Sharing internet connection with other devices in Crimson: Is it working?

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Can anyone confirm that sharing internet connection works in Crimson?

I have tried the two ways which worked in Byzantium:

  1. Starting a Wi-Fi hotspot. Result: no device was able to connect to the hotspot.
  2. Sharing connection via a Type-C cable. Result: I was able to ping the phone, but was unable to access the Internet through it. The corresponding route was not added on the connected laptop (as reported by ip route), and adding it manually did not help.
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I just tried it with both Redpine and SparkLAN cards on Crimson and I could connect to their hotspots from my laptop with no troubles. Sharing Internet connection works both ways too.

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I’ve tried again, this time with calm mind, and now it works. I deleted the related Wi-Fi connection from NetworkManager on my laptop, created it again, and it helped… Need to test it also with other devices.

The Type-C cable connection also works, except that the default route is not advertised for some reason, and I need to do sudo ip route add default via 10.42.0.1 manually.