Tech to connect a smartphone with a Wi-Fi without a wireless router using a Mac

　Have you ever had a wired LAN environment at the hotel where you travel, and the digital gadget you brought was useless?Regardless of the smartphone with LTE, Wi-Fi-compatible game consoles, tablets, etc. cannot be used without a wireless LAN environment.Smartphone tethering is fine, but I am worried about restrictions on the amount of communication.

　In fact, you can create a Wi-Fi environment with a simple wireless router connected to the Internet.Let's set it right away.

The following are OS X 10.10 This is the setting method in "Yosemite".First, click "System Environment Settings" → "Sharing"

　First, prepare a Mac connected by a wired LAN.Open "Share" from "System Environment Settings", and select "Internet sharing" from the item on the left of the screen.At this point, I haven't checked the check box yet.

　Next, check "Ethernet" for "Share Connection Route", "Port used by the other computer" to "Wi-Fi" and click "Wi-Fi Options ...".

I can't check "Internet sharing", but I select "Wi-Fi"

　Then, a network configuration dialog appears, but it is not necessary to change the settings for "network names" and "channel".For "security" below, select "WPA2 personal" and set any password.After entering the same password in two places, press "OK" and discontinue the Wi-Fi settings.

Be sure to set the password so that an unspecified number of people cannot access the wireless LAN of the Mac.

　Here, check the "Internet sharing" check box.After that, follow the confirmation dialog to "enter" Wi-Fi and select "Start" for Internet sharing.If the "Internet Sharing: Enter" will be displayed, and if an upward arrow appears in the fan -shaped connection icon in the menu extra, Internet sharing is successful.

Successful connection if it becomes such a display

　Finally, set the device that you want to connect wirelessly, such as game consoles and tablet devices, set it in the same way as a normal Wi-Fi.For iPhone, open "Wi-Fi" from "Settings" and turn on Wi-Fi.Select the network name consisting earlier from the network, enter the configured password and tap "Connect".

If the connection is successful, you will be checked

　With this technique, Mac can be used as a simple wireless LAN router in a wired LAN environment.Mac must always be started, but if it is connected to the power supply, it will not be in sleep mode when Internet sharing is entered.

　Speaking of "Internet sharing" of Apple products, many people may think of tethering on iPhone, but it is not surprising that Mac can do it.It's a practical tips that helps in case of emergency.

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