[Workaround] Wifi hotspot not working on Fairphone gen 6 with Murena OS

When I try to enable the mobile hotspot on my Fairphone gen 6 (running Murena’s e/OS/) it turns off right away. USB tethering works fine. The mobile hotspot worked before, but it “broke” when I switched the frequency from its default value (2.4GHz) to 6GHz. Anyone else with this issue?

I’ve tried to return the setting to default an restarting the phone. Unfortunately it still doesn’t work.

I found a workaround:
Restart your phone, then set the “Speed and compatibility” to either 2.4 or 5GHz, and set the Security to WPA2-Personal. Then you can turn on the mobile hotspot again without errors.

Other combinations do not seem to work…

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I don’t see any open /e/OS hotspot issues at the moment at Issues · e / Backlog · GitLab, so in case you want the /e/OS developers to have a look at it, please feel free to report the issue … Report an issue.

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@AnotherElk thanks! I was browsing their backlog right now :slight_smile: . I will report the issue there, and this topic can be closed.

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