How to Connect your Mac to Internet via Ethernet
With Connectify Hotspot installed on your PC laptop, you can easily share the Internet from your Wi-Fi, 3G, or 4G LTE USB stick, so your Mac and other mobile devices can get online, no matter where you are.
Start a Connectify Hotspot
Step 1: Purchase Connectify Hotspot PRO or MAX from the Connectify website. Wired router needs Hotspot PRO or MAX.
Step 2: Open Connectify Hotspot. On the Hotspot screen, under Create a, choose Wired router.
Step 3: Under Internet to share, choose your Wi-Fi, 3G or 4G connection. The icon next to each connection shows what kind it is, and connections that aren't online show a No internet tag. Learn more about what to choose for Internet to share.
Step 4: Under Share over, choose the Ethernet port your Mac is plugged into. This is the port Connectify Hotspot shares the internet to, so it can't be the connection you chose under Internet to share.
Step 5: Under Network access, leave Routed (the default), or choose Bridged (Hotspot MAX) to put your Mac directly on the network you're sharing. Bridged isn't available on 3G/4G connections. Learn more about the difference between routed and bridged network access.
Optional: turn on Block ads on the Protection card. It blocks ads for every device on your hotspot, with nothing to install on them, and can save you a lot of data. Ad blocking works with Routed network access. Learn more about the ad blocker in Connectify Hotspot.
Step 6: Click Start hotspot to begin sharing your internet connection with your Mac and other Ethernet-capable devices.
Connect your Mac to Connectify via Wired Ethernet
Step 1. Some older Macs come equipped with an Ethernet port, but most will require you to use either a Thunderbolt-to-Ethernet or USB-to-Ethernet adapter. Once you have connected your Ethernet cable to your Mac, plug the other end into the Ethernet port on your PC that you chose under Share over.
In most cases, you will connect to the internet automatically. If not, proceed as follows.
Step 2. Click the Apple menu and select System Settings (System Preferences on older versions of macOS); then click Network.
Step 3. Select the Ethernet connection from the list, keeping in mind that it may be named according to the adapter you are using.
Step 4. Make sure Configure IPv4 is set to Using DHCP. In System Settings, click Details, then TCP/IP to find it. The network gives your Mac its address and DNS server automatically, so you don't need to enter a DNS server. To change the DNS server for every device on your hotspot, use Settings > Security and privacy > DNS server in Connectify Hotspot instead.
Step 5: Click OK (or Apply on older versions of macOS) to activate these settings.