Beta4 solved my XP networking problems ...

[cyberchucktx]

All:

Beta4 has solved all the networking problems I've encountered so far.

My configuration -

MacbookPro / dual core 2.1Ghz / 2G RAM

My (previous) problem : XP w/SP2 wouldn't consistently recognize the network interface, even when Parallel Tools was installed (this under beta3).

When I installed beta4 and attempted to run my XP VM, I still was having problems (no interface was showing up in the Network Connections Control Panel).

So I simply re-installed XP from scratch under beta4.

Now I'm watching the WIndows Updates come pouring in ... (i'm on 27 of 41).

As if I needed a reminder of why I'm a MacPerson

GREAT job to the Parallels folks ... I'm definitely pre-ordering as soon as I can figure out
how to pay with a PO.

Charlie

 

[VTMac]

It seems we've traded networking situations. I had a good network connection on my MBP with Wifi in Beta 3. I resintalled XP under beta 4. Now I'm lucky to keep a network connection for 5 minutes.

Very frustrating.

 

[Bandito]

It seems we've traded networking situations. I had a good network connection on my MBP with Wifi in Beta 3. I resintalled XP under beta 4. Now I'm lucky to keep a network connection for 5 minutes.

Very frustrating.

Same here, I'm sorry to say.

 

[Andrew @ Parallels]

It seems we've traded networking situations. I had a good network connection on my MBP with Wifi in Beta 3. I resintalled XP under beta 4. Now I'm lucky to keep a network connection for 5 minutes.

Very frustrating.

Could you try please to remove NIC from your VM configuration, save, add new NIC, save again and start VM? Does it help?

 

[jsolderitsch]

I was one of the people complaining in this forum about issues with DHCP when bridged to en1 (wireless). I just did as Andrew suggested -- removed the NIC from the VM config, saved my config with no NIC defined, re-added the NIC and then saved my config again.

So far at least, with my home DHCP setup, I seem to be able to suspend and resume the VM and NOT see loss of network access. I tried both Firefox and IE over a period of several minutes and the network seemed to remain available.

When I get to the office tomorrow, I will try this same sequence and hopefully still have DHCP that survives suspend and resumes. I expect that I will have to reset DHCP using ipconfig /release followed by ipconfig /renew for the initial time I resume the VM. But if the new settings, once acquired, survive suspend and resumes, I would say beta 4 makes my Parallels life distinctly more pleasant.