M5 Macbook Air, Windows 11 ARM: Coherence won't work nor bridged networking

Discussion in 'Parallels Desktop on a Mac with Apple silicon' started by BillR15, Mar 16, 2026.

  1. BillR15

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    Brand mew machine as of March 13th. Fresh install of everything, current Parallels, fresh install of Windows 11 ARM via Parallels doing evrything automatically. Had to delete my first VM and redo it because networking didn't work at all. Second time around netowrking works but only Shared Networking. If i switch to bridged, default adapter (or pick WiFi for example) it never gives Windows an IP address. Shared doesn't always work for me becasue I need my VM on the same subnet as my Mac.

    Also, Coherence isn't even an option for some reason. No blue dot in the upper left, and no View / Coherence. Parallels Tools are freshly installed. Coherence didn't work on my first VM either. Coworker got the exact same machine as I did, same day, same install, he has neither of these issues.
    Not sure how to fix either of these issues.
     
  2. Pramesh Boodadoo

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    Hello,
    This is a known issue currently being investigated by our Development Team.
    Once there is a response from them - whether it is a request for additional information, a workaround, or a permanent fix - we will let you know.
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  3. BillR15

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    Update, my Coherence issue was due to the App Store version of Parallels not supporting this feature, whereas the download from the website does. I replaced my software version and coherence is now enabled. Still have the networking issue however.
     
  4. gadgetboyj

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    M5 MacBook Air here as well, and can't get Bridged Networking to work either, there's a handful of other threads popping up about this as well, so something will probably need to be fixed to resolve this for us.
     
  5. MotorBoy

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    New MacBook Pro M5 Max, and I also have the same issue with the networking bridge mode. Works just fine on my Mac Studio M3 Ultra.
     
  6. PedroR13

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    Same here, MacBook Pro Apple M1 Max, Parallels Desktop 20, wifi bridged mode stopped working months ago. Only shared network mode works.
    There's no option for port forwarding in my version.
     
  7. Pramesh Boodadoo

    Pramesh Boodadoo Team Manager Staff Member

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    Hello,
    This is a known issue currently being investigated by our Development Team.
    Once there is a response from them - whether it is a request for additional information, a workaround, or a permanent fix - we will let you know.
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    Thank you.
     
  8. FrancescoO1

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    I also have the same problem on my new Macbook PRO with M5 PRO chip, I can't bridge the network connection, this causes me a big problem, I can't access the network with an application under Windows 11, when will the problem be solved?
     
  9. ConorH1

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    Throwing my hat in the ring, W11, Mac m4 pro, no bridge networks work, shared is good, can't use my external dongle with a static or dhcp ip address, hope it's fixed soon.

    Thanks Parallels
     

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