Share Internet Connection of Mac with other Wireless Devices

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Most of the Mac users don’t know that they can use their Mac computer as wireless access point to share their Ethernet internet connection for other wireless devices like Mobile Phones and Laptop computers. Sharing internet connection on Mac is quite easy task just follow the step by step guide given below.

This guide is written using Mac OS X Snow Leopard and you can share internet with iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, xbox 360, PS3, PSP, PC, Windows, Mac, Mobile Phone and all other WiFi capable devices.

Step-1

Click “Apple” icon and select “System Preferences”

Mac System Preferences

Step-2

Click on “Network” icon.

Mac Network preferences

Check Ethernet is connected and internet is working on your Mac by opening any website in browser.

Ethernet connected on Mac

Step-3

Now go back and click on “Sharing”  icon in “System Preferences” to enable Internet Sharing on Mac.

Mac Sharing preferences

Step-4

Setup Internet Sharing on Mac :

Click on Internet Sharing option on the left side (don’t check the check box just click on text).

Select Ethernet from drop down menu and check the “AirPort” check box as show below.

Internet Sharing Mac

Click on “AirPort Options…” to set a connection name and secure it with password if you want (Optional).

Mac internet sharing options

Now click on “Internet Sharing” check box to start sharing internet connection of Mac.

Enable internet sharing on mac

This may asks you to turn On AirPort, do it and next prompt for confirmation to start sharing internet, click “Start” button.

Turn AitPort ON

Start internet sharing on mac

Now your Mac Ethernet connection is converted to a Wireless access point using Mac AirPort. Scan for the internet connection on your other laptop or mobile phones that have WiFi capabilities.

I have checked it on my Notebook and iPhone, see screen shots below.

Shared internet with iPhone:

iPhone WiFi Networks

Shared internet with PC (Windows 7):

Available shared internet connections

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Comments:

  1. Noon 24 June 2010 at 12:03 am #

    So its mean i can use my Macbook as an wireless router and use wifi internet on my mobile phone, right?

    Reply
  2. Kumar 26 June 2010 at 12:10 am #

    This guide is for mac, can i share internet connection in Windows 7 ?

    Reply
  3. Adnan 27 June 2010 at 1:08 am #

    Now i don’t need to buy wireless router :P

    Reply
  4. Veer 28 June 2010 at 1:45 am #

    Great man now i can wireless interent on my ipod touch.

    Reply
  5. Martin 29 June 2010 at 12:04 am #

    Wow its really usefull

    Reply
  6. Sharma 3 July 2010 at 8:36 pm #

    This is really nice trick to share internet with iPhone or any other device.

    Reply
  7. gen 30 July 2010 at 9:29 am #

    wow i love you. they kept saying i couldnt use my macs internet for my blackberry but this did it! youre a winner! screw the data plan!

    Reply
    • iGuy 24 September 2010 at 8:51 pm #

      Great guide, i am using my Macbook as as wireless router and using internet on my iPhone, don’t need to buy a wireless router to share internet for my iPhone. Once again its great.

      Reply
  8. Phil D 1 September 2010 at 6:34 am #

    Not much point in buying a separate AirPort – nice thanks.
    I’m still confused as to have it password protected – Win7 finds
    it but won’t connect with a password – but for now it is
    doing what I want it to

    Cheers

    Reply
  9. andre 14 November 2010 at 4:51 am #

    its works
    mantab gan nice inpo hihihi

    Reply
  10. Gursky 14 December 2010 at 2:07 am #

    It’s never been a secret to share internet with iphone, though this doesn’t work for pc, since encoding is not the same.

    there is supposed to be some real trick to connect pc to mac…

    Reply
  11. Ahmed 14 December 2010 at 3:03 am #

    Its working fine, i have tried this trick and i can share internet with PC from Mac.

    Reply
  12. Avin 26 January 2011 at 7:09 pm #

    Really really informative mac article. I do share internet connection of my Mac with my other wi-fi enabled devices.

    Reply
  13. Sole 18 February 2011 at 5:23 pm #

    Hi there
    I’m trying to connect a windows XP to my MAC connection and it doesn’t work :(

    From MAc i’m connected with an USB to internet. I tried with Airport, Ethernet and nothing.. what i’m doing wrong?
    Thanks!

    Reply
  14. aditya vardhan 26 February 2011 at 11:20 pm #

    im using bsnl broad band connection which is pppoe service with that i am unable to connect with ipod…
    is there any solution to this

    Reply
  15. mfinocchiaro 13 June 2011 at 2:45 am #

    Great article thanks! Stuck here in Tokyo in a wifi-challenged hotel and being able to tether the other way is VERY useful. Thanks!!

    Reply
  16. nicolae 14 July 2011 at 1:50 am #

    Very good , thank you!
    I HAVE I PAD, IPHONE IN THE HOUSE WITHOUT INTERNET …NOW I CAN SHARE WITH MY IMAC

    GOOD BLESS, THE SMART PEOPLE AND FORGIVE THOSE WITHOUT SKILLS LIKE ME…!!!

    Reply
  17. JM 26 August 2011 at 2:19 am #

    Too bad the Mac only shares its connection using WEP security. So, if you’re live for more than 5-10 minutes with some hacker nearby, you’re owned.

    Reply
  18. alamdar 22 September 2011 at 5:52 pm #

    Thanks, it really helped me.

    Reply
  19. swarajk1 10 October 2011 at 11:02 pm #

    i use sony w8 (android 2.1).
    i did all this, n my phone even catches the signal n shows it is connected, but doesnt load anything.
    btw, if it is a concern, my ethernet uses a proxy server address to connect…
    what should i do?

    Reply
  20. atphoto 20 November 2011 at 12:45 pm #

    Many thanx, finally found this page that helped me get my network running again

    Reply
  21. Amy 8 December 2011 at 8:05 am #

    Wow, DONE

    Thanks you so much

    Reply
  22. farallon 9 January 2012 at 10:30 am #

    After I’ve set internet sharing on my Mac running OS 10.5.8 I can connect successfully with an iPod touch but if I shut the machine down and restart I can’t reconnect with my iPod. I check the Sharing system preference and all the internet sharing settings are still showing as on but the menu bar shows only the airport icon, not the airport internet sharing icon. Does restarting the machine reset the internet sharing to being not functional even though system preferences show the settings are on?

    Reply
  23. bob 9 January 2012 at 8:02 pm #

    That made simple a problem that was driving me nuts. Thanks for the explanation, it worked great.

    Reply

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