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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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Buster on laptop cannot find Nokia 3 hotspot... Nimrod <nimrod@virgilio.it> - 2019-08-07 11:00 +0200
  Re: Buster on laptop cannot find Nokia 3 hotspot... Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2019-08-07 11:20 +0200
  Re: Buster on laptop cannot find Nokia 3 hotspot... Nektarios Katakis <nektarios@mail.nektarioskatakis.xyz> - 2019-08-07 11:40 +0200
  Re: Buster on laptop cannot find Nokia 3 hotspot... Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-08-07 16:20 +0200
  Re: Buster on laptop cannot find Nokia 3 hotspot... Shahryar Afifi <shahryarafifi@yahoo.com> - 2019-08-07 17:40 +0200
    Re: Buster on laptop cannot find Nokia 3 hotspot... Nimrod <nimrod@virgilio.it> - 2019-08-24 17:50 +0200

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