'Turn' Your Mac into a Wi-Fi Access Point

This guide covers 'turn' your mac into a Wi-Fi access point with practical context and easy-to-follow details. Use it to understand the subject and apply the information confidently.

Guide Follow these instructions to get a Mac Wi-Fi Access Point. 1a. In Mac OS X 10. 4 Tiger select System Preferences From the Apple menu in the upper left corner of the screen

2 a. Then select Sharing

3a. Select the Internet

4a. In Share Your Connection From , select your Internet connection source. In this case, select Built-in Ethernet Because this laptop has a wired Internet connection.

5a. In To Computers Using Select AirPort

6a. Then select Airport Options . Name the network and select Automatic In the Channel Section.

7a. Set your password to protect your network, then select OK

8a. Return to the Internet Tab. Select the Start Button. You will receive a confirmation window; select Start On that window.

9a. Once done, the shared Wi-Fi network icon is located in the upper right corner of the display screen (there is a nested arrow in the Wi-Fi wave icon).

1b. In Mac OS X 10. 5 Leopard, go to System Preferences And select Sharing . Then select Internet Sharing .

2b. In the drop down dialog box Share your connection from, select Built-in Ethernet. In To computers using AirPort.

3b. Select Airport Options. , name your network and switch Channel to Automatic.

4b. Do the same thing as step 7a above to secure the network. Find the up arrow button in the Wi-Fi wave icon on the menu bar to confirm that your Wi-Fi network has been shared.