How to Use Your Mac as a Wi-Fi Router: A Simple Guide

As I sat at a business meeting with my friend, we found ourselves in a predicament. We were both carrying our respective MacBooks - one of which was a MacBook Pro and the other a MacBook Air. The problem was that the area where we were meeting only had one internet connection available, and it was coming via Ethernet port on my iMac. As you know, MacBooks do not have an Ethernet port, so I was faced with the question: could I use my friend's MacBook Pro to convert it into a Wi-Fi router?

To answer this question, the solution is indeed very easy. All you need to do is enable internet sharing on your Mac. To start this process, first, go to System Preferences and click on the Sharing tab. Here, you'll see an option that says "Internet Sharing." This is where we're going to set up our Wi-Fi router.

Now, on my iMac, the internet connection is coming via Ethernet, so I select that as the source for our Wi-Fi sharing. Next, we need to configure the airport settings for our new Wi-Fi network. You can change the name of your network if you want, but in this case, it's just going to be "Randit Kumar iMac." You can also set the channel ID and choose the W encryption method, which is supported on Macs.

Once we've completed these steps, press "Okay" and click on "Internet Sharing." The instructions will guide you through the process, but essentially, you need to turn on Auto Turn Auto On. After reading through the instructions, just press Start, and you're basically sharing your internet connection via Wi-Fi. Any of your Wi-Fi devices can now access the internet when your internet sharing is on.

As a note, the icon of the airport will change to indicate that this process is working. I'm now going to connect my MacBook Air to this new Wi-Fi network that we've set up on my iMac. When you're connected, you should see the network name pop up on your device's screen. Selecting this network and connecting to it will give you access to the internet.

Now that we have our Mac set up as a Wi-Fi router, let's put it to the test. I'm going to open my web browser and navigate to tech.com. As you can see, we're using the iMac's internet connection comfortably. To stop sharing your internet connection on your Mac, simply go to the Internet Sharing settings and uncheck the box next to "Share my connection from Wi-Fi." This is the way you share your internet connection on a Mac using the inbuilt internet sharing feature.

If you think this video has been helpful, please give it a thumbs up or like. You can also subscribe to my channel to be notified whenever I add a new video. And that's it! With these simple steps, you should now know how to use your Mac as a Wi-Fi router.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhi there this is ranit from tech.com and today I'm going to show you how to use your Mac as a Wi-Fi router just a couple of days ago I with my friend uh went to a business meeting he was carrying a MacBook Pro and I was carrying my MacBook Air and the problem was that in in that area where we had that business meeting they only had one internet connection and that to it was coming via Ethernet put as you know MacBook a doesn't have a ethernet put uh so I was just wondering if I could use my friend's MacBook Pro and convert it to a Wi-Fi router and I found uh that it could be done very easily so I'm going to share with you how easy it is to convert your Mac into a Wi-Fi router when your Mac into a Wi-Fi router you have to enable internet sharing to do the same first go to system preferences click on the sharing Tab and here click internet sharing here um on my iMac the internet connection is coming via Ethernet so I select that and we're going to do Wi-Fi sharing hence I check the airport thing and just go to airport options network name is nothing but the Wi-Fi network that is going to be set up you can change the name if you want you can set the channel ID if you want and you can have the wifi encryption it is W encryption that is supported just press Okay click on internet sharing it says to share your internet connection you must turn aut turn aut on please read this instructions and just press start now you are basically sharing the internet connection of this computer via Wi-Fi now any of your Wi-Fi devices can access internet when your internet sharing is on do note the icon of airport changes to this to show you that this works I'm now going to connect my MacBook Air with this new Wi-Fi network that we have set up on this iMac now I am on my um MacBook Air and we are going to connect to the Wi-Fi network that we have set up on our iMac as you can know we have set up the iMac network name was randit Kumar iMac I'm going to select this network it's connecting it's connected now let me fire up the browser now let's go to tech.com and see as you can see we are using the IMAX internet connection and we are comfortably able to browse to stop the internet sharing just go to this internet sharing and uncheck it this is the way you share your internet connection on a Mac using the inbuilt internet sharing feature you can also share your 3G Connections in a similar way if you think this video was help helpful please give a thumbs up or a like and you can also subscribe to my channel to be notified whenever I add a new video this is Ranjit from tech.com signing off for now bye-byehi there this is ranit from tech.com and today I'm going to show you how to use your Mac as a Wi-Fi router just a couple of days ago I with my friend uh went to a business meeting he was carrying a MacBook Pro and I was carrying my MacBook Air and the problem was that in in that area where we had that business meeting they only had one internet connection and that to it was coming via Ethernet put as you know MacBook a doesn't have a ethernet put uh so I was just wondering if I could use my friend's MacBook Pro and convert it to a Wi-Fi router and I found uh that it could be done very easily so I'm going to share with you how easy it is to convert your Mac into a Wi-Fi router when your Mac into a Wi-Fi router you have to enable internet sharing to do the same first go to system preferences click on the sharing Tab and here click internet sharing here um on my iMac the internet connection is coming via Ethernet so I select that and we're going to do Wi-Fi sharing hence I check the airport thing and just go to airport options network name is nothing but the Wi-Fi network that is going to be set up you can change the name if you want you can set the channel ID if you want and you can have the wifi encryption it is W encryption that is supported just press Okay click on internet sharing it says to share your internet connection you must turn aut turn aut on please read this instructions and just press start now you are basically sharing the internet connection of this computer via Wi-Fi now any of your Wi-Fi devices can access internet when your internet sharing is on do note the icon of airport changes to this to show you that this works I'm now going to connect my MacBook Air with this new Wi-Fi network that we have set up on this iMac now I am on my um MacBook Air and we are going to connect to the Wi-Fi network that we have set up on our iMac as you can know we have set up the iMac network name was randit Kumar iMac I'm going to select this network it's connecting it's connected now let me fire up the browser now let's go to tech.com and see as you can see we are using the IMAX internet connection and we are comfortably able to browse to stop the internet sharing just go to this internet sharing and uncheck it this is the way you share your internet connection on a Mac using the inbuilt internet sharing feature you can also share your 3G Connections in a similar way if you think this video was help helpful please give a thumbs up or a like and you can also subscribe to my channel to be notified whenever I add a new video this is Ranjit from tech.com signing off for now bye-bye\n"