Quoting Nimrod (2019-08-07 10:42:09)
> my (very old) laptop has been working like a charm until I updated
> from Stretch to Buster. Among the other, the issue in the subject is
> very relevant for me.
>
> Here is what happens when I turn on wi-fi hotspot on Nokia 3
> smartphone (Android up to date):
>
> 1) any smartphone or tablet in the family can connect to my Nokia 3
> hotspot.
>
> 2) my laptop can connect at least to a tablet hotspot (the tablet has
> a rather old Android version, I guess 6 or even less, and it cannot be
> updated); also, my laptop finds a lot of wi-fi networks around
> (currently I'm in a building in the small town of Anzio, Italy, but
> almost every corner of the town is full of wi-fi networks)
>
> 3) my laptop cannot even see any hotspot provided by a Nokia 3
> smartphone with Android up to date; we have three of them, and I
> checked everyone one of them: they all can be used by the tablet in
> point 2) above, and none of them are even found by my laptop.
>
> It seems there is something wrong with my laptop and Nokia 3 when they
> try to communicate. Currently I'm still using my Nokia 3 as a modem
> via Bluetooth, but the connection is rather slow. When the wi-fi
> hotspot was working the speed was much higher.
>
> Some data:
>
> - the laptop is a HP 6730s, quite slow but incredibly robust; Buster
> is up to date
> - all the Nokia 3 have Android 9 July update
>
> Thanks in advance for any hint.
Perhaps your hotspot uses insecure encryption rejected by modern
systems?
Some encryption (e.g. WEP) is so insecure that it is practically
useless: If you cannot upgrade then consider turning off encryption
altogether and see if that works.
- Jonas
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