Create and set up an Ad-hoc Wi-Fi network on Mac without complications

An Ad-hoc network is a type of network created based on the computers that make up the network and without the obligation to be tied to a real physical or wired network with a router in between, that is, we can "replace" in a moment A real LAN has been determined by this type of network in a small office to connect all the computers together and transfer files, remotely ... if at that moment we do not have other solutions.

For this, OS X gives us a very quick and simple To set up this network in just a few steps without having to need anything more than our Mac to carry it out, let's see how it's done.

The first thing we have to do is go to the Wi-Fi symbol in the upper right bar in the background programs that load on the system either at startup or during execution. Once located we will just click on it and look for the option 'Create network'.

Just at that moment a window will appear where we will be told that what we are going to create will be a computer-to-computer network asking for the name we want to give to the network, the radio channel we want to use and the security for said network that can to be WEP in both cases with 40 or 128 bit encryption.

Finally, we will only have to connect with the other devices to this network that we have just created and check for ourselves that they all see each other and that the network is operational because if we look at the Wi-Fi symbol it has changed, superimposing the silhouette of a computer on top.

When we have finished carrying out the task we needed to do, we can disconnect simply by clicking on the Wi-Fi symbol again and 'Disconnect from network ...', with this we will permanently delete the network from our system if our Mac is the host computer or from which the network has been created for everyone else.

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