jgrulich added a comment.

  In D26392#592136 <https://phabricator.kde.org/D26392#592136>, @apol wrote:
  
  > In D26392#588345 <https://phabricator.kde.org/D26392#588345>, @jgrulich 
wrote:
  >
  > > In D26392#587159 <https://phabricator.kde.org/D26392#587159>, @mthw wrote:
  > >
  > > > @apol You are right, it is not possible to create a hotspot if one is 
already connected to a WiFi network. Currently enabling hotspot disables your 
previous connection (WiFi) and hides available WiFi networks.
  > >
  > >
  > > That's a question. Do we want to allow to create a hotspot if users are 
already connected to w WiFi network?  You are allowed to do this for example on 
Android. Users might not realize why they are not allowed to create a hotspot 
and disconnecting from WiFi doesn't seem to me be a good first step.
  >
  >
  > Leaving the user without a connection would be quite dishearting and 
possibly confusing.
  >
  > I can imagine the use-case of: I am in this building with weird 
authentication (thinking university) and I want to share that connection with 
my phone, so I create a hotspot and we don't have to do weird configuration on 
the phone. Would apply to e.g. vpns too.
  
  
  What about allowing to create a hotspot if the WiFi is in use, but it's not 
used as primary connection (e.g. Ethernet or Mobile connections are used 
primarily). In that case the user wouldn't be without connection if we 
disconnect him.

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  R116 Plasma Network Management Applet

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