Dedicated reader Dave Sawyer would like a small more information on a point we latterly issue . He writes :
I read your Eight Tips for Travelers and in tip number 2 you mentioned this : “ Optionally , if you ’ve brought a laptop computer and have an additional wireless twist — an iPad , for example — create a wireless mesh on your Mac that you may share with your iPad . ” How would I do this ?
You do this via net Sharing and it form this way : punch an Ethernet cable length into your MacBook and establish a connective ( at hotels this generally require discharge up your web browser and logging on to the hotel ’s home page ) . Now unfastened System Preferences and select the Sharing preference . Select Internet Sharing and choose the AirPort sharing option . If you care , fill in a web name in the Computer Name field . Check the corner next to Internet Sharing to switch it on .
Internet Sharing options
The AirPort fare , which usually sports a buff picture , will now show a gray fan with an upwards - pointing arrow . This indicates that the MacBook is share its Internet connection . Now grab your iOS equipment , tap setting , intercept Wi - Fi , and you should see the connection shared from your laptop computer in the Choose a connection field . Select it , look a bit for your gimmick to link up to the internet , and have at it .
Internet Sharing options
Should your iOS twist have difficulty connecting to the internet , rejoin to its Wi - Fi circumstance , tap the aristocratic arrow next to the temporary internet you just created , and tap Forget This internet . Return to the Wi - Fi silver screen and connect again . Sometime you have to publish this kind of lilliputian kick upside the connection to prove a joining .
Of course this proficiency is n’t limited to sharing the connectedness with iOS devices . Your laptop computer has just become a wireless router and is uncommitted to any gimmick up to of function with it — the laptop of the cheapskate co - worker unwilling to pay for their own bandwidth in the next room , for example . For this reason , you may want to protect this connection . You do this by clicking the AirPort Options button at the bottom of the Sharing windowpane , turn on the encryption selection , and entering a countersign . Anyone wishing to use this ad - hoc connection will be prompted for the word .
