The snap can be installed from the Ubuntu Store with the following command
$ snap install wifi-ap
If you’re running at least snapd version 2.17 all plugs of the wifi-ap snap will be automatically connected to the right slot. If you’re running an older snapd version or a locally build snap you need to connect the plugs manually.
You can verify with the following command that the relevant plugs are connected:
$ snap interfaces Slot Plug [...] :network-bind wifi-ap [...] :firewall-control wifi-ap
:firewall-control
:network-control wifi-ap
:network-control
:network-manager wifi-ap
:network-manager
If you also have the network-manager snap installed on the system then you need to connect the network-manager plug of the wifi-ap snap too. If you have the network-manager installed before you install the wifi-ap snap the plug gets automatically connected. Otherwise you have to do that manually:
$ snap connect wifi-ap:network-manager network-manager:service
Default Configuration
| NAME | VALUE |
|---|---|
| WiFi SSID | Ubuntu |
| WiFi Interface mode | direct |
| WiFi Security | wpa2 |
| WiFi Security Passphrase | Randomly chosen |
| WiFi Channel | 6 |
| WiFi Network Interface | wlan0 |
| WiFi Address | 192.168.7.1 |
| WiFi Netmask | 255.255.255.0 |
| DHCP Range | 192.168.7.5 - 192.168.7.100 |
| DHCP Lease Time | 12h |