Share internet connection over Wi-Fi

Question

I am using MacBook Pro with Snow Leopard, and my system is connected to internet via wired broadband connection.

I want to share internet connection from my MacBook Pro via Wi-Fi, so I can connect other devices to internet.

How can I achieve this?

Great question!! +1
– daviesgeek
Commented Dec 23, 2011 at 6:57 — daviesgeek, Commented Dec 23, 2011 at 6:57
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– gentmatt
Commented Dec 23, 2011 at 7:46 — gentmatt, Commented Dec 23, 2011 at 7:46

Dave DeLong · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-23 05:19:54Z

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This all happens inside the "Sharing" pane of "System Preferences":

Select "Internet Sharing" from the list
Select "Ethernet" from the popup menu
Click the checkbox next to "Wi-Fi"
If you wish to secure the wireless network a password, click the "Wi-Fi Options..." button
When you've got it all set up how you like, click the checkbox next to "Internet Sharing"
There is no step 6

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answered Dec 23, 2011 at 5:19

Dave DeLong

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thanks. can you let me know how to set password?
– I-M-JM
Commented Dec 23, 2011 at 5:32
@I-M-JM Click the "Wi-Fi Options" button, change the "Security" to "128-bit WEP", and type a password into the fields
– Dave DeLong
Commented Dec 23, 2011 at 5:38
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Step 6 for me was "Select the Start option from the confirmation dialog box. Step 7 was "get confused and disappointed when the network I set up appears only once, briefly, in the list of available networks on my Android device."
– intuited
Commented Sep 5, 2014 at 5:07

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