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Add VPN Hotspot in features and instructions
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lakinduakash authored May 17, 2023
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* Share your wifi like in Windows - Use wifi and enable hotspot at the same time.
* Share a wifi access point from any network interface
* [Create a hotspot with VPN](#vpn-hotspot) - The hotspot has the traffic tunnelled through VPN. Useful for devices with no VPN app support like TV or gaming consoles.
* Share wifi via QR code
* MAC filter
* View connected devices
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or using the terminal with:

wihotspot

<h2 id="vpn-hotspot">Create VPN Hotspot</h2>

After connecting to VPN, Open `wihotspot` GUI. Select the virtual interface created by the VPN. In this case it is `tun0`

![image](docs/vpn.png)




## Run on Startup
The `wihotspot` GUI uses `create_ap` to create and manage access points. This service and core logic was originally created by
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Start the hotspot service on startup (using your saved configuration) with:

systemctl enable create_ap





## Contributing

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