How to use your laptop as a wi-fi access point for your iphone
Usually, you want to use your phone as a modem to provide internet access to your laptop, but there are somecases were you want the opposite, e.g. I’m in a foreing country, with no wifi internet, just wired access, how do I get my iPhone into the internet via WiFi and avoiding the muche expensive data roamig bucks? This is what I did:
I’m Using Ubuntu Linux and an iPhone.
-Connect the laptop to the wired internet.
-Click on the NetworkManager Applet
-Select “Create New Wireless Network…”
-Give a Name (e.g. MyOwnWiFi)
-If you want give a security option (e.g. WEP) and provide a password.
-Connect the iPhone to the new Wirless Network (no changes required, this shuld work in standard DHCP mode)
Ready to go.
