Ethernet Mac to iphone internet.

My mum only has an ethernet cable in her house. This means that i cannot use facebook messenger on my phone or check my snapchat. I tried setting up my own network but it didn't work. I whent in to system preferences, sharing, internet sharing and turned on ethernet to computers using wifi. When i tried to connect on my phone a message came up telling me that this network was not connected to the internet. When i selected proceed it connected on the settings app but not on the top bar of the phone. Please help!

There is some confusion about the path you suggest from the computer with online access, the settings, and how you propose to use it to connect by wi-fi to your iPhone. If the computer OS has a password, be sure to check with the Admin or owner before changing any settings that may affect its function. See first link below for internet sharing. Or also see if the wifi hotspot info link is helpful.
You could create a wi-fi hotspot with a Mac computer, and use its wireless to broadcast the internet locally so as to have a signal to share with your iPhone. Since the computer is using an Ethernet connection, there should be no other setting except that, which says Ethernet. The basic connections from the internet provider to the Mac should not be changed or any subsequent path will not work.
{Better if you had a wireless base station such as an AirPort, then you could more easily share internet with more than one device; and that way, the computer would not have to be on all the time in order to share internet from the local ISP.}
•Enable internet sharing in Mac OS X to turn your Mac into wireless router:
http://osxdaily.com/2012/01/05/enable-internet-sharing-mac-os-x/
•Turn your Mac into a WiFi Hotspot:
http://pinoyappler.com/2012/03/09/turn-your-mac-into-a-wifi-hotspot/
•Apple - Support - MacBasics - Internet + Wi-Fi:
http://www.apple.com/support/macbasics/internet/
There are many Support articles with information about products; software & hardware.
Hopefully the internet sharing info helps.
Good luck & happy computing!

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