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How to make a WiFi dongle as hotspot/access point in Linux Ubuntu
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make-wifi-dongle-as-hotspot.sh
#Put this script into the /etc/init.d directory
#This action needs sudo privilege.
#Don't forget to do `sudo chmod +x **this-script.sh**` beforehand.
nmcli dev wifi hotspot ifname **interface-name** ssid **hotspot-name** password **pwd**
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WiFi-dongle-to-hotspot
#Append lines below to the file /etc/network/interfaces
allow-hotplug **interface-name**
iface **interface-name** inet manual
up /etc/init.d/make-wifi-dongle-as-hotspot.sh
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By doing so, whenever you plug your WiFi dongle in, it automatically turns into a hotspot/access point and other devices can connect to it.
Furthermore if you have been connected to a VPN connection beforehand, The traffic of connected devices will be routed through the VPN.

This Gist is tested on Ubuntu18.04 and Ubuntu20.04 by a TP-Link dongle and also with a OpenVpn VPN connection.

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