Network problems in Windows, some sites work, most don't

Discussion in 'Windows Virtual Machine' started by JanR2, Dec 15, 2015.

  1. JanR2

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    System: Windows 10 in Parallels 11.1.1 on OS X El Capitan (10.11.2)

    I'm having problems connecting to internet from within my Windows 10 VM. Some sites work (bing, google) but most don't. The browser always returns that the page is unreachable. This VM worked before. I also started an older Windows 7 VM that I hadn't booted in a while and that never had any problems before, and it now displays the same network problems. I already went through a whole series of attempts to get things working again, including resetting the network to default settings in both Parallels preferences and in the VM configuration. Switching to Bridged mode on my Wifi got me back internet access, but then I lost access on the host due to security settings on our corporate wifi network. Bridged mode is not an option it seams. I also reinstalled Parallels Tools to no avail. I tried resetting the network in Windows from the command prompt. Didn't work either. I'm following the document at http://kb.parallels.com/en/8978 but that didn't give me any solutions yet.

    Technical report ID: 83677457

    Regards,
    Jan
     
  2. Dhruba@Parallels

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    Hi Jan, please try different browser and check how it goes.
     
  3. JanR2

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    Just tried with Chrome. Gives the same problem. When trying to go to for example http://www.msn.com I get :

    This webpage is not available
    ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED
     
  4. marat_t

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    hi Jan,
    that sounds like a dns issue (also it can be a malware). can you open Command Prompt and try to ping www.msn.com:
    ping www.msn.com
     
  5. marat_t

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    Jan, please check your forum conversation. I've dropped a line there =)
     
  6. JanR2

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    It looks indeed like a DNS problem. When I configure the network in windows to use the Google DNS servers for example instead of letting it find them automatically everything works. Silly that I didn't find that before I did a complete reset of my windows, because that did not help :p
     

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