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

Good Luck. Here is my setup on my Win11 VM



Here is my local Host M5 Network Settings that the VM resides on

 

ooops...wrong screenshot: Here is my local Host M5 Network Settings that the VM resides on

 

I just tried, I set the beta update channel and updated to 2.6.5 beta, but the problem remains, this thing is causing me a lot of problems at work, I hope they can solve it soon

 

ust updated Parallels Desktop to version 26.3.2 (57398) on MacOS 26.4.1 but the bridge interface still doesn't work. Is it possible that Parallels can't solve this problem?

 

I just ran some tests, disabling the WiFi interface, and using a wired USB network adapter, the bridge interface works perfectly, so the problem is related to the WiFi interface.

 

Hi,
A friend and I were testing yesterday, but were not able to get it to work via WiFi.
We have seen some posts on other Forums, that, introduced with macOS 26.4, apple implemented a new security measure for WiFi.
As far as I was able to understand this (let me know if i'm wrong), in the bridged mode, the Wifi adapters from the PC has its mac address and the bridged network adapter also has its own mac address, but it works thru the mac adapter. As a security measure, Apple/macOS26.4 restricts WiFi adapters to only one mac address. Therefore we can not get connections over WiFi in Bridged mode.
This security measure is not implemented for wired connections, therefore allowing this as a workaround until Parallels can figure out a way to work around this issue.
The wired connection still needs to be configured for a manual iP address in the IPv4 settings.
I hope this helps

 

Currently, there is a Bridged Network issue with the latest version of Parallels Desktop running on the M5 machine. Currently, setting the network to Bridged mode may not provide an internet connection.

As a workaround, please manually select:

Network > Bridged Network > Wi-Fi
instead of using "Default Adapter".

To change the VM Wi-Fi/Ethernet MAC address in Parallels Desktop:
1. Shut down the VM completely
Do not suspend
2. Open VM configuration
Control Center
Right-click VM -> Configure
Hardware -> Network
3. Expand "Advance Settings"
4. Change MAC address
Click "Generate" for a new MAC
Or
Enter a custom MAC manually
Example format:
00:1C:42:12:34:56
5. Start the Windows virtual machine
Inside the Windows VM:
Press Win + R
Type: ncpa.cpl

6. Right-click the Wi-Fi/Ethernet adapter
Select Status → Properties
Double-click: Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)

Select:
Use the following IP address
Use the following DNS server addresses

Enter the IP and DNS manually provided by your network/router.
Example:
IP Address: 192.168.1.50
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 192.168.1.1

Preferred DNS: 8.8.8.8
Alternate DNS: 1.1.1.1

7. Click OK → Close
8. Test connection:
ping 8.8.8.8
ping google.com

If ping to 8.8.8.8 works but google.com fails, it is a DNS issue.