Everytime I set up my macbook as a wifi hotspot it closes the connection on my macbook.  Why does that happen?

Everytime I set up my computer as a wifi hotspot it closes my computer's internet connection.  Why is that happening?  And What can I do?

With a Thunderbolt to Ethernet adapter in use, your MacBook Pro's Network Preferences should be similar to this:
"Status" should be "Connected", a valid IP address should appear, and you should be able to load web pages. Make that work first.
Then make your MacBook Pro's Sharing preferences resemble this:
Essentially: "Share your connection" and "To computers using" should be as shown above.
The MBP's Wi-Fi icon will be as shown below:
To other client devices, the network they join should be the name you designated. It will appear in the same manner as any other wireless network.
What are you seeing that's different than the above?

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