Add instructions to create a tunnelled hotspot

Add instructions to create a tunnelled hotspot - which might be a great feature people look for.
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### Features ### Features
* [Create a hotspot with VPN](#vpn-hotspot) - The hotspot has the traffic tunnelled through VPN. Useful for devices with no VPN app support like TV or gaming consoles.
* Share your wifi like in Windows - Use wifi and enable hotspot at the same time. * Share your wifi like in Windows - Use wifi and enable hotspot at the same time.
* Share a wifi access point from any network interface * Share a wifi access point from any network interface
* Share wifi via QR code * Share wifi via QR code
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or using the terminal with: or using the terminal with:
wihotspot wihotspot
<h2 id="vpn-hotspot">Create VPN Hotspot</h2>
After connecting to VPN, Open `wihotspot` GUI. Select the virtual interface created by the VPN. In this case it is `tun0`
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/66936172/215682232-0007ce37-75fa-4716-a416-1f876aab5fa5.png)
## Run on Startup ## Run on Startup
The `wihotspot` GUI uses `create_ap` to create and manage access points. This service and core logic was originally created by The `wihotspot` GUI uses `create_ap` to create and manage access points. This service and core logic was originally created by
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Start the hotspot service on startup (using your saved configuration) with: Start the hotspot service on startup (using your saved configuration) with:
systemctl enable create_ap systemctl enable create_ap
## Contributing ## Contributing