Internet Sharing Help Needed!

Hi, I have just connected my Mac to an ethernet cable going to my router, but what I'm trying to do is use internet sharing, and it says internet sharing is on and everything! But then I go to my iPad the network is there but it says it is connecting but it's not it just has the spinning circle and then on the black bar on the top right it says I have internet but I don't! Please help me!

Hi Ollie Stepney,
If you are having issues with Internet Sharing, you may find the following articles helpful:
OS X Mavericks: Share your Internet connection
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13855
OS X: Device using Internet Sharing is not able to connect to the Internet
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS5213
Regards,
- Brenden

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