beta3 and linux

Discussion in 'Parallels Desktop for Mac' started by sfwalter, Apr 13, 2006.

  1. sfwalter

    sfwalter Junior Member

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    Has anyone had any success with getting linux to get an ip address off a dhcp server with beta 3 and airport wireless networking? I am have no success, I have to set the ip address manually.

    scott.
     
  2. jimbosyn

    jimbosyn Bit poster

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    I am running CentOS (RHEL) on my macbook pro. I cannot get an ip address using DHCP. I am able to statically assign anaddress and have connectivity. That is very odd.
     
  3. jsolderitsch

    jsolderitsch Member

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    Fedora Core 5, DHCP, DNS works for me

    I am running Fedora Core 5 and with beta 3, after having created a fresh VM after installing beta3, I am successfully getting a DHCP address as well as DNS when I am bridging to my airport connection. On my Macbook Pro (running 10.4.6) I have both the wired and airport connections active and connected.

    Earlier today I was bridging Fedora to my wired interface and that worked too -- DHCP and DNS successful, using Fedora/Firefox to browse the web, etc.

    With beta 2, using Fedora Core 4, I could NOT get DHCP and DNS no matter what bridging connection I made.

    So I am not sure what the magic is -- beta 3 or using a more recent linux, but I am quite happy with Parallels/Fedora Core 5 and its support for automatic network configuration.

    I completely un-installed beta 2 and destroyed my old VMs and even re-booted the Mac after installing beta 3 before creating the Fedora Core 5 VM that is working for me.

    I have a CentOS 4.3 DVD that I might get brave enough to try installing soon.

    YMMV

    Jim
     
    Last edited: Apr 13, 2006
  4. jsolderitsch

    jsolderitsch Member

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    Fedora Core 5, DHCP, DNS from home not so good

    To follow up my own message.

    At home, with my more primitive dhcp-enabled network (using an old Mac running IPNetRouter) I do not seem to get DNS when I bridge to my wireless connection, although I am assigned an IP. In the Network widget within Fedora, I do seem to have a DNS address that is right -- it's the one that appears in /etc/resolv.conf on my OS X host -- and if I run /sbin/ifconfig, I do have a proper looking IP for my Fedora, but I can't ping any outside machines. If I shut the Fedora VM down, reset the network bridging to en0 and re-start Fedora, I do get DNS and network accessibility.

    My earlier post was from work and there it seemed DNS worked regardless of whether I bridged to en0 or en1.

    So something is still not quite right network wise, either on the Linux side or with Parallels itself.
     
    Last edited: Apr 13, 2006

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