Help with my mac's internet sharing?

Hi, recently, my mac's internet sharing has a bit of a problem, like when i turn on the internet sharing, my ipod will have the internet connection bar thing at the top, but i wont be able to connect to the internet. The thing is when i restart my mac, the internet sharing will be fine again. If i send it to the apple store, would they still fix my mac? is still under apple care?
Thanks

If you didn't buy AppleCare then I do not believe you have coverage. If that happens again, instead of restarting your computer try to turn off then on the internet sharing and see if that fixes your problem.

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