My iPhone hotspot isn't working after updating to iOS 17.2

hi slash31,

did you insert for IPV4 or IPV 6?

how do you get these info —

which section in iphone settings..?

my laptop requires also other info ...

i’m lost... and no hotspot is v difficult situation for me :(

can apple issue an undo (reverse downgrade) for whatever they have done...

and let us know when it’s completed?

Hello everyone,

I wanted to add that I've been grappling with this hotspot connectivity issue even before the iOS 17.2.1 update. Currently, I am still facing the problem on MacOS Sonoma 14.2.1, using a MacBook Pro with M2, attempting to connect to an iPhone 15 Pro Max hotspot. The same issue persisted with an iPhone 13 as well.

It's disheartening to experience this problem on a brand new device, especially when one of its advertised features is the ability to provide a reliable hotspot connection. The prolonged persistence of this issue is indeed disappointing, and it highlights the importance of having a seamless experience, particularly for business-related tasks. On-call engineers, people working remotely and many others are relying on a working hotspot...

So I was wrong about changing DHCP to manual working, I did get some hotspot internet connectivity on the Macbook Pro M1 Monterey 12.6 but it was slow and unusable, never had any success with the Macbook Pro M1 Monterey 12.6.

Thanks unfortunately, I am using an android tablet and it wants an ipv4 address. I am not even sure ipv6 is an option.

We’ve been moving away from Apple. I am so surprised that Apple doesn’t even acknowledge this bug. I tried to explain to tech support why it had nothing to do with my carrier, but she didn’t understand the basics of how hotspots work there was no way she could understand it was a DHCP problem. After about 10 minutes I lost my cool and hung up. Remember when tech support were “geniuses”? Down their dumber than a box of rocks.

I am having exactly this problem, I spent a few hours on the phone today with both Apple and AT&T, both seem convinced that the problem is the other's fault. But it does seem DHCP is failing to give a router or DNS. Interestingly, for me, I can still use my cellular iPad for a hotspot source. My family has 3 iPhones, all of which can't use the HotSpot anymore.

So did apple pretty much kill HostSpot for everyone, across the board?

Nice workaround pal, yeah IPV4 address is not getting assigned after 17.2 update :-( I hope Apple looks into this issue and fix this in their next update!!

Can you please guide on the work around. I am unable to use my mobile hotspot on my Mac

It seems like this workaround won't help if your cellular provider does not support IPv6

This is a local ip for local network

Thank you SO MUCH!!!! This has been a constant pain in my rear for way too long!!!!

Hi @iSpyyy what solution did you use fix this?

This solution does not work for me on either of my Macbook Pros (see my other posts in this thread for details)

What does this even mean goto system prefs. This is an iPhone. It has settings not system prefs. Are you talking about connecting a Mac. Could you please restate this using iOS terms and locations?