10.7.4 Issues with sharing Internet Connection

I solved the problem with a Lion reinstall. The iMac (mid 2011) has a recovery partition with OS 10.7.3 configured into the hard drive. I rebooted using Command-R and went home for the night. Next morning all is well. Internet sharing is back to speed. It was working but extremely slow so no one was able to work effectively. Kext Utility did not work to get internet sharing back to speed after updating to OS 10.7.4 on mid 2011 iMacs. I will refrain from updating the OS until this issue is resolved.

There is something wrong with the internet sharing after the installation of the updates from may 23....either the 10.7.4 update itself or some of the other stuff. PLEASE get this straightened out. I have five or six devices that use our home network that have worked fine til this update vomitted into our lives...thanks

slaphappypappy wrote:

PLEASE get this straightened out.

You are only able to talk to other users here. If you want Apple's help you need to contact them either through AppleCare, the Genius Bar or http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html

yes I know that and I did write then as well...Just putting every place I can think of that might get noticed....Facebook and other board etc. speed the plow as it were

This works, but only for a while, minutes to an hour or so, then the service fails again. 😟

The Apple Care Senior Advisor called me back this afternoon (he left a message on my voice mail). Told me to turn off security on Internet Sharing (I had WEP Security). I turned it off, and lo and behold, I have sharing back! It's been working good for over an hour.

He did say in the message that knowing if this works will help towards a fix for this, and that I won't have to leave my sharing open without security.

Anyway, try turning off your security on your Internet Sharing in your system preferences and see if that helps. Good luck.

"Yes, the computer which is no longer sharing internet after the update to 10.7.4 is a Mid 2011 iMac."

Better late than never 😉

This is such a horse crap problem, come on Apple. 10 pages of posts, 2 weeks time and still no fix. I and I'm sure many others depend on this functionality. Mine does not work, have tried turning password on and off etc. No luck. Guess I'll need to try this Kext thing. Christ.

Just do it E2. It works :-))

Seems good so far... hoepfully it holds out!

I tried the kext method and it worked . . . for about 30 minutes.

I tried the No Security method and it worked, until I turned security back on. We have too many freeloaders in my neighborhood to leave security off. And for some reason, I don't feel secure using that method.

I submitted a report to the feedback address, hopefully everybody else has too.

Sharing from my iMac to my iPad and MacBook Pro has been okay for 24 hours now. Here's the configuration:

Firewall is OFF

Preferences --> Sharing:

Screen sharing, Scanner Sharing, Web Sharing and Internet Sharing are checked.

WiFi Options: Security is set to NONE. (to do this: uncheck Internet Sharing, you should have "Share your connection from:" then select how you connect (I connect with ethernet to a cable modem) "To computers using:" check WiFi. Then click on WiFi Options, and for security select None. (I think it's None - frankly I'm afraid to touch anything) - anyway, just make sure there is no security on your sharing.

Network preferences still shows self-assigned ip for the WiFi, but now I understand that the WiFi is a separate function from Sharing.

At one point last night, I did have to restart my iPad to make it connect. I was getting a weird chain link icon in the upper left of the screen (where the wifi connection should be)

The sense I got from the Senior Advisor is that they know there is a problem and they are addressing it. How long it will take is another story. He also said that they are not going to leave us with our Internet Sharing unsecure, so they are working on this.

I really hope this helps somebody.

Myra J - is your iMac mid 2011? please respond with "yes" or "no"

thank you for your post.