I went to System Preferences > Sharing > Firewall & select start.
I then selected Services, and unchecked the Personal Web Sharing box.
I went back to Firewall to start / stop service again, as now when I do a "google search" the page just hangs. I get no result. Not even a timeout or anything.
It says I'm connected now after turning on the firewall, which is new.
Before my phone would just show no wireless connection.
So I go back and turn off the fire-wall, and immediately my search resolves itself and posts the search result.
So I go back to Services, check the box labeled Personal Web Sharing again, and turn the Firewall back on, and now I have good connection.
This is strange that it works because I did this yesterday and it didn't work even with a reboot between changes. Is this the best way to accomplish this? I would like to ensure that the connection is reliable, but secure as well... seeing as how the college environment is full of internet mischief 