Can't connect Mac to iPhone hotspot unless I change Mac WiFi settings to IPv6

[timpent01]

I can't remember when this was last working ok on IPv4, but I think the last time I connected to my hotspot was in Sept last year, but now with both iOS 17.2 (and now 17.3), and with my Mac on MacOS 14.2 (and as of today, 14.3), I have to change the WiFi details on my Mac to IPv6 in order to get it to connect properly to my hotspot.

Anyone else experiencing this, and any solutions? I gather that this might be an EE carrier settings issue?

Thanks, Tim

[Christopher_G]

Hi @timpent01 

Welcome to the community.

Have you tried resetting the network settings on your iPhone? Is it working OK on IPv6?

Chris

[timpent01]

Thanks for your reply Chris.

Re resetting Network Settings, no, I'm reluctant to do that because don't I lose all my WiFi passwords? (Or are all WiFi passwords shared between Mac and iPhone even if the Mac hasn't connected to a particular WiFi?)

And yes, it seems to work ok on IPv6.

Thanks, Tim

[ColinHarold]

Hi 

I'm having same problem with iPhone 14 .. I can't connect to my iPad . My phone isn't showing up either on iPad . 

i can't even get hotspot no more either 

iMessage also keeps turning off .. 

[Leanne_T]

Hi @ColinHarold 

Thanks for coming here. 

Does the iPhone hotspot connect to any other device?

Do you have the latest software on both devices? 

Leanne.

[stephendale1234]

Same problem. Have EE restricted the hotspot to Ipv6 only?

[stephendale1234]

But now it seems that the hotspot only works on IPv6 and not IPv4, therefore you can't use the VPN. Maybe need to drop EE.

[Leanne_T]

Hi @stephendale1234 

Does your device have the latest software? 

Can you hotspot to any other device? 

Leanne. 

[timpent01]

Weirdly it's just started working normally without having to switch my Mac to IPv6... 🤷‍♂️

[stephendale1234]

I have the latest sw on the iphone 14 and Macbook. The iphone 14 will not tether when using IPv4 - it connects, but no IP is offered by the iphone. DHCP server.  I believe this is due to a recent carrier settings "upgrade" from EE.

Tethering / hotspot via IPv6 does work, but then OpenVPN on the Macbook doesn't work with IPv6. So I have no working solution.

Why would EE remove IPv4 hotspot connectivity?