cannot connect to ad hoc network

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I'm trying to connect my desktop to the internet through my laptop using an ad hoc network created on the laptop. The laptop is Windows 7. The desktop is 14.04. I am using the default knetworkmanager(though I might have borked some settings while trying to get it to work. I can't tell). There is no ethernet option unfortunately. The only option is connecting wirelessly through the laptop. I looked through others reports, but nothing helped. When I try using the applet, I can't "connect" even after setting up the profile. the enter key doesn't seem to work. I'm not sure where to go from here, I tried through the terminal as well but I'm not sure it's configured correctly and don't know how.

here is

lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller (rev 09)                 
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200/2nd Generation Core Processor Family PCI Express Root Port (rev 09)                                                                                                                    
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)   
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82579V Gigabit Network Connection (rev 05)                            
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 05)                                                                                                                    
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 05)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev b5)           
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev b5)           
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev b5)           
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev b5)           
00:1c.7 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 8 (rev b5)           
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 05)                                                                                                                    
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation P67 Express Chipset Family LPC Controller (rev 05)                             
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller (rev 05)         
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 05)                       
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF114 [GeForce GTX 560] (rev a1)                               
01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GF114 HDMI Audio Controller (rev a1)                                        
03:00.0 USB controller: NEC Corporation uPD720200 USB 3.0 Host Controller (rev 03)                                   
04:00.0 PCI bridge: Tundra Semiconductor Corp. Device 8113                                                           
05:03.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB22A IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) [iOHCI-Lynx]        
06:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8192CE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)         
07:00.0 IDE interface: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88SE6121 SATA II / PATA Controller (rev b2)

Versions:
KDELibs: 4.13.3
QT:4.8.6
Kernel: 3.13.0-44-generic
64-bit