From: barmar@alum.mit.edu   
      
   In article <7dd41c0c-6209-4e8e-901b-45883b5aabb7@googlegroups.com>,   
    ted.pederson@gmail.com wrote:   
      
   > Thanks. I don't see AirPort. But I leave wifi on, and create a network on the   
   > MacBook. It self assigns an IP. I can connect the iPad to the network I   
   > created, and the iPAd has an IP address. They have the same subnet mask   
   > 255.255.0.0.   
   >   
   > But the two devices cannot ping each other's ip address.   
      
   How did you create the private WiFi network on the MacBook if you   
   couldn't see AirPort? AirPort is what Macs call their WiFi interface.   
      
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