Hotspot/Access point won't work with firewall enabled

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That's it, I created an hotspot with NetworkManager (nm-connection-editor + dnsmasq), when I try to connect to it from my phone I can only connect when the firewall (UFW) is disabled. After connecting though it works, even if I reenable the firewall.
It seems like there isn't much documentation about this stuff.

Posted Feb 21, 2026, 5:34 PM UTC

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