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How can I directly (= without a seperate base station) connect my iPod® Touch / my iPhone™ to the internal WLAN of my Mac®? - OR: - How do I set up my Mac® as WLAN base station?
In order to configure your Mac as a WLAN base station, please follow these steps:
- Open your System Preferences and click on "Sharing"
- Under "Share your connection from", choose i.e. "Ethernet" or "Firewire", but not "AirPort®". In this example, we've chosen "Ethernet". No connectivity must exist over the chosen port. However, if there is a connection on that port, it will also be accessible via the WLAN network we are about to create.
- Check the checkbox in front of the "AirPort®" entry in the list titled "To computers using"
- Now click on the "AirPort® options" button, set a name for your WLAN, activate encryption and set a password. The password should be either 5 or 13 characters long for compatibility reasons. Click on "OK" once you've made your settings.
- In the left list, check the checkbox in front of "Internet Sharing". The name "Internet Sharing" can be misleading, as no internet connection is required for it to work. In fact, the chosen network connections are being shared, regardless of whether that network is part of or connected to the internet or not.
- On your iPhone™ / iPod® Touch, you can now join the WLAN and open the AJAX Remote on your device's Safari™ by entering its URL (to be found in Remote Buddy > Preferences > AJAX Remote).
Important notice: You may encounter connection reliability issues using Internet Sharing with OS X versions prior to 10.5.2 when your Mac® has built-in 802.11n hardware und is used in combination with 802.11b/g hardware (like the iPhone™ and iPod® Touch). This appears to be a bug in the AirPort® driver of OS X. It appears to have been fixed in OS X 10.5.2 and later.