Share wifi connection from iPhone with Mac

[icymountain]

Hi,

I am travelling abroad (i.e., with no decently cheap data coverage), and staying in a place where only my iOS devices can connect to wifi, due to a poorly implemented captive portal that will not open on my Mac. On the other hand the iPhone and the iPad connect just fine, but to do work, I actually need to connect the laptop. The local staff members are unable to help.

Is there a way to share the connection, say of the iPhone, with my Macbook Air or not ?

I tried to connect the iPhone by USB or to associate it with Bluetooth, but cannot get the connection to work. I know how to tether my iPhone when connected on a Data network, but note that this is not what I need here.

Any idea ?

PS: I hate captive portals, they are often very unreliable, and are a pain to deal with...

 

[pika2000]

I don’t think it’s possible. All tethering methods on iOS are to share the cellular data connection, not other types of connection.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204023

A Personal Hotspot lets you share the cellular data connection of your iPhone or iPad (Wi-Fi + Cellular) when you don't have access to a Wi-Fi network.

 

[011]

You can't share WiFi connection from iPhone to Mac, it only works with HotSpot but it isn't the option you are looking for.

 

[fischersd]

You should fix the original problem - the captive portal detection on the Mac. If the OS built in detection isn't working, you need to disable it and try some browser plug-ins.

Some info to help:

https://apple.stackexchange.com/que...utomatically-login-to-captive-portals-on-os-x
https://github.com/Tyilo/NetworkAutoLogin

 

[icymountain]

Ok, thanks for the feedback.
Yes, I want to investigate the captive portal thing but lack time.