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MBP to iPhone. Reverse hotspot?

  • 23-11-2011 3:17am
    #1
    milltown
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,618 ✭✭✭


    The personal hotspot feature on the iPhone is very handy for getting the Macbook online when only 3g is available. "What an age we live in" I thought, watching the Liverpool match in the car while I waited to collect the wife and kids from the train the other day.

    I'm wondering now if the opposite is possible. For i.e. in work where I can plug in the laptop to the network but never have a 3g signal for the phone and there is no open wifi. Can I use the MBP as a hotspot for the phone to get online?

    TIA.


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  • #2
    fergusb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 331 ✭✭fergusb


    This is eimple enough to do, I think its under System Preferences > Sharing

    Then select Internet Sharing, and can create a Wifi Hotspot which an iPhone/iPad can easily connect to. I think its also possible over Bluetooth as well. Can't remember exactly the steps but think was straight forward anyway.

    Have done it a few times while travelling when dont have data coverage on my phone.


  • #3
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,693 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    Yeah, it's very straightforward:

    System Preferences > Sharing > internet Sharing

    Share your connection from Ethernet to computers using Airport/WiFi. Other Apple devices will then be able to see and share your Mac's connection. You can also go into Airport/Wi-Fi Options if you want to set a password for the network and/or share it with non-Apple devices.


  • #4
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,243 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    can this be done to share a wifi connection to a pc/mac that doesnt have a wifi dongle?


  • #5
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,693 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    Via Ethernet, yes. I have a WDTV that I share my MBP's wireless connection with.


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