Host-only Networking -- what is it?

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Can someone explain what the "Host-only Networking" is. I've looked in the PDF file and there is no mention of it. I've search this web site and there is no mention of it.

Reason I ask is that I have found a "challenge" between the PW setup and the "Location" profiles of OS X.

Normally, I have a wireless connection setup with fixed IP. I can now get to the PW shared folder by using cmd-K and attaching to smb://pw.ip.address/sharedfoldername. That works fine, even when I am not on my home network and don't have access to the router.

However, if I switch the location to a wired connection, then I can no longer access the PW. Looking at the profile, it changed my adapter from en1 back to en0, but also left the "wireless" option checked. It almost seems to me that the PW settings should allow for more than one network adapter to prevent this from happening.

Anyways, can someone explain the "Host-only networking" for me. Thanks.
 
I thought "host-only" networking was simpy a network of one or more virtuals machines on the same physical (host) machine, where the host provides IP address via DHCP though a "vitual" switch to the various virtual machines installed on it. I'm sure there are plenty of configurations beyond that, but that's what we always mean when we refer to a host-only network at my office.
 
I think Manatee is basically correct here.

My hope is that Parallels will
a) give us a response to this question in more detail
b) implement it soon so that I can start testing web sites from Windows on the go​
 
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Select Host-only networking if you want to emulate a network inside your computer, or you don't
want to access a network outside your local computer, or you don't have physical network
interface card. When you set this option, the primary OS and other Parallels Workstation Virtual
Machines inside it are visible, thus making possible to imitate a network that includes primary
OS and a number of Virtual Machines. The Creating Host-Only Network (see page 118) topic
discusses how to configure a host-only network.

This is from the usre guide which has other relevant things for you to read as well.
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constant said:
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This is from the usre guide which has other relevant things for you to read as well.
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Are you reading the Mac OSX guide or are you just assuming it's the same as some other guide? I'm looking at page 118 of the Mac OSX guide and there is no quote on that page like the one you mentioned. In fact, page 118 in the OSX guide is setting up a network printer.

In addition, HOST ONLY NETWORKING is greyed out on my copy of BETA 3. Are you using the Mac OSX beta? If so how did you get HOST ONLY NETWORKING working?

So, now that I have shown you that I (much as others here) are capable of reading, would you like to provide some useful help?
 
One of these days, I must read the user guide - so far I haven't needed to!
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constant said:
This is from the usre guide which has other relevant things for you to read as well.
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David,

No it is not the OSX User Guide. It is the User Guide which is at the top of the list of documentation for download.

I meant that if you read that User Guide as well, you will be able to pick up on a few things that are not yet operable / available in the OSX version.

I believed it was useful, as I was trying to be helpful.
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Host only on OS X?

I am running beta 3 on OSX, great product. I can select host only, it is not grayed out. In the OSX version of the documentation I have nothing is written about host only or how to configure it on OSX. My Windows VM ends up with the default "no network" IP address

I assume that it will be supported, much as it is in other releases and that it is not yet fully supported in beta 3. If anyone has further information on this it would be great to hear. I too have the need to run the VM while not connected to the network and communicate from my host to that VM.

Thanks.
 
Host Only

Today is my first use of Parallels' VM; however, I have used both MS's VPC and vmware to a large extent. With these products "Constant" is correct. The Host-only networking option turns your computer into a mini LAN with the host computer serving as a router. A host-only network is more complicated then a pass-through arrangement because the software has to perform several additional operations including NAT as well as DHCP. Each of these products has their particular problem. The most severe of these, that I have found, is coexistence with Cisco's VPN client software.

I have just installed the Parallels product; however, I have not tried my VPN connection to ensure that it is still working.

I know that this is off-topic, but how do you de-install the product and remove Ethernet Adaptor (vi2)?

Thanks
Bob
 
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