Bridged Networking: great; Shared Networking: limited connectivity

Hello, folks. I love Parallels, and have been using it a couple of months, but, all of a sudden, I have run into trouble.

In early November, I installed build 1970 to get the Shared Networking feature. This way, I could use hotel connections more easily, rather than having to log in from Windows or Mac OS each time I switched back and forth. For 2-3 weeks, this worked great. Now, I open up my machine after being away for 1 day, and when I fire up Windows XP, I'm told I have limited or no connectivity, due to not receiving a valid IP address from the DHCP server.

It always sounds stupid when someone else says it, but I make the claim: I don't think I changed anything.

When I go back to Bridged Ethernet, everything is fine. Since I'm going to be in a hotel room in a few days, it would be nice to figure this out by then.

So what information do you folks need from me to help me diagnose the problem? I will post as follow-ups all the routine stuff I can think of. I've checked some of the other threads, and I've ruled out crashing pvsnatd, but beyond that, I have no idea.

Thanks for your help.

 

Bridged Ethernet ifconfig output

Code:

lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
        inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 
        inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 
        inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 
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:9d:19:a8 
        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
en1: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
        inet6 fe80::217:f2ff:fe4c:7fcd%en1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x5 
        inet 192.168.1.111 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
        ether 00:17:f2:4c:7f:cd 
        media: autoselect status: active
        supported media: autoselect
wlt1: flags=41<UP,RUNNING> mtu 1500
fw0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 2030
        lladdr 00:17:f2:ff:fe:76:d6:16 
        media: autoselect <full-duplex> status: inactive
        supported media: autoselect <full-duplex>
en2: flags=8963<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
        inet6 fe80::201:23ff:fe45:6789%en2 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x8 
        ether 00:01:23:45:67:89 
        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 0x9 
        ether 00:10:32:54:76:98 
        media: autoselect status: active
        supported media: autoselect

 

Bridged Ethernet ipconfig /all output

Code:

Windows IP Configuration

        Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : win-mel
        Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . :
        Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
        IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
        WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
        DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : phub.net.cable.rogers.com

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

        Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : phub.net.cable.rogers.com
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Parallels Network Adapter
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-7D-8A-7F-C8-E1
        Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
        Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.117
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
        DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
        DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 64.71.255.198
        Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, November 30, 2006 4:15:06 PM
        Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Friday, December 01, 2006 4:15:06 PM

 

Shared Networking ifconfig output

Code:

lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
        inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 
        inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 
        inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 
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:9d:19:a8 
        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
en1: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
        inet6 fe80::217:f2ff:fe4c:7fcd%en1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x5 
        inet 192.168.1.111 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
        ether 00:17:f2:4c:7f:cd 
        media: autoselect status: active
        supported media: autoselect
wlt1: flags=41<UP,RUNNING> mtu 1500
fw0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 2030
        lladdr 00:17:f2:ff:fe:76:d6:16 
        media: autoselect <full-duplex> status: inactive
        supported media: autoselect <full-duplex>
en2: flags=8963<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
        inet6 fe80::201:23ff:fe45:6789%en2 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x8 
        ether 00:01:23:45:67:89 
        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 0x9 
        ether 00:10:32:54:76:98 
        media: autoselect status: active
        supported media: autoselect

 

Shared Networking ipconfig /all output

Code:

Windows IP Configuration

        Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : win-mel
        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. . . . . . . . . : 00-7D-8A-7F-C8-E1
        Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
        Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
        Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.178.241
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 169.254.178.24

 

jbrains,

Please try restarting pvsnatd via 'sudo killall -9 pvsnatd' followed by 'sudo /Library/StartupItems/Parallels/pvsnatd'.
You can check if it helped without starting your VM. Open System Preferences -> Network, select 'Parallels Host-Guest' or 'Parallels NAT' in the 'Show' dropdown and click 'Renew DHCP lease' button on TCP/IP page. IP Address should appear shortly.