Unable to connect my MacBook Air M1 to my hotspot on my iPhone 12 Pro

I have changed the name of my iphone from just "iphone" to something that is more recognizable as a hotspot from others that broadcast "iphone".

I tried it out on my MacBook Air M2 with OS14.3 into an iphoneSE2 iOS17.3.

I did not have an issue connecting to the internet through the hotspot of the iphoneSE2.

You might try turning the WIFI off and then back on with both the Mac and the iPhone.

I have even had to restart my iPhone on occasion to get things right.

Just to be clear, it is the iphone that generates a personal hotspot.

The Mac computer connects to the iphone through Wifi to the personal hotspot that the iphone is broadcasting.

Don't expect the iphone to connect to the Mac using the iphone hotspot. The connection is the reverse.

A number of people are not getting IP addresses from the phones and routers after updating.

They can make the connection to the personal hotspot but cannot get through to the internet.

Are you able to make the connections to the iphone hotspot, but just not use the internet?

Can your laptop connect to other hotspots and other wifi networks

Just for reference...

The iPhones I personally tried were:

• 13 Pro Max
• 8
• 12

Each one was running the latest iOS. The 13 Pro Max was on iOS 17.3. None of the above coulld connect via Hotspot to my Macbook Pro using 14.2 Sonoma or 14.3 Sonoma.

The Macbook Pro is a 2019 2.4GHz 8-Core Intel

I am having the exact same problem. On my Mac M1 I am running Sonoma 14.3 and my iPhone is running iOS 17.3. My Mac connects to my home wifi without any problems. When I bring it into work and connect to the wireless there it connects and runs for a bit then drops off.

I tried connecting to a Verizon Mi-Fi and it would connect for a bit, then drop off.

On my iPhone hotspot it would do the same thing.

I tried everything above including resetting the OS and same problem.

So frustrating.

Changing the ipv6 settings to automatic doesn’t do it for me, the only thing that works is tediously changing them all manually (as above) every time I want to hotspot, which is very tedious. Has anyone else come up with a permanent solution? This is all extremely frustrating that two relatively new apple products don’t play together reliably.

Thank you! I had this exact issue with a 2023 Macbook Air M2 after my iOS software update. The IPV6 change got the internet working!

I am having this exact issue with my iPhone 15 and M1 MacBook Pro. I have never had an issue until now. I tried to download iOS 17.3 to see if this would resolve the issue. Unfortunately this did not resolve it.

Did you try updating to ios 17.3 on your iphone? You are not on the latest IOS.

Technically you are not using an "up to date" iphone. Is it an Iphone SE2 or iphone15?

Information about the iphone you are using and what Mac laptops are being used may be helpful.

The hardware radios in the phones get updated to different wifi protocols.

One can guess the M3 Mac is a Macbook pro 14 or 16. What was the M1 Mac??

This is the solution! I spent the entire day with Apple Support, and they scheduled an appointment for me at the Genius Bar for in-person support. However, this resolves the issue. Thank you for sharing—let’s get this to the top so everyone can see it.

Same issue except im on bigsur. None of the solutions work. It will connect finally after the ipv6 thing but no internet.

the thing is im on same ios version. So i suspect that is the issue here and not the laptop. Is there any way to revert the version update? I cant work without a hotspot and neither can anyone oncall at my org. We will have to switch to android for this?

having the same issue as well

iphone 15 pro max with m1 pro mac (sonoma 14.2.1)