OS X Lion internet sharing is so slow on iPad

OS X Lion internet sharing is so slow on iPad, Snow Leopard worked smoothly. Anyone having the same problem? Any work arounds?

Same problem here. I can share over my airport wifi network but it is dirt slow. Trying to copy a 300 meg file from one computer's desktop to another and the progress bar is saying 45 minutes and is just crawling.
I'm sure an update is coming but this is frustrating.
Safari and internet in general is much slower/laggish compared to my desktop which is still on Snow Leopard.

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Changing the Wireless Name
Changing the encryption key
Tried no encryption key
Rebooted
Am I missing someting? Am I correct to assume that the built in internet sharing allows you to connect your devices to macbook pro as a router? I appreciate your assistance, thanks!

Same here.
I have all my machines (rather HAD) connected to the internet via a shared single connection through a 3G dongle (welcome to the countryside). I made the mistake of upgrading my machine to Lion only to realise a couple of days later that all the other machines had been starved of internet access.
Now only my main machine has access, even though according to all of my thousands worth of apple gear the green lights are on and all is ok. The Airport extreme says it's connected, its lying. The Timecapsule says its connected, its lying. The Mac mini says its connected, its actually admits there is a problem when you run the network diagnostics. Same for our macbook pro. At least the Windows machine says it's connected but no internet.
This is pathetic as apple have know there was an issue since june last year. Once more I get the feeliing Apple couldn't give a fiddlers'. Most likely greedily eyeing the forthcoming cash bonanza from the ipad 3.

Lion internet sharing/ audio output not working even after reading through/ following other threads

Hi, since updatig to Lion my iMac internet sharing is not working i have renamed to a shorter name as advised in other threads but this still does't work I wish to share my ethernet connection wirelessly but after turning it on i can never get the arrow symbol on the top bar. Also i can only play audio through the built in speakers but no headphones/external speakers even after playing with the audio midi settings as seen in other posts but no such luck.

First, see if you can change the "Play audio using:" selection in Edit > Preferences > Playback - if you select Direct Audio rather than Windows Audio Session this may address the issue. Note, however, that the Direct Audio option seems to be unavailable in some cases for Windows 8.1.
Otherwise, there is an alternative downloader for 64-bit editions of Windows here:
iTunes 12.1 for Windows (64-bit — for older video cards)
that seems to address the playback issues that some users have been reporting with the full 64-bit version (the alternative installer here is the same architecture as most previous "64-bit" versions of iTunes, i.e., a 32-bit application with a 64-bit installer). The "for older video cards" label appears to be something of a misnomer as some people have reported that this corrects problems found on current / high-spec systems.
After installing this alternative version it may still be necessary to adjust the "Play audio using:" selection in Edit > Preferences > Playback to restore glitch-free audio.

Mountain Lion Internet Sharing has no DNS

I enabled Internet Sharing on My iMac..
Connected via WiFi with my MBA.
The MBA was dynamically assgined an IP address 192.168.2.4.
But the nating for the DNS from the iMac to the MBA is non existant. I set the DNS manually to the IP of the iMac but it made no difference.
Anyone have any clue how to nat the DNS from the host to the client??
Worked perfectly in lion. Upgraded to Moutain Lion and the whole thing went to ****!!
ideas?

GR33NPYTH0N wrote:
The MBA was dynamically assgined an IP address 192.168.2.4.
On this MBA,
with the standard DHCP address allocation (I mean no manual fix to start with),
could you first validate that your Wireless network is usable?
For example, open a Terminal and run:
ping -c 100 192.168.2.1
Wich will test your connectivity with your iMac.
How many packet do you lose?

Advanced: differences in Lion internet sharing bootpd.plist?

Hi all,
I'm afraid this question is quite specific. I'm trying to get my Kindle set up using internet sharing over wifi from my macbook. I've read on these forums that to do this requires changing a tag in the bootpd.plist file created by internet sharing. This tag that needs to be edited is "reply_threshold_seconds" (the problem is that the kindle aways uses 0 in the "number of seconds since boot" field of the dhcp request packet, and the mac has a filter of 4).
I'm running Lion and in my bootpd,plist file this tag does not exist. I even tried adding it to the file with no result. I wondered if anyone could confirm whether the way OSX handles this has indeed changed with Lion; and if so it would be amazing if anyone had any advice?
Thanks a lot,
Roland

If you use your MacBook Pro as the "server" connected to the Internet. you can connect 27" 2011 iMac to your MacBook Pro via a FireWire 800 cable. (assuming your MBP has a FireWire output, I don't own one).By using Target Disk Mode (Hold down the "T" key until you see "spinning gears" on Restart or Start-up).
Your MBP will appear as a Hard Disk on your 27" display or your 27" iMac can be displayed as a Hard disc on your MBP display.
Switch the firewall off on both machines (if it was on) to see if it helps;
Try to connect using a different device to the shared connection (another computer, smartphone, iPad, etc.);
Use an open connection first (no password), before trying with WEP;
Reverse the roles of the two computers (i.e. try sharing the connection from the MBP to the iMac).
Also, more details might help (OS X version on the machines, whether you are trying to share a wired connection, installed software which might interact with the network connections, etc.)
Hope this helps in some way.

