Os x create ad hoc wifi network

Jaugust Jaugust 1 1 silver badge 6 6 bronze badges. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. A solution does in fact exist. Click the Wi-Fi symbol in the menu bar and choose Create Network. Improve this answer. Nikita Nikita 3 3 silver badges 9 9 bronze badges. Thanks for the answer. I have used that and had created one.

Unfortunately it doesn't offer the Internet. As far I have learned its for your iPhone to be sync-ed over the wifi. I will be more than glad if it works as an access point for other devices to Internet.

But I believe its not. Sorry I missed the point of you question. After you've created your public Wi-Fi spot that way you need another means of connecting to the Uni network since you can't redistribute your Wi-Fi connection via the same Wi-Fi connection. So you're going to connect to the Uni network with an Ethernet cable at which point you might as well connect it directly to the provided laptop. I just want the two devices to be on the same network so I can use the app mentioned above, I don't need internet.

If you click the WiFi symbol in the top bar and select "create network" can your Android device connect to it? Show 5 more comments. Active Oldest Votes. The Overflow Blog. Stack Gives Back Safety in numbers: crowdsourcing data on nefarious IP addresses.

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Select your ad-hoc network. However the network connection is still not completed when this happens and can take awhile to become fully active. Give it a bit more time. Step 5: You can verify that your device is connected to the ad hoc network by tapping on the "i" button at the right of the network name to show the following. The connection is established when the number highlighted below switches from all zeros to something like shown. When your are finished using the network: When you are finished using the ad hoc network disconnect all of the devices from the network, then as the final step disconnect your Mac.