My Macbook originally allowed me to use internet sharing when i connected through an ethernet cable. But for some reason recently it hasn't allowed me to do this anymore. My macbook is still connected through the same ethernet cable, but whenever I go to try and enable Internet Sharing it asks me to connect to the wifi, which wouldn't work anyway! I hope you can help me.
Kind regards,
Tabitha
MacBook (13-inch Aluminum Late 2008)
I did this last night on my MacBookPro (connected via WI-FI) to my Windows PC from the Mac (Ethernet)
>System Preferences...>Sharing
GO TO Internet Sharing
in the sharing turn internet sharing off
share your connection from Wi-Fi
to computers using Ethernet
turn internet sharing on.
if that's not the case can you respond with a screen shot and verify your Wi-Fi has a working connection (e.g. can you get out to the web?)
and if the address on the other computer begins with 169. (<-meaning your not connected)
I think Tabitha is asking the other way around: The Ethernet is the connection to the world and the intent is to share that on WiFi.
I tried just that and it worked for me. The only weirdness is that after I unlocked to make changes, the lock icon is gone from all System Preferences screens. Is that a new Yosemite thing? A known bug? (I'll go investigate that separately).
Questions for Tabitha:
1) What version OS X?
2) Can you verify in System Preferences -> Network that your Ethernet is currently active and has a an IP address that doesn't start with 169 (as noted above)?
3) Do what is suggested above and post screen shots showing what is happening.
let me know if it was the other way around an it worked because when I started doing this in Yosemite (ethernet connected share aT1 over wi-fi like a hotspot) I was getting a valid IP but it was bogging up on anything I tried to use.
At one point my mail wound't populate on my iPhone until I shut the wi-fi off on the Mac, then worked fine with my wi-fi router at home.
but from ethernet to wi-fi it looks like this
Turn internet sharing off so you can edit the values:
click Wi-Fi Options...
configure, click OK, then click the checkmark next to "Internet share" to turn it on, it will gray out the window so you can't change it until you unlock and shut it off again. Close the panel.
You should see a partially grayed out "!" in the wi-fi status bar and the wi-fi should be on.
if it's totally crapping out try to change the channel and when you test perhaps remove the password to bypass that whole process. I get about 50 feet of connectivity from my Mac Pro. Also make sure the card broadcasts in a protocol that the receiving device can see. (802.11a,b,c,n draft n, etc.)
Why wont my macbook let me use internet sharing?
