From a Finder window choose Applications (shown circled in red) and then double click the Tether icon (shown circled in green).

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1 From a Finder window choose Applications (shown circled in red) and then double click the Tether icon (shown circled in green).

2 You will be presented with a dialog box asking for you to enter an ad-hoc SSID name and password. Shown circled in red below. Please read and understand the restrictions on the password that may be used to create the ad-hoc network. Please note the password you enter here. You will need to enter it on the iphone when connecting to the ad-hoc network later in the process. When happy with your entries, click the OK button. Shown circled in green below.

3 Once you click OK, the Tether application will setup your ad-hoc network. You can tell that the ad-hoc network is running by looking at the Wi-Fi symbol in the Mac OS X menu bar. Shown circled in red below. You now need to follow the instructions shown in the Status box. Shown circled in green below.

4 On your iphone home screen, select the Settings icon shown circled in red below

5 On the Setting window, select Wi-Fi. Shown circled in red below.

6 In the list of Wi-Fi networks you will see tether.com:ssidname, where SSIDNAME is the SSID name you chose when running Tether on your Mac OS X machine. Shown circled in red below. Click the blue arrow next to this listing to confirm that the DHCP mode is active, circled in green below.

7 Confirm that the IP Address is configured for DHCP. Shown circled in red below. There will be no IP Address, Subnet Mask, Router, DNS, Search Domains, Client ID, etc. set yet as the ad-hoc network has not been selected. Click the Wi-Fi Networks button to return to the list of Wi-Fi networks. Shown circled in green.

8 Click the tether.com:ssidname network. Shown circled in red below. If you created an secured ad-hoc network you will be prompted for the password entered in the SSID dialog of the Tether application running on the OS X machine. You can tell the network is secured if there is a small lock symbol next to the network name. Shown circled in green below.

9 If you created an unsecured ad-hoc network you will not be prompted for a password. If this is an adhoc network that you have already connected to before and already entered a password for, you will not be prompted for a password. Otherwise you will see a screen similar to the one below.

10 Enter the ad-hoc network password that you created earlier on your Mac OS X machine in the password box. Shown circled in red below. When finished typing the password, click join. Shown circled in green below.

11 The iphone will then join the ad-hoc network.

12 The list of networks will then be displayed again and the tether.com:ssidname ad-hoc network will have a checkmark shown next to it. Shown circled in red below. The connection mode in the status bar at the top should now also be showing 3G and not the Wi-Fi symbol. This is expected behaviour. Shown circled in blue below. Click the blue arrow next to the tether.com:ssidname ad-hoc network listing. Shown circled in green below.

13 You will now see the following information panel. You will notice that the IP Address and Subnet Mask are still blank at this point. That is expected behaviour.

14 Once the Tether application sees the iphone connect to the ad-hoc network, the status message will change to what is shown below. Shown circled in red. The Tether application is attempting to assign an IP to the iphone at this stage. If you do not see this status happen within 30 seconds or more after connecting the iphone to the adhoc network you must go into the Wi-Fi settings of the ad-hoc network on the iphone and choose Forget this Network. Shown circled in green below. You must then re-connect to the ad-hoc network.

15 After five to ten seconds, an IP Address and Subnet Mask should be configured for this network. If everything worked properly the IP Address should show up as (shown circled in red) and the Subnet Mask should show up as (shown circled in green). The remaining fields should remain blank. When you see the above values click the home key to return to the home screen on your iphone.

16 The Tether application on the Mac OS X machine should be showing the following status at this point. Shown circled in red below.

17 Open the Safari browser on your iphone. Shown circled in red below.

18 In the address bar of Safari type You'll will be asked to login if you have not already done so. Use your tether.com username and password to login or click Create Account to create a new account if you do not have one. You will be required to purchase a license for the Tether Web software in order to successfully use the software. After entering your Username and Password click the Login button. Shown circled in red below.

19 When you have successfully logged into the site you will see a screen similar to below. The webpage will attempt to connect to the remote proxy and to your Mac OS X machine. The connection symbol should be showing the 3G symbol and not the Wi-Fi symbol at this point. If you see the Wi-Fi symbol, please re-connect to the ad-hoc network. Circled in red below.

20 When the webpage connects to the proxy it will display Connected to the Tether proxy in green. Shown circled in red below. When the webpage connects to the Mac OS X machine it will display Connected to your computer in green. Shown circled in green below. At this point your Mac OS X machine should be online and able to browse the internet. If the Tether application on the Mac OS X machine only shows packets being sent but not received, please click the refresh button in the browser on your iphone. Shown circled in blue below. Otherwise you will see both the send and received packet counters increasing.

21 Tether on the Mac OS X Machine should show the new status message shown below at this point. Circled in red. As you can see, Packets Sent and Packets Received are both increasing. Shown circled in green.