Notices

MH uses dnsmasq to proxy DNS from the DHCP clients to the DNS server N900 uses ATM.

Weird "works for me" and never before heard that anyone would be having trouble with just https.

MH itself, sure, it does nothing that special. However it does require titans kernel and it will take a while before an updated version of that will reach extras-proper.

It says 'hot spot failed to start'.. I cant get this to work..

my desktop icon disappear after i reboot my n900. i try to readd but it is not listed in the shortcut list. unistall and reinstall will bring the icon back but reboot and icon gone again. this is reproducable everytime. any idea how to fix this?

Check here
http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=877571&postcount=9

Had to reflash my device, so now I have really vanilla PR1.3 device, and can't get Mobile Hotspot to work.

Symåtoms:

1) Mobile hotspot backend starts ( has one error in it )

2) adhoc wlan hotspot is created

3) devices can connect, but no DHCP ip is given

4) static network configuration on clients does not help

5) network on N900 works ok, so it does get internet connection


Hard data:

Firmware:
V 20.2010.36-2
RX-51

Kernel:
uname -r

2.6.28.10power42


When I start the MH:

~ $ sudo gainroot
Root shell enabled


BusyBox v1.10.2 (Debian 3:1.10.2.legal-1osso30+0m5) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

/home/user # /usr/sbin/mobilehotspot_backend start
DEBUG: executing uname -r
DEBUG: executing lsmod
DEBUG: executing insmod /lib/modules/2.6.28.10power42/nf_conntrack.ko
DEBUG: executing lsmod
DEBUG: executing insmod /lib/modules/2.6.28.10power42/nf_defrag_ipv4.ko
DEBUG: executing lsmod
DEBUG: executing insmod /lib/modules/2.6.28.10power42/nf_conntrack_ipv4.ko
DEBUG: executing lsmod
DEBUG: executing insmod /lib/modules/2.6.28.10power42/x_tables.ko
DEBUG: executing lsmod
DEBUG: executing insmod /lib/modules/2.6.28.10power42/ip_tables.ko
DEBUG: executing lsmod
DEBUG: executing insmod /lib/modules/2.6.28.10power42/nf_nat.ko
DEBUG: executing lsmod
DEBUG: executing insmod /lib/modules/2.6.28.10power42/iptable_nat.ko
DEBUG: executing lsmod
DEBUG: executing insmod /lib/modules/2.6.28.10power42/ipt_MASQUERADE.ko
ERROR:dbus.proxies:Introspect error on :1.85:/com/nokia/icd2: dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NotSupported: Unsupported interface or method
DEBUG: executing ifconfig wlan0 down
DEBUG: executing iwconfig wlan0 mode ad-hoc
DEBUG: executing ifconfig wlan0 up
DEBUG: executing iwconfig wlan0 key 4868686830 restricted
DEBUG: executing iwconfig wlan0 essid "Hhh"
DEBUG: executing ifconfig wlan0 10.7.12.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
DEBUG: executing /usr/sbin/dnsmasq -i wlan0 -a 10.7.12.1 -I lo -z -x /var/run/dnsmasq.wlan0.pid --dhcp-range=10.7.12.10,10.7.12.100,6h --dhcp-option=3,10.7.12.1 --dhcp-option=6,10.7.12.1
DEBUG: executing iptables --flush
DEBUG: executing iptables --flush -t nat
DEBUG: executing iptables -P FORWARD ACCEPT
DEBUG: executing iptables -P INPUT ACCEPT
DEBUG: executing iptables -P OUTPUT ACCEPT
DEBUG: executing iptables --table nat --append POSTROUTING --out-interface gprs0 -j MASQUERADE
/home/user #

I tried static ip: 10.7.12.10 on client with netmask 255.255.255.0 and router 10.7.12.1

Before update to PR1-3 I had MH working at least once.

Any help or ideas would be appreciated.

Thank you.

I decided to bite the bullet and buy Joikuspot, since they promised it to work with PR1.3.

I deinstalled power kernel successfully and installed Joikuspot premium.

Joikuspot seems to work rather well, though I found two problems:


1) my iPad does not get ip configuration via DHCP, even though access
works if I put static ip configuration.

My MacBook laptop gets configuration via DHCP most of the time ok, but so far my iPad
has not got ip from dhcp even once.

2) Adhoc wifi stays open / available even after Joiukuspot is closed.
This is actually rather funny, as the joikuspot adhoc wlan is then
visible in internet connections available also for the N900. Annoying
but also worrying in terms of whether it sucks out juice from the
battery for something silly.


It would be great to have Mobilehotspot also as an alternative, even though I am happy to support finnish software company with 9 euros.

As posted elsewhere, there is now a new package that should fix the desktop shortcut issue.

Sorry, been away so didn't get around to answering yet.

This is an example of those annoying problems where I can't outright tell what's wrong, basically it boils down to low level networking debugging; wireshark, kismet et co.

I too am seeing a somewhat similar issue. I'm using kernel power 45 and encounter the following (I'm with T-Mobile USA):

1) Mobile hotspot backend starts when started from command-line ( has one error in it I'll post the log later) When I start from the desktop, I am prompted to login to the data network with a username set to nokia. I'll post a screenshot later.

2) adhoc wlan hotspot is created

3) devices can connect, DHCP ip is given

4) devices cannot reach the network

5) I notice that my n900 is showing connected to "Cellular Data" instead of "T-Mobile Internet"

This has me wondering if the kernel power 45 introduced this issue or if T-Mobile has caught onto our tethering...

As promised is the output of MH when run from the command-line:

and the screenshot is attached.