It will ask you whether you want to turn WiFi on, or just share the connection over Bluetooth and USB.

First, on your iPhone, turn off WiFi, and turn on “Personal Hotspot”.

If you want to share your iPhone’s Personal Hotspot to your Mac using Bluetooth, and then share that over the Ethernet, here is how you can do it: Share iPhone’s Personal Hotspot via Bluetooth You can even use this to share your iPhone’s connection to a router, and connect multiple devices with the router using Ethernet cables. This particular section is useful for sharing your iPhone’s internet to other devices that do not support WiFi… like an old desktop PC. Note : There are three ways that you can share your iPhone’s Personal Hotspot with your Mac you can connect to it using Bluetooth, you can connect to it using the iPhone’s USB cable, or you can simply share it using WiFi. This is also very simple, and the steps are much the same as the previous ones, but for the sake of clarity, I will be walking you through the process, step-by-step:

Share your iPhone’s Connection over EthernetĪnother cool thing you can do, is share the Personal Hotspot on your iPhone, over Ethernet, using your Mac. If you want to protect your WiFi network, you can simply click on the “ Wi-Fi Options” button, in Internet Sharing, and set up a password.ģ. Your Mac will now begin sharing your Ethernet connection over WiFi, and you can simply join the network on any device that has WiFi support.

The process is similar to sharing your WiFi over Ethernet however, in the second step, you’ll have to select “ Ethernet” in the drop down menu that says “Share your connection from”, and check the checkbox next to “WiFi”, under “To computers using”. It would be more useful, if you could connect your Mac to Ethernet, and then share that connection over WiFi, wouldn’t it? Well, fortunately, you can do that easily, as well. Share Ethernet Connection from your Mac over WiFi You can now plug an Ethernet cable into your Mac, and the laptop that you want to share your connection with, and it’ll simply work.Ģ.

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