[Filmo]

I'm having a hard time getting a Windows XP installation to get internet connectivity.

I'm using it on a 17" iMac. I have internet on the iMac coming from an OS X Server using NAT and DHCP.

Whenever I run Parallels, the Local Area Connection Status say:

Limited or no connectivity
This problem occured because the network did not assign a network address to the computer.


Clicking the repair button does not fix the problem. Disconnecting/Reconnecting the 'network' globe does not make a difference.

Question:

Is the Virtual machine looking for a DHCP address from the OS X server or from the iMac. I thought the idea behind Bridged Networks was that the virtual machines acquired their 'virtual IP' connection via Parallels.

I've managed to get some internet connectivity by using "Shared Networking - Virtual Adaptor"
but can't seem to access our network printers

Since it defaulted to "Bridged Ethernet" when it was installed, I would have thought that would have been the correct setting?

Is there something that I'm not doing right to get the "Bridged Ethernet" to work?

[EricTheRed]

I just fixed the same problem on my Mac Pro. I ended up doing option #3 to get my virtual machine to "see" the internet.
Check out the support page how to.

[Filmo]

Thanks. That was a good link.

Definitely seems like this area of parallels could use some refining.

For now I've 'sort-of' got it working with "Shared networking; Virtual Nework Adaptor."

I would much rather have it register as a seperate machine on the Network so that i can have it authenticate to our Volume shares on the OS X server. If anybody's gotten this figured out. Let me know...