Internet sharing password

Hi
Can I put a password on my iPhone 4 when using bluetooth internet sharing? I'm not interesting other people with laptop bluetooth connecting to my iPhone and use my connection?

Contact Nokia to find out why it's not accepting your password.

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How do I (re)set the Internet Sharing password?

I have Internet Sharing set up and working on my computer but I forget how to change the password! Thanks.

Marvin, To stop the pop-up, Go to System Preferences: Security. Check the box next to "Require password to unlock each secure system preference." Then lock Security.
Try this cure for Security update...
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1730909&tstart=0
The locations are actually...
/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist
/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.airport.preferences.plist
/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/NetworkInterfaces.plist
/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.nat.plist

Add password to Internet Sharing in OSX Lion

Firstly, thank you for taking the time to read this discussion thread.
The thread concerns Internet Sharing in OSX Lion.
Prior to Lion, you were able to add a password, so that for example, if you are sharing the Internet from your Mac to the Ipad, a dialog box would be displayed on your Ipad where you could input the your password. This made both the Internet connection between your Mac and the Ipad secure.
Is there a way to do this in OSX Lion?
I realise that there is a password dialog under the Wi-fi option, but this asks for ASCII and HEX password. I have tried to input my previous password in the dialog, but it will not accept it.
Thank you for your time

I had the same problem, and I think I have fixed it. What was happening for me was everything was running just fine until I had to restart my Mac for whatever reason and then my iPad and iPhone both stopped being able to connect to the Internet although they were connected to the shared network I had created.
To get it working again all I had to do was go into General settings on the iThings and go to reset and select 'Reset Network Settings' (The downside of this, of course, is that it will forget all your other passwords.) and then I was able to reconnect.
I also discovered in the Keychain Access on the Mac that there were several versions of the Internet Sharing password stored in there from when I had messed about changing the network name and such like, so I deleted all of those and set a new password for the network.
Hope this is of some use to you.

Internet sharing via dongle, how to set password for wifi network created?

I am using a USB dongle with my Mac book Pro to share internet through AirPort, so that i can access my mac book's wifi from my iphone. This works great, but it is an open network and I woud like to set up a password.
If anyone can point me in the direction I would be very grateful!
Thanks

If you are using OS X's Internet Sharing feature, then you can configure wireless security on your Mac's internal AirPort Card but are limited by the OS X version that you are using. It was not until Mountain Lion that Apple provided WPA2 security. Prior to this only WEP was available.
You configure Internet Sharing via System Preferences > Sharing > Internet Sharing. (I don't have 10.6.x on any of my Macs so this may be different for your case.) Once you configure what is shared, you can then add wireless encryption.

Internet sharing WEP password problems

Hi,
I just bought a new Ipod Touch (2nd gen, 2.1 software). To connect to the internet, I share the internet connection from my MacBook Pro using the airport. I added a 40-bits WEP password. The first time I use it, it works perfectly fine, but if I turn off the airport and restart the sharing again, my iPod touch is not able to join anymore. The error message says "wrong password". If I open the sharing preferences in the mac and reset the password, it works again, but it is very annoying to do it every time.
Has anyone experienced this issue?
thanks,
C.A.

... a few months later, you get a response.
I don't know if our issues are related, but I found that if I simply turn off airport on my MBP, and the turn it back on the ipod will reconnect (no need to change the pw).
My issue was just with the internet sharing connection dropping every 2 - 5 minutes. I'm trying a static IP on my ipod... maybe that will help.
Anybody else encounter this type of thing?

Macbook pro internet sharing to non apple with password ?

Hi there,
I have a MacBook pro, in my place I connect to the Internet through LAN cable, and I have 3 friends who I share the Internet with (Windows)
When I share my Internet with them I cannot put a password (40-bit or 128-bit) because when I do their laptops says password is wrong
So I leave it without one, and that gives me a big headache because my network is exposed to every one and I’ll have a slow Internet speed
I am searching for an answer since forever , Is there a way to protect my network ?
to have a password and let other non apple laptops access my network?

It hardly matters. The only security available with Internet Sharing is WEP, which can be cracked by anyone in a few minutes. Use a real wireless router with real security, or don't bother with security at all and accept the consequences.