Lion internet sharing

I can't connect to the internet from my Ipad2, using the internet sharing after upgrade to Lion.
The Ipad2 shows that Wi-Fi conection is OK! But Safari and others App, doesn't conect to the internet.
Why? On the Snow Leopard it worked very well, but on Lion it's down!

I had the same problem. (And other problems, too. Sharing my ethernet connection via wifi worked for a while after installing Lion, but it soon got buggy, resulting in total inability to share connections and, eventually, inability to turn on Airport at all, and when I would launch System Preferences I'd get the "not responding" beachball and have to force quit System Preferences.)
I suspected that there was something wrong with a preference file. First, I deleted two invisible files and restarted. Those were "com.apple.preference.internet.plist" and "com.apple.preferences.sharing.plist". (I chose those by name only, not because I have any idea what function they actually serve.) I re-entered all my previous preferences, including 128-bit security. Same problems recurred. After again deleting those two files and restarting, I chose 40-bit encryption (in in the Wi-Fi Options portion of the Sharing Preference pane) and everything's working fine for the time being. I hope this works for you and that Apple fixes this (and the fact that MobileMe calendars no longer sync reliably in Lion) soon.

Mountain Lion internet sharing not working

After installing server app, Internet sharing does not work anymore. am on 10.8.3 mid 2012 Mac Book Pro 13''. Can please anyone help me out.

Have you checked System Preferences/Sharing to make sure it is still selected?
Some other ideas below:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/16718231#16718231

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.

I try to use "internet sharing" with my iphone, ipod, iPad, etc. and none of them work. Any step by step ways to help? Or advice?

I researched various youtube videos, websites, etc. and none of them work. Are other apple products really not compatible?

Welcome to Apple Support Communities
Open System Preferences > Sharing > Internet Sharing, and turn it off by unmarking Internet Sharing in the System Preferences sidebar. Then, make sure you are connecting the Mac to the Internet by Ethernet or FireWire, and then, share your Internet connection by Wi-Fi by marking Wi-Fi. Finally, tick Internet Sharing in the sidebar.
In your devices, open Settings > Wi-Fi, and select your MacBook's connection. You can't use Bluetooth to share the connection

Mountain lion internet sharing

I used to use my macbook air as internet hotspot to my iphone but after i change to snow lion. It seems doesnt working as well as snow leopard version. Could you pls reply me asap thank u...

GR33NPYTH0N wrote:
The MBA was dynamically assgined an IP address 192.168.2.4.
On this MBA,
with the standard DHCP address allocation (I mean no manual fix to start with),
could you first validate that your Wireless network is usable?
For example, open a Terminal and run:
ping -c 100 192.168.2.1
Wich will test your connectivity with your iMac.
How many packet do you lose?

Internet sharing from iphone 3gs to ipad 3(only wifi)

i have iphone 3gs(4.1) and ipad 3(only wifi) can i share the internet from 3gs to ipad plzz help help me this issue becoz i travel al lot. i cannot go with web surfing ipad only wifi option so plz help me can i share the internet from 3gs to my ipad

iOS: Understanding Personal Hotspot
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4517
Use Bluetooth to tether your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad
http://www.macworld.com/article/1159258/bluetooth_tethering.html
How to Connect an iPad to an iPhone Via Bluetooth Tethering
http://techtips.salon.com/connect-ipad-iphone-via-bluetooth-tethering-25472.html
 Cheers, Tom

Internet sharing from Wifi to Ethernet is not working after Mountain Lion upgrade

First I was having trouble just connecting these two, now I can't get the Internet sharing to work. Here's what I am trying to do: I want to share my Macbook Pro's internet connection from it's Wifi to another laptop I have connected via ethernet cable. They will ping each other now. The problem now is that the laptop won't pick up the Internet connection from the Macbook Pro, even though I have it configured exactly as I had in Snow Leopard. Nothing has changed on the laptop from before when it worked fine with Snow Leopard. But now that I updated to Mountain Lion, Internet sharing no longer works no matter what I try. I've been trying to find a solution by to no avail. Could anyone here offering some advice or a solution that will fix my problem? I've been over the basic steps over and over again, so please don't ask me to do something stupid like reboot or check the Sharing settings. They're exactly how they are meant to be, but the thing just won't work.

tcpdump: verbose output suppressed, use -v or -vv for full protocol decode
listening on en0, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 65535 bytes
17:04:42.617423 IP 192.168.6.3 > 8.8.8.8: ICMP echo request, id 12095, seq 1035, length 64
17:04:43.617545 IP 192.168.6.3 > 8.8.8.8: ICMP echo request, id 12095, seq 1036, length 64
17:04:44.617468 IP 192.168.6.3 > 8.8.8.8: ICMP echo request, id 12095, seq 1037, length 64
17:04:45.617274 IP 192.168.6.3 > 8.8.8.8: ICMP echo request, id 12095, seq 1038, length 64
17:04:46.617402 IP 192.168.6.3 > 8.8.8.8: ICMP echo request, id 12095, seq 1039, length 64
Ran a TCPdump on my Macbook Pro. It is recieving the ping requests, but the laptop still isn't getting replies to its pings. So something is wrong in the Macbook's configuration somewhere. I don't know where, though.

Internet sharing works but the DNS part doesn't

I'm posting this message because I believe it is a bit different from other 'Lion internet sharing' posts in terms of the source of sharing and also the results I get.
Similar to other users experiencing the same problem, my internet sharing setup stopped working as expected after upgrading to Lion. However, I can't say it stopped working completely. It still does work but the DNS part doesn't. This means I can still perform pings, ssh and socket connections from computers using the shared connection. But I cannot browse the internet because web site names can't be resolved.
For example, my MacPro has two Ethernet interfaces. On one of them (en0) I vpn when connecting to work using a VPN service I created via System Preferences => Network. I used to share that VPN connection to computers using the 2nd one (en1). The other computers are linked to (en1) through a multiport hub. This setup used to work flawlessly in Snow Leopard and multiple users could use the shared vpn internet connection.
After the upgrade to Lion I can still see other computers on the local network and also ping any external internet site. I can even use Safari and navigate my ISP's home page using its IP address only. However, DNS doesn't work and internet domains cannot be resolved by name so internet browsing is not possible.
Furthermore, when I don't VPN to work but simply share the connection to the internet from (en0) to computers using (en1) everything works as it used to in Snow Leopard. The difference here is that the same DNS servers are used by both network services.
So far I'm stuck with these findings and I don't know where else to look for answers. Any input or feedback is greatly appreciated.

I've to admit that i don't even know what VPN means.. but..
I have an 27" iMac (mid 2010), a iPhone 4 and a Macbook Pro 13" (mid 2009) .. and i used to share my ethernet connection to wi-fi on Snow Leopard. Since i upgraded to Lion (i'm using it since the first DP, and i think the internet sharing was working under the 1st DP .. i'm not pretty sure), it just doesn't work.
Just like solongpc, it does activate the internet sharing, my other devices can see and connect but neither of then (my iMac - host or my mbp and iphone) can navigate on the internet. And when i turn off my internet sharing (on my iMac), it still not acessing any website.. and i've to restart my moden.

Internet Sharing keeps needing to be reset

Hello-I am using internet sharing to allow my iPhone, iPad, and 2nd iMac access to my cable internet connection. This certainly works fine, except lately, I will try to connect to the internet on my phone, and the web pages do not load. I can fix it by going to internet sharing preferences, turning off sharing, and then turning it back on again. This is annoying, because I'm usually in the other room when I want to use the internet on one of these devices. Is there a way to fix this? I called AppleCare, and they just had me restore from Time Machine backup, which didn't resolve the issue.

Hi gallaghm,
That's not good when you notice the drop in speed is your computer connected wirelessly or wired? If it's wireless it could be a problem with the wireless channel and resetting the hub is changing this for you. Check out this link and let me know if this helps.
Thanks
Neil
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IMac 10.8 Internet sharing stopped working after upgrade from 10.7

My iMac 27 (10.7) with Internet Sharing enabled has been working perfectly since last year. After upgrading to 10.8, I noticed the up arrow flashes and goes to regular WiFi mode. Stopping/starting the service causes the up arrow to flash again and immediately default to WiFi. I removed Ethernet and WiFi options from Network settings and re-installed which solved the Internet sharing from flashing and defaulting to WiFi mode. However, connecting to the Internet sharing from other devices (iphone/ipad) does not work and will not connect to the internet. On the iMac, I'm able to browse the Internet without issues.
If I disconnect the Ethernet cable and plug into either my MacBook or MacBook Pro and enable Internet sharing, everything works perfectly and all my other devices can use the Internet.
Now sure how to further troubleshoot and resolve this issue. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I should add that the iMac is running Mac OS X Server which was also upgraded to 10.8. I was looking inside the Server for security options that restricted internet access via Internet sharing. Nothing.
Thank you!
David

Thanks for your answer.
Unfortunately this isn't a solution for my problem. As I understood, you showed me that your IP addresses had changed after enabling/disabling internet sharing. I checked my IP addresses after enabling/disabling internet sharing by using "ifconfig" but they are the same as set manually before.
My other strange observation regarding the ping command has gone now. After switching on internet sharing I had to disconnect the ethernet cable and plug it in again. Then the ping between both computers is working (but still not internet sharing).
Anyway ... thanks for your help!

OS X Lion internet sharing is so slow on iPad

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