Host Only Networking with DHCP Gateway support or a way to turn off Parallels DHCP

Hi --

We're using a combination of IPTables/DHCP3-Server on Linux and ICS on Windows to give