Internet Sharing invalid password

I have a macbook Mountain Lion 10.8.2 and an iphone 4S with 6.1.2.
Months ago I went to System Preferences > Internet Sharing > WiFi and i was able to connect my iphone to the wifi created by my macbook by Ethernet. Now, the automatic channel and also the options of the password security have disappeared being 'WPA2 Personal' the unique option. So, i write my password in macbook, able the sharing conexion (green arrow icon on the top of the macbook, so it works) and then I try to connect in my iphone and everything is ok 'till I write the password. It basically says that the password is incorrect so I can't set a password for my WiFi, which *****. I tried with non-security and the WiFi works.
So, [b]what's the problem? Why my iphone says that the password is invalid? Is it a bug?[/b]
Thank you so much

So now i have a problem getting it actually to work.
I plug the ethernet cord to my powerbook. Chose to share the ethernet connection through Airport.
My HP computer finds the network and can connect. It can also ping my powerbook (192.168.0.100) my router (192.168.0.1) and sites on the internet (www.kth.se) but i can't get any application (explorer, skype, messenger) to connect to the internet. I can also ping 10.0.2.1
I note that running a ipconfig on the pc returns an IP-address of 10.0.2.3 and a standard gateway of 10.0.2.1.
If I use the network utility on my mac I see that the IP-address is 10.0.2.1 for the "en1" (airport)
Why does my mac invent its own IP-address? If i try to set it to 192.168.0.2 I cannot see these changes taking place in the network utility., it's still 10.0.2.1
Any advice how to share my connection?

Internet Sharing Ethernet to WiFi disables WEP password on Mac Network?

Hi all,
I have a curious problem, I'm trying to use internet sharing to share the ethernet connection to my iMac with my iPhone and iPad over wireless (no wifi where I live).
I can create a network with WEP fine, name it whatever, encrypt it with whatever, my iPhone can connect to it etc. but as soon as I turn the tick box for Internet Sharing on, the network loses its WEP encryption (so it's unprotected) and its name reverts back to "My Name's iMac", even if I set it up as "3423rfgdfgfdg" with WEP.
Basically turning on Internet Sharing overrides all the options I set up on the network, name, security etc and my WiFi turns into an unprotected internet source and a broadcast of my name, something I don't want where I live.
Am I crazy in thinking this is a bug not a feature and there must be some solution?
I honestly look forward to seeing what you guys think, I'm stumped.
This all used to work perfectly on Snow Leopard, I remember quirks during Lion but I got it to work in the end but I'm on ML now and it just doesn't want to work.

Hey, thanks for the suggestion but that's exactly what I'm doing.
See how after you've selected Ethernet in 'Share your connection from' and WiFi in 'To computers using' you then have to click the tick box ( http://cl.ly/image/1v191f2R1F1i ) on the left hand side to actually start the whole process?
Well regardless of whether I start it up in the 'Sharing' pref first, then set up Wireless options, or set up wireless options, then start it up in the 'Sharing' pref, whatever settings I choose get overriden as soon as I start the sharing.
The network just defaults to 'Asad's iMac', without protection. I don't understand why.
P.S. on a side note when creating networksI'm not offered a WPA2 option. Only WEP 40-bit or 128-bit. Dunno if that's connected: http://cl.ly/image/2X2g3w3y0B34

Can't create airport/wifi internet-sharing network with other laptop

I have an iBook running Tiger 10.4.11 connected to the net with ethernet. The internet connection comes through a radio antenna which acts like a router to which I don't have access.
I want to share my internet connection, and to be able to transfer files, between the iBook and another laptop. I've tried it with two - one running Fedora 11 (mine) and one running Windows XP, and have the same problems with both.
I turn wifi on on the ibook and linux laptop. I turn on internet sharing from built-in ethernet to airport in System Preferences. First I try it with no encryption. 'Other settings may interfere with internet sharing' shows up; it tells me to enable Personal Web Sharing, which I do. When I click start Little Snitch tells me natd wants to connect to 10.0.2.1 (presumably the router in the antenna), which I allow. I try to connect with the linux laptop and it tries then disconnects.
1) isn't personal web sharing for serving web pages? — why is it necessary here at all?
2) what am I doing wrong in making my network work?
If I enable encryption using WEP, the other password asks me for authenticication, I put in the password, and it then tells me the network has been disconnected.
3) is WEP the best encryption I can use from Tiger?
4) I think the problem's with Tiger (both laptops can connect to other wifi networks not set up by me). Is there a piece of free software I can use to share the connection instead of the built-in one?
I can't make a functional network in reverse either (i.e. setting it up on the other laptop and trying to connect wirelessly with the ibook).
What I am trying to do is precisely this (http://my.safaribooksonline.com/0596009135/runmacx2-CHP-11-SECT-13) — it just doesn't work.

