Internet sharing over usb to iPhone

Like reverse tethering? Why not just use your wifi connection with your MBP to do what you need to do?

id be interested if this is possible as well. often times when im on the road in a foreign country, ill be provided a wired internet connection.. so i can get online with my mbp but not my iphone... so cant get in cydia or other things like that

Nakor said:

id be interested if this is possible as well. often times when im on the road in a foreign country, ill be provided a wired internet connection.. so i can get online with my mbp but not my iphone... so cant get in cydia or other things like that

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Wen i go to hotels with a physical connection i usually connect my laptop and enable internet sharing from settings. its very simple and easy.

kwanzaa said:

Wen i go to hotels with a physical connection i usually connect my laptop and enable internet sharing from settings. its very simple and easy.

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ah sometimes you forget the simplest things... thanks man!

carlmattheis said:

Im glade this thread helped you! I wish my issue was that simple, but my WiFi is completely dead.

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So is mine on my 3G. It's a known problem with the 3.0 software.

Unless yours stopped working before you upgraded.

Uhh, I think you might mean internet sharing (if that's what I get from your post, it's a little unclear)

If you're router broke or something, and your iPhone still can receive WiFi, then go to:

System Preferences > Sharing > Check the box for Internet Sharing and go from ethernet to AirPort

Then use your MBP's Airport Utility to make a network and have your iPhone connect that way. Should work, as it did in my dorms (where wireless is arbitrarily banned)

jeevesofRKdia said:

Uhh, I think you might mean internet sharing (if that's what I get from your post, it's a little unclear)

If you're router broke or something, and your iPhone still can receive WiFi, then go to:

System Preferences > Sharing > Check the box for Internet Sharing and go from ethernet to AirPort

Then use your MBP's Airport Utility to make a network and have your iPhone connect that way. Should work, as it did in my dorms (where wireless is arbitrarily banned)

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He already said twice that his iPhone can't receive wifi.

Get to Sharing and select your iPhone, you should be good to go......

Yeah, same question. In Internet Sharing, you can only share via ethernet, firewire or Airport. There is no provision to share over USB ( iPhone)

Your Answer Exists in Another Thread

Hey I know this is a bit late, but check out this post for your answer on how to tether a mac to a phone and not the other way around.

After reading this post, I think it is absolutely necessary to clarify this:

CONNECT TO INTERNET ON MAC <--> IPHONE IS IN AIRPLANE MODE
--->IPHONE STILL ACCESSES INTERNET VIA SOCKS PROXY OVER USB CABLE

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/345976/


Why would you want to do this? I want to do this because my macbook air has a stronger wifi card than my iphone. Despite being far away from an antenna, I can still use the internet on my iphone. That is one reason. Another reason: situations often spontaneously arrive that bring about unexpected needs. The question "why not" is perhaps more appropriate.

good luck
--macmadness86