostapd.conf from terminal it says
Configuration file: hostapd.conf
Could not read interface wlan0 flags: No such device
Could not read interface wlan0 flags: No such device
nl80211 driver initialization failed.
Virtual Router does not work on Windows XP 🙁
I have the impulse 49 for at&t (u8800-51) and my device fails to connect with my adhoc network. Im sending the signal from a laptop and my phone can see it but wont obtain the IP address. IT’S DRIVING ME MADDD!!! Is there a way I can get this thing to connect??
does this work without a wireless modem???????
i want to access internet in my android tablet but i dont have a wireless modem…. will this solve my problem???????
i downloaded it and installed , but iam not able to fill any of the columns , and its written in the down that “Can not manage virtual router.The service is not running” what should i do , plzz help me????
Sir,
I want to use my nokia e63 wifi adhoc (joikuspot) connection on micromax canvas hd version 4.2.1.Pls tell me will it work or not.tx in advance
It works great on windows 7.
Thanks a ton
WOW! It worked for me. Thanks……..
Thanks Man. Working perfectly.
Thanks.. it worked fine with my HTC Desire S & Ubuntu.
Thanks!
It works with my Ubuntu notebook and Android phone!
Thanks, working perfectly!!!
Thanks a lot , but i still have a problem , i have ubuntu 13.10, so when i run hostapd.conf in a terminal i get error :
” $ sudo hostapd hostapd.conf
Configuration file: hostapd.conf
Line 7: invalid WPA passphrase length 5 (expected 8..63)
WPA-PSK enabled, but PSK or passphrase is not configured.
2 errors found in configuration file ‘hostapd.conf’
”
where i use hotspot as a username and myhot as a password.
Sorry iam new for ubuntu , so any help would be great appreciated
thanks .
thank you sir, you are a life saver…..
this way just change adhoc network to insfrastructure hotspot,
so that android device can connect to it, and i think i can’t really call this one as adhoc.
am i wrong??
and is there another way to connect my android device to adhoc net?
However this solution is not ad-hoc mode wifi. This solution is related to infrastructure mode by creating a virtual wireless access point router. As Stated in many sites, ad-hoc mode needs the android to be rooted
Thanks!