Wifi Hotspot App For Mac 2017

I'm not sure about that. I mean before Windows included Virtual Wifi Adapter, I would find it difficult to be convinced that it was possible.

Touch Configure Wi-Fi hotspot. The Configure Wi-Fi hotspot dialog opens. Games for osx. Set your name and security options as follows: Change the Network TO USE: Just touch Portable Wi-Fi hotspot icon on / off *Subscribing to smartphone data plan is needed for users of some telecommunication firms.

But, yeah I think it's a feature only Apple can provide on our Macs. 2bh should be easier for Apple to do it, as Windows only had control of software part and they still did it, while on a Mac, Apple got control of both h/w and s/w.

More importantly than having control of the h/w and s/w I'm expecting it to be easier for them as it's Apple!!!:) – Feb 15 '12 at 21:26 •. The network architecture in Windows 7 has been redesigned and is more advanced than being able to just create a WiFi hotspot. On a Mac, you can create a WiFi hotspot, only if it is from an Ethernet/RJ45, modem (3G/dun/PPP), Bluetooth or FireWire Internet connection as your source. The built-in hotspot will then use either of these source Internet connections and make it available via a WiFi hotspot through the built-in wireless interface.

But, if you are connected to the Internet on a Mac via WiFi in the first place, then you cannot use that same built-in wireless interface to create the hotspot. In short, what you are asking does not work on a Mac running OS X. But it does on Windows! In Windows 7, the OS can 'split' a single wireless interface in two (a WiFi card + a wireless router), so the OS and applications can connect to a wireless network with internet, and use the same wireless interface to create a separate WiFi hotspot (on which internet sharing can be enabled and multiple devices connected). This is very handy if you want to connect only your laptop to the Internet on public WiFi, and the configure the other devices to connect via the laptop's hotspot instead of the public one.

I have a proxy & VPN software running on the laptop and the other devices are then invisible to the public hotspot. Another use for this Windows-only functionality is for software like Connectify that allows you to use your laptop as a wireless access point (AP) when you travel. For example, you might settle into a hotel room, pay for an Internet connection for your MacBook, and then want to share that connection with your iPhone, iPad, and other devices. Lastly, if you use the 'create network' option on a Mac, you can join a wireless network (like ad-hoc mode), but will NOT be able to use your wireless Internet connection. Good for sharing printers and files, but not Internet. The above answers a good except for one thing: that you can share wi-fi to wi-fi as long as you have two adapters. I use an extra usb adapter to share the internal wi-fi of my macbook.

Works perfectly fine. Other users have done the same thing, and it worked like a charm.

This was after struggling to use two different travel routers that were equipped with 'cafe mode' capabilities which were supposed to allow WiFi to WiFi sharing. After reading Andre's post, I zipped out and picked up the EnGenius EUB9801 wireless USB adapter. This has a driver for Mountain Lion which can be downloaded online.