Use of Bluetooth to test programs.

[Gilles Gravier]

Colin,

Le mer. 21 août 2019 à 09:25, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> a écrit :

> On Wed, 21 Aug 2019 at 07:30, Gilles Gravier <ggravier at fsfe.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hi!
> >
> > Le mer. 21 août 2019 à 01:52, Owen Thomas <owen.paul.thomas at gmail.com>
> a écrit :
> >>
> >> I'm very ignorant of Bluetooth and of WiFi.
> >>
> >> I appear to have two Ubuntu laptops that are "Bluetooth enabled", and I
> am wondering on a very cursory level whether these computers can use
> Bluetooth in lieu of a WiFi router to test two instances of a program that
> uses Java sockets to exchange information peer to peer..
> >>
> >> I am using WiFi when I test my programs at home, but cannot use WifFi
> if a router isn't available - when I am demonstrating these programs to
> others, say.
> >>
> >> What are my options?
> >>
> >>
> >
> > You can turn one of your Ubuntu machines into a WiFi hotspot and use the
> other as a client device.
> >
> >
> https://askubuntu.com/questions/318973/how-do-i-create-a-wifi-hotspot-sharing-wireless-internet-connection-single-adap
>
> Are those instructions up do date?  It is six years old.  I would look
> for more recent instructions rather than following those.
>
>
>
You are right. It's even simpler. Almost trivial.

Open the configuration panel.
Go to the WiFi tab.
Top right of that Window, click on the little vertical 3 dot menu.
Select "Turn On Wi-Fi Hotspot..."
Follow the instructions.

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