When I click start Little Snitch tells me natd wants to connect to 10.0.2.1 (presumably the router in the antenna), which I allow. I try to connect with the linux laptop and it tries then disconnects.
Back on that part, at that Point the Mac is a NATD Router, don't try to connect to the other computers.
On the Mac, with Internet Sharing enabled, open NetInfo Manager in Applications>Utilities.
From there on out, it's a bit foggy, but iirc Config>DHCP>Subnets><the subnet>, then down where it says com.apple.nat... what does it report for IPs?
If it were say 10.43.29.1 then the others trying to join should have that as a Router/Gateway, and then 10.43.29.2, 10.43.29.3, etc. as IPs.
Apple says you can't set it Manually, but I've had it work a couple of times.

Airport Express, Leopard and Internet Sharing

I have my internet connection running directly to my iMac's ethernet connection and I use the Internet Sharing option to share my connection with computers. I had been using my Airport Express just to connect to my iMac for Airtunes. My Airport Express has stopped working and is not located unless I shut off Internet Sharing, but if I turn that off, it will not let me set the Airport Express to connect to an existing network - I guess because the network does not exist because I shut it off to configure the Airport Express. This is driving me crazy - any thoughts?

Interestingly, it works again. To initially configure the Airport Express, I had to shut off internet sharing. I configured the Airport Express (I did a hard reset to clear everything out) using the Airport Utility and set it to join an existing network. Of course my network did not show up since I had shut internet sharing off, but I manually typed in the name and password that I had already set for the internet sharing. I also put in a name and password for the base station, but this isn't required.
Then I hit update and right when it says that the configuration has been changed and it is waiting for the Airport Express to restart, I turned internet sharing back on. I waited and after flashing yellow for a while it connected. I unplugged it and plugged it back in to make sure it was fully configured and it works. I have found in the past the unplugging and plugging back in solves a lot of problems too.
Now that it is all set up, I can see and reconfigure the Airport Express in the Airport Utility even when internet sharing is on.
Hope this helps.

Created Network and Internet Sharing Problems

Hello,
I created network with WEP password. I proceeded to turn on internet sharing.
All works great until the iMac goes to sleep.
Once it comes back on the network I created is missing and I have create it all over again.
The internet connection is through ethernet staring into the iMac.
Is there a way to get the iMac to stop forgetting the created network and leave the internet connection on? Even when it's sleeping.
Thanks in advance.

Hi there,
Is there a reason why you chose WEP? I ask because WEP is an encryption technology that has been cracked so if possible I"d suggest you use WPA or WPA2 encryption instead. Am I correct to assume you don't have a router and all the other computers connect to the internet through the imac? If you don't have a router I'd suggest you buy one, they are not much money and provide excellent protecton from the internet. A router will protect all the computers on your network behind its firewall and would no longer have to connect through the imac.
A couple of things to check:
Go to System Preferences>Network and highlight 'Wireless' on the left side. (Also, if you don't use Bluetooth or any other type of networking listed there delete them from the list leaving only Ethernet and Airport) Uncheck 'ask to join new networks'.
Then click on 'Advanced..' and under the Airport tab make sure only your network is listed in the 'Prefered Networks' window. Under that window check 'remember any network this computer has joined' and uncheck 'disconnect from wireless networks when logging out'.
That's the way I've got my computer set up and I've never lost a connection.
Message was edited by: pogster

Internet sharing is slow / not working at all

Hello everybody and everyone.
Something strage has happend with my Internet Sharing.. I discovered it for me since a week. So, I made the whole thing in the Preferences bla-bla-bla.. A week or even more it was working. (I'm using my iPod with the Wi-fi from my iMac. And iMac becomes it from Ethernet) So, it worked perfectly.. But now my iPad see it, use it, but if I want to look a movie or something like that (it worked, actually) he just stops. Internet surfing is every time like "10min pause, then JUMP...another 10 min pause".
Internet on my iMac still be perfect. So thats not a problem. When I click on my sharing WiFi, it shows me something like "The connection with "(null)" is failed. By the connection the timeout is occurred" (sorry for my english, actually I use a German language on my Mac, so if somebody knows it: "Die Verbindung mit „(null)“ ist fehlgeschlagen. Bei der Verbindung ist eine Zeitüberschreitung aufgetreten.")
I tried to change passwords / chanells / name, but nothing help. It gives some "push" for 5 seconds of internet-happiness and then starts this crap again.
To make a long story short: I'm sharing wifi from my iMac, iPod catches it, but when I open a web-site, he can use wifi anymore.
Thanks for help, sorry if it was too long

Mark, this is not the same as Robert Cole's problem. He's talking about Internet sharing -- sharing his Mac's connection to the Internet with other computers. You're talking about Web sharing -- sharing files on your Mac with others via the Web.
Robert, I haven't had success with this yet, either -- but I've only tried it once, and didn't have the opportunity to fiddle. I would try -- in order --
turning off the FireWall on the G5;
going into Network Preferences > Airport > TCP/IP on the iBook, and listing your G5's Airport IP-address as the default router. While you're there, make sure your iBook has an Airport IP-address that's different than the G5's, but on the same subnet (differing only in the last number).
If #2 works, you can probably turn the firewall on your G5 back on.
Post back & let me know how it goes!

