Personal hotspot requires reset

Ever since upgrading to IOS6, I have to turn my iPad off and on again to make personal hotspot work.  Without resetting, other devices are able to establish peer-to-peer wifi connections to the iPad, but they do not gain internet access.  Resetting the iPad consistently resolves this, but is a big pain in the ***.
I have already reset network settings, and I did not have this problem on IOS5.  Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Matt

it's only available if the isp have the support turned on in their end so if they disabled the feature it's not available on your device

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