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How to remove wifi networks from mac system preferences how to#

You could use a dongle such as this Anewish AC Dual Band Wireless USB WiFi adaptor, which costs £11.99 from Amazon, While the Mac’s built-in networking card can either connect to Wi-Fi or host its own network, users can buy a Wi-Fi network adapter that should allow one network interface to receive the Wi-Fi connection while the other re-broadcasts it. Unfortunately your Mac cannot share an internet connection from Wi-Fi using Wi-Fi… unless you have an additional accessory.

How to remove wifi networks from mac system preferences how to#

Now enter the password for that Wi-Fi network.īut what if you don’t have an Ethernet connection, perhaps your MacBook doesn’t have an Ethernet port and you don’t fancy getting an adaptor, let alone plugging into a wired connection? Read on… How to create a Mac Wi-Fi hotspot without Ethernet.To add a second Mac to your Wi-Fi hotspot click on the Wi-Fi icon at the top of the screen and select the name of the Wi-Fi hotspot you wish to join.

Enter the password you set and you are good to go.

Now on your iPhone or iPad go to Settings > Wi-Fi and select the network you just created.

Note that where you would normally see that you had a Wi-Fi signal, now you see an icon with an arrow indicating that you are sharing your connection.

You have now created a Wi-Fi hotspot using your Mac.

Confirm that you want to turn on Internet sharing by clicking Start.

(WPA2 is the 802.11i standard for encryption.) Next to Security choose WPA2 Personal and then enter your Password and verify it.

Next click Wi-Fi Options, this will give you the option to choose a password so that strangers can’t jump on your Wi-Fi (it should be least eight characters).

Below that, beside ‘To computers using:’ choose Wi-Fi.

Beside ‘Share your connection from:’ choose Ethernet.

Now click on the box beside Internet Sharing.

If you don’t see the below screen, click on the icon showing 12 dots.

Open System Preferences and select Sharing.