Open your XP control panel. Select Network Connections. There should be an icon in the right hand panel. Click right on it and select Status. In the window that pops up it will show status including if it is enabled or not (it should be enabled). If it is enabled and working there will be counters indication IP traffic is coming and going.
The assumption is that you configured Parallels to provide network support, and that it is providing DHCP information. Your ipconfig report suggests your network is disabled in Windows or that Parallels was not configured to provide network services to the virtual machine.
When it is all working your ip config will look something like this:
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : winxp
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Parallels Network Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-DD-D8-85-43-8A
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.211.55.5
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.211.55.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.211.55.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : xx.xxx.xx.xxx
xx.xxx.xx.xxx
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, January 21, 2007 1:17:49 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, January 28, 2007 1:17:49 PM
Last edited: Jan 21, 2007