Internet Sharing + Lion = some lack of respect from Apple!

Snow Leopard worked great, although I had some issues sharing my built-in airport connection with PC's....
Now, all got better. Nothing works. Spent some hours on the web trying everything that worked for others.
I have a slick 3.2. GHz i3 Imac, with the built-in aiport utility (not very useful after all!)
My issue is that Macbook air, Ipad and Iphone can connect to the imac, but internet connectivity is NOT available. Don't even start me by trying to connect a PC again....
Alredy tried:
( i) changing the network name;
(ii) changing channels;
(iii) changing passwords, simpler passwords, no passwords;
(iv) putting manually the DHCP
(v) with several IP adresses.
(vi) DNS Servers as well. Only Google DNS worked....for googleing, nothing else. You try to hit a link and doesn't work either.
I was recommended to set up a router. I refuse. i didn't purchase this computer, with the built-in airport express so I have to set a router.
I searched for some official press release from Apple saying something. Not even that. Not even saying their are sorry for the inconvenient. The google experts at the store just told me to wait for an update....
If someone knows how to fix this, if there is something to be done, I'll appreciate.
Have a nice weekend!
A. Toro

Toro78 wrote:
I have an Imac G5 with buil-in airport utility (5.5.3).
I still don't know what you mean by this. AirPort Utility is an installable program. Why do you refer to it as "built-in"?
I have established an Ethernet PPPoE connection.
Is your Mac connected directly (via an Ethernet cable) to a DSL modem?
I'm sharing my connection through my built-in router.
I asked you before to explain what you mean by "built-in router" but you haven't. Do you mean the "Internet Sharing" option in the Sharing panel of System Preferences?
My TCP/IP config is using DHCP with manual address input.
There are several programs where this type of thing can be configured. In which program and panel do you see that option?

Internet sharing suddenly stopped working - please help!

I have been sharing my internet for weeks from my computer but this morning it suddenly stopped working. I've tried changing the password, changing the channel number, and changing the Network name to a simple one, but it is all not working Apparently the authentication server is not responding? How can I fix that?

I'm having the same problem. I had internet sharing set up on my iMac from Ethernet via AirPort, and received quite well on my MacBook and iPod Touch, and then one day, it just stopped working. I'm assuming that some update or other caused this problem, but I have no idea which (I mostly use the internet on my desktop machine, so it may have been several days before I noticed the problem). I've tried with-and-without a password, and also tried sharing from my MacBook to the iMac and iPod Touch, and I can't get any bandwidth (I can connect to the 802.11 network that I create, but I can't get any internet through it).

Internet Sharing from Macbook Pro to iPad???

Trying to get my wife's iPad to connect to the internet in a hotel that has wired high speed internet but no wifi.
My MacBook Pro connects just fine. So I turned on Internet Sharing for both Bluetooth and wifi (with WEP password for wifi).
The iPad connects to the Mac by wifi but says it has no internet connection.
With Bluetooth, it pairs OK. The Mac sets it up as serial port sharing (no other choice offered, but within that there is a choice of modem or RS232 protocol). But when I try to connect it connects momentarily then disconnects right away.
Any suggestions on how to let the iPad get at the internet in this situation?

I am still not succeeding.
I just upgraded to a new Macbook Pro with Mountain Lion. Testing at home, where there are no issues around hotel ISP limitations and I feel pretty safe originating an open wifi network for a few minutes.
Set up Internet Sharing from Ethernet to Wifi. Used the Create Network option for wifi in the menu bar to set up an open unprotected wifi network whose name is the name of my Mac. I can choose any wifi channel from 1 to 11; it makes no difference.
I can see that network from my wife's iPad, and can connect to it no problem. But as in all similar tests since Snow Leopard came out, Safari in the iPad can't open any web sites; it says it is not connected to the internet. I can also connect to the MBP wifi from my iPhone, but if I select it, the 3G symbol still shows at the top of the screen because the phone cannot find an internet connection over that wifi.
Clearly some other people are managing to do what I cannot. Quite possibly some piece of third party software on my Mac is interfering. Little Snitch, for example, though it is currently turned off.

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