Sharing ethernet from Macbook pro to wifi for my iphone.

Internet sharing has worked completely fine for me for about 3 weeks up until now. Now, when I try to connect to the network on my iPhone, it connects for about a second, then drops connection. (This connecting and disconnecting happens rapidly if I stay on the Wi-Fi choice tab on my phone.) The network shows 3 full bars for connectivity, however when I choose it and the flickering between "choose a network" and the actual network being chosen happens, the 3 bars become greyed out. It jumps from the list of network up to appearing as the chosen network about 5 times than stops (ending up back on the list to choose from). I'm not sure why this started. I tried to connect my friend's tablet to the network and the same thing happened so I know it is a problem with my computer and not my phone. I've restored and reset network settings on both my phone and macbook several times. I just installed mavericks today in hopes that it might fix something but the same problem occurs. My macbook is still able to connect to the internet just fine when sharing is turned on which leads me to believe that the ethernet cord I am using and the port on my macbook are perfectly fine. I haven't seen any problems similar to the one I am having right now so I am trying to explain it the best I can. Can anyone help me figure out what is going on and what (if anything) can be fixed? Also, for the sake of providing all helpful information, I am on a college campus in a dorm room so messing with the router or modem or anything like that is not an option. The reason I share the ethernet from my macbook to wifi for my phone is because the wifi from the college is horrible and I am forced to use up all of my data quickly while I am in my room unless I can get this sharing to start working again. If anyone has an possible solutions or theories as to what is happening please let me know! Thank you!

Hi Slickwill since you added Mavericks today its possible it is the problem. Read some helpful tips from OSX Daily
http://osxdaily.com/2012/11/30/resolving-stubborn-wi-fi-connection-problems-in-m ac-os-x/

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