Ok so I live in a Residence Hall at my college that recently changed their internet or something. The email saying they were going to change it said that a 802.1x window should open and to just type in my username and password but that window never showed up. I dont completely remember if I did that or not but whenever I try to set up Internet Sharing, my mac says "Your Internet connection cannot be shared because it is protected by 802.1X." Does anyone know how to fix this problem?
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Internet Sharing not working! Help?
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For both you and your friend from 18 months ago, I fail to see the problem. I'd bet dollars to donuts that the Internet login will appear when you launch your browser. If your Mac has Wi-Fi--and most do--then it is a trivial matter to turn your Mac into a Wi-Fi hotspot.
The problem for me wasnt connecting to the network, my Mac connects fine, I wanted to share my network via the system preferences. Yet when I try I get the error message, your internet connection cannot be shared because it is protected by 802.1X" . I'm looking for a way around this, or maybe a third party Internet sharing program .