Phil63

Q: internet Sharing Broken After Yosemite Update

The problem I have is that after updating to Yosemite Internet Sharing is broken, I could share my internet connection over wifi from my macbook using Lion, Mountain Lion and Mavericks but immediately I updated to Yosemite I cannot share my connection.

 

I was sharing my iPhone internet connection using USB through my macbook and have not changed anything other than Yosemite, any help would be greatly appreciated as I don't have any other way of accessing the internet.

 

I've tried turning Firewall off but it has no effect, still no sharing.

 

I've tried sharing via Bluetooth and that doesn't work either.

 

There is no problem with the iPhone hotspot as it shares the connection with my mac, it's just the mac sharing the internet with everything else which is the problem.

 

Regards

 

Phil

Posted on Oct 22, 2014 5:34 AM

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  • by morberg,

    morberg morberg Nov 27, 2014 10:14 AM in response to Phil63
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    Nov 27, 2014 10:14 AM in response to Phil63

    I'm trying to use Internet Sharing on a Mac Mini, sharing the WiFi (connected to the Internet) to Ethernet (which is not).

     

    Worked fine under Mavericks, but doesn't work at all  under Yosemite with the exact same hardware.

  • by Eric Root,

    Eric Root Eric Root Nov 27, 2014 11:02 AM in response to Phil63
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    Nov 27, 2014 11:02 AM in response to Phil63

    Send Apple feedback. They won't answer, but at least will know there is a problem. If enough people send feedback, it may get the problem solved sooner.


    Feedback

  • by psycharo,

    psycharo psycharo Dec 3, 2014 4:47 AM in response to Phil63
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    Dec 3, 2014 4:47 AM in response to Phil63

    I have a similar issue: when trying to share ethernet connection via wifi (MacBook Pro Mid 2012, Yosemite 10.10.1 14B25), internet stops working both on the Mac and my smartphone I am trying to share internet with.

    It seems that there is an issue with routing: the default gateway is not set to the ethernet interface, but rather to the virtual bridge interface. Now, I am not very good at networking, but the following seems to work for me:

    1. Look up your default gateway when no sharing is enabled and internet still works (type this in the terminal): "route -n get default | grep gateway"
    2. Then, do the standard procedure to enable sharing in "System Preferences -> Sharing".
    3. At this point, for me internet does not work (ping does not go through). Set the default gateway to the one corresponding to your ethernet interface: "sudo route delete default ; sudo route add default <gateway ip from step 1>"


    Hope this helps.

  • by morberg,

    morberg morberg Dec 5, 2014 8:36 AM in response to psycharo
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    Dec 5, 2014 8:36 AM in response to psycharo

    Thanks for trying to help out, unfortunately it did not help.

     

    My gateway is the same with Internet sharing turned on or off, so setting it manually does nothing.

     

    Note that I'm trying to share from WiFi to Ethernet, your tip might help for those going the other way.

  • by morberg,

    morberg morberg Dec 22, 2014 4:13 AM in response to morberg
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    Dec 22, 2014 4:13 AM in response to morberg

    I have gotten it to work now on OS X 10.10.1. Unfortunately I can't give a specific step on how to get it up, I've restarted and reconnected everything and now it seems to be fine.

  • by JeanNicolas,

    JeanNicolas JeanNicolas Dec 25, 2014 2:34 AM in response to Phil63
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    Dec 25, 2014 2:34 AM in response to Phil63

    Same problem, using my old 2008 MacBook Pro with Maverick. Problem seems to be lying in the Migration Assistant. I've completely installed a new Yosemite on my iMac with no help. Same problem with all my 2 other MacBooks migrated to Yosemite. At least I'm not the only one....

  • by Stoiben,

    Stoiben Stoiben Dec 30, 2014 4:46 AM in response to Phil63
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    Dec 30, 2014 4:46 AM in response to Phil63

    FIXED

    I had similar problem my Mac is connected with an ethernetcable for the internet and I use that internet for making an WIFI network for my iphone on my room. Before yosemite worked properly after installing yosemite it didn't.

    I fixed with a verry simple setting.

    Go to System pref > Sharing > Internet sharing *internet delen (on my picture)* click on the square to un-use internetsharing and then click again to activate it.

    A pop-up screen wil come up and you press start and now its reseted or something. After this it worked again.

    Sorry for my English but its pretty simple and hope this wil work for you guys.Schermafbeelding 2014-12-30 om 13.44.45.png

  • by guidobike,

    guidobike guidobike Apr 10, 2015 4:23 AM in response to Stoiben
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    Apr 10, 2015 4:23 AM in response to Stoiben

    Thanks very much Stoiben for your help.  This solved the problem for me.

  • by JeanNicolas,

    JeanNicolas JeanNicolas May 26, 2015 1:24 PM in response to Phil63
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    May 26, 2015 1:24 PM in response to Phil63

    Just received a Cellular Network Update from my network carrier Swisscom, and look, it now works. Seems to be a problem to be solved through your cellular network operator!

  • by gozar2,

    gozar2 gozar2 Jun 17, 2015 2:46 AM in response to Phil63
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    Jun 17, 2015 2:46 AM in response to Phil63

    I have started to have the same problem ever since I have upgraded to OS X Yosemite (now 10.10.3). Having Internet connection sourced from iPhone 4s via USB tethering, and trying to share the connection from MBPR WI-FI.

     

    I suspect it has something to do with the automatic hotspot detection of Yosemite trying to find a network in the WI-FI zone and thus keeping the wi-fi port busy seeking a connection and not using wi-fi to share the Internet connection it already has via USB.

     

    Apple needs to fix  this as this appears to be a more than 1-year old problem unless they want more Mavericks downgraders.

  • by Kahuitel,

    Kahuitel Kahuitel Aug 6, 2015 4:51 AM in response to Phil63
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    Aug 6, 2015 4:51 AM in response to Phil63

    I recently purchased a MacBook Pro Retina 13 (early 2015), I do have the same issue. I can create a hotspot using bluetooth (bluetooth to wifi) : the wifi symbol changes to up arrow. But when I try to do the same using iPhone USB tether to wifi, nothing happens, the wifi hotspot won't enable. It's a really annoying bug, is there a fix for this? I'm using Yosemite 10.10.4

     

    Thanks,

  • by TheDetechtives,

    TheDetechtives TheDetechtives Aug 10, 2016 3:27 PM in response to Phil63
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    Aug 10, 2016 3:27 PM in response to Phil63

    It's a deceptively easy, unintuitive fix. When it prompts you to "Start" or "Cancel" the internet sharing, hit "cancel" first. Then try to start internet sharing again. The second time around, hit "Start". That should allow it to work. You should then see the "Share through Wifi" option remain checked.