As Smithwill noted recently on Twitter (and I read that while I was on
vacation): "vacations are what we do to place ourselves in faraway
exotic place...from which we can check email."
The prospect of being without wireless Internet access made me feel
faint. I put my head between my knees and breathed into a paper bag.
Fortunately, while in that position, I remembered reading that you can
turn your Mac into a wireless access point. I had everything I needed:
a PowerBook, and a hard Internet connection provided by the hotel.
See how I solved my problem and how you can, too, on both Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger and Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard -- by clicking here.
Regarding Security
I didn't bother password-protecting the
network; I figured I'd be a good neighbor and let the folks in nearby
rooms borrow my Wi-Fi. The so-called threat
of open Wi-Fi networks is a bunch of panicky nonsense.
Terrorists, kiddie-porn distributors, and other evildoers have
better things to do than hang around a third-floor hotel room in
Albuquerque waiting to hijack an open Wi-Fi network.
However, to be on the safe side, I went back to the Preferences
| Sharing pane and unchecked all the sharing options. That put up a
roadblock for anybody who accessed the Wi-Fi network, to keep them from
getting into my files or remotely logging in to my computer. That
probably wasn't necessary -- all those services are password-protected
-- but it doesn't hurt. Be sure to write down the settings so you can
change them back when you're done sharing.
Sharing Wi-Fi this way will not affect the operation of your
Mac; you can continue working on the Mac while someone else is using
your Wi-Fi connection.
This tool is useful if you find yourself, like me, in a hotel
room with a Mac notebook and a hard Internet connection, but no Wi-Fi
-- or anywhere else you find yourself in those circumstances.
To see the step-by-step guide, click here.
Source : http://www.informationweek.com/
