Question about seeing network devices

I have an Apple TV and I'm trying to get the iTunes running on my Windows Parallel image to see the Apple TV and sync with it.

For some reason the Apple TV never appears in iTunes. Although the Mac can see it fine.

Is there something I have done wrong with the network settings? That is, is it possible the Windows machine can only see the Mac that's hosting it and share the Mac's internet access, and can't see anything else?

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated, thanks.

 

Try to set Windows VM to Bridged Ethernet mode, also make sure that antivirus and/or firewall doesn't block connection (try to disable temporary)

 

When I use "shared networking", my Parallel Windows cannot see the internet at all.

When I use "bridged networking", my Parallel Windows can see the internet, but cannot see the Apple TV (at least, iTunes cannot see the Apple TV).

I've tried it with the Windows firewall off and it's the same.

By the way, my iMac and my Apple TV are both accessing the internet wirelesly through my AirPort Extreme Base Station.

Any other ideas? I'd really like to get this working.

 

what is ifconfig - a in Mac OS in Terminal
and ipconfig /all in Windows
when VM is in Shared Networking mode

 

Here's the info you requested -- any ideas?

MAC:

Audrey-2:~ stephen$ ifconfig -a
lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
gif0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1280
stf0: flags=0<> mtu 1280
en0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ether 00:16:cb:89:41:56
media: autoselect status: inactive
supported media: autoselect 10baseT/UTP <half-duplex> 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex> 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex,hw-loopback> 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex,flow-control> 100baseTX <half-duplex> 100baseTX <full-duplex> 100baseTX <full-duplex,hw-loopback> 100baseTX <full-duplex,flow-control> 1000baseT <full-duplex> 1000baseT <full-duplex,hw-loopback> 1000baseT <full-duplex,flow-control> none
fw0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 2030
lladdr 00:16:cb:ff:fe:4a:c0:28
media: autoselect <full-duplex> status: inactive
supported media: autoselect <full-duplex>
en1: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet6 fe80::216:cbff:fe02:a02a%en1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x6
inet 10.0.1.199 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.0.1.255
ether 00:16:cb:02:a0:2a
media: autoselect status: active
supported media: autoselect
en3: flags=8963<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet6 fe80::210:32ff:fe54:7698%en3 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x7
inet 169.254.182.109 netmask 0xffff0000 broadcast 169.254.255.255
ether 00:10:32:54:76:98
media: autoselect status: active
supported media: autoselect
en2: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet6 fe80::201:23ff:fe45:6789%en2 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x8
inet 169.254.182.109 netmask 0xffff0000 broadcast 169.254.255.255
ether 00:01:23:45:67:89
media: autoselect status: active
supported media: autoselect
Audrey-2:~ stephen$


WINDOWS (shared networking):

C:\Documents and Settings\Stephen>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : audrey
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Parallels Network Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-B5-21-45-41-C5
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.110.129
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 169.254.110.129

 

Here is problem:
en3: flags=8963<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMP LEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet6 fe80::210:32ff:fe54:7698%en3 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x7
inet 169.254.182.109 netmask 0xffff0000 broadcast 169.254.255.255
ether 00:10:32:54:76:98
media: autoselect status: active
supported media: autoselect
en2: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULT ICAST> mtu 1500
inet6 fe80::201:23ff:fe45:6789%en2 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x8
inet 169.254.182.109 netmask 0xffff0000 broadcast 169.254.255.255
ether 00:01:23:45:67:89
media: autoselect status: active
supported media: autoselect

169.254.x.x

Some software may cause this
Symantec or McAffey on Mac OS side,
Incorrectly configured Network Locations

step 1
in Terminal from Mac OS
sudo killall -HUP pvsnatd

then ifconfig -a
169.254.x.x should be gone, also you can try in System Preferences - Network - set Parallels Interfaces to Off then back to DHCP

 

step 1
in Terminal from Mac OS
sudo killall -HUP pvsnatd

Thanks. I did the command (when asked for password, I just hit return, right?).

then ifconfig -a ... 169.254.x.x should be gone, also you can try in System Preferences - Network - set Parallels Interfaces to Off then back to DHCP

Did the ifconfig and it's looks like it's still there (below). I tried setting the Parallels interfaces in Network to Off then back to DHCP, but ifconfig still contains the following; I don't use any Symantec or McAffey software. Any other ideas what could cause this, or how to make it go away?


en3: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet6 fe80::210:32ff:fe54:7698%en3 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x7
inet 169.254.182.109 netmask 0xffff0000 broadcast 169.254.255.255
ether 00:10:32:54:76:98
media: autoselect status: active
supported media: autoselect
en2: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet6 fe80::201:23ff:fe45:6789%en2 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x8
inet 169.254.182.109 netmask 0xffff0000 broadcast 169.254.255.255
ether 00:01:23:45:67:89
media: autoselect status: active
supported media: autoselect

 

Symantec or McAffey on Mac OS side?
Incorrectly configured other Network locations?

 

Hi John, thanks for trying. There's no Symantec or McAffey software on my Mac (unless something comes with Leopard that I don't know about?). All the Network settings are basic stuff, never did any customizations.

I've been doing some experimenting. I can ping the Apple TV box from Windows using its IP address so it appears Windows can actually see the Apple TV on the network. I can also ping my iMac using its IP address or its name from Windows (don't know what the Apple TV's network name would be, so I couldn't try that).

So since everything appears to be on the same network, I still wonder why the Apple TV isn't appearing in iTunes on Windows. Also, I have the Windows firewall turned off. (And iTunes on Mac can see the Apple TV just fine.)

My Windows VM *should* just look like another PC on the network to the Apple TV, right? So I wonder what's preventing Apple TV from showing itself in the Windows iTunes devices list.

Any more ideas?

 

Do you have antivirus on Windows side?

 

No. It's just a basic Windows XP installation with no extras.

 

keyspan software on Mac OS side, any other software which can affect network connectivity?

 

No. Just a basic Mac Leopard installation. I have MS Office installed ... Parallels Desktop, Toast, ... Call Of Duty: UO ... not much else.

 

Problem also can be caused by incorrectly configured Network locations.
Try to delete all Location except Automatic and restart Mac OS, than turn off Parallels interfaces in System Preferences Network and on back by DHCP

 

Hi again -- I really do appreciate your effort on this --

Under Network, there's a Location combobox and the only item in the list is "Automatic". When Automatic is selected, I have the following in the list:

(green) AirPort, connected
(green) Parallels Host-Guest, connected
(green) Paralles NAT, connected
(red) Bluetooth, not connected
(red) Ethernet, not connected
(red) FireWire, not connected

I'm guessing I don't have anything to delete then, correct?

 

Another locations can block Parallels interfaces,
Try to delete all locations except Automatic

 

has yhis ever been resolved? I have the same issue

 

Every problem is very specific, you need to provide the same details

 

well, Apple TV does not show up in iTunes used in Parallels VM .... checked firewall and turned it off. It shows up in iTunes for MAC. What other details are required?

 

I suppose that you need to switch VM to Bridged Networking mode