Looks like it already is included in ubuntu by default, and it's as simple as it should be.
Left click on the nm-applet and select "Create New Wireless Network".
NetworkManager has had this feature for a while:
Code:
network-manager (0.7.1~rc4-0ubuntu1) jaunty; urgency=low
* upstream release 0.7.1 rc4
+ http://git.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/
+ NETWORKMANAGER_0_7 (branch)
- dont send AT commands to serial consoles that are not using a modem driver
- nozomi probing (LP: #351803)
- allow users with polkit authorization to view/edit secrets for system connections
- fix crash that might be LP: #319918
* allow connection sharing out of the box; we add dnsmasq-base to Recommends:
- update control
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