Parallels cannot connect to internet

Discussion in 'General Questions' started by cuddapah, Nov 25, 2007.

  1. cuddapah

    cuddapah Junior Member

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    I am running Leopard on my MBP. Using Parallels 2.5 with Win XP. I noticed that sometimes Parallels Win XP is connected to internet and sometimes it is not. I checked in Network Preferences. It says Parallels connections have self-assigned IP and cannot connect to internet. Status indicator is green. How to fix this issue permanently ?

    I am happy with Parallels 2.5 and don't need the niceties of 3.0.
    I don't think uninstalling and installing Parallels is an option either.
     
    cuddapah, Nov 25, 2007
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  2. gegervision

    gegervision Hunter

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    You may need to upgrade. There are know incompatibility with older version of Parallels and Leopard.
     
    gegervision, Nov 25, 2007
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  3. budjames

    budjames Junior Member

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    I think I found a solution for random loss of internet connectivity within WinXP Pro. I found that by assigning a static IP address to the Parallels Hosts-Guest and Parallels NAT in the Mac OSX Leopard system preferences all seems to be solid. In my case, I used 192.168.1.110 for the Hosts-Guest and 192.168.1.111 for NAT.

    All seems to be working fine.

    Bud
     
    budjames, Nov 27, 2007
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  4. cuddapah

    cuddapah Junior Member

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    Not worth ... I will try budjames's solution.
     
    cuddapah, Nov 29, 2007
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  5. gegervision

    gegervision Hunter

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    You can try uninstalling Parallels Tools then reinstalling it.
     
    gegervision, Nov 29, 2007
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  6. cuddapah

    cuddapah Junior Member

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    Not each and every time. Please read my original post. Thanks for your responses though.
     
    cuddapah, Nov 30, 2007
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  7. Xenos

    Xenos Parallels Team

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    Hello,

    cuddapah, have you lost Shared Network or Bridged Ethernet?
    For Shared Networking please try the following:

    - On the dock click Apple -> System Preferences -> Network.
    - In the Network dialog box choose "Off" for Configure IPv4 and click Apply.
    - After that choose "Using DHCP" again and click Apply once more.

    Best regards,
    Xenos
     
    Xenos, Nov 30, 2007
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  8. cuddapah

    cuddapah Junior Member

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    Hi Xenos,

    Followed your suggestion. Did not work :-( Still using self-assigned IPs :-(
    Sometimes when I turn off the system and start, it "might" get connected.

    Thanks,
    Chakri
     
    cuddapah, Nov 30, 2007
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  9. Xenos

    Xenos Parallels Team

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    Hello cuddapah,

    Could you please send me the screenshots of your Mac and VM Network settings dialogs?

    1. Mac - System Preferences - Network - Show: Network Status
    2. Mac - System Preferences - Network - Show: Built-in Ethernet
    3. Mac - System Preferences - Network - Show: Parallels Host Guest
    4. Mac - System Preferences - Network - Show: Parallels NAT
    5. Mac - System Preferences - Network - Show: Network Port Configurations
    6. Launch VM - Configuration - Network Adapter

    Best regards,
    Xenos
     
    Xenos, Dec 3, 2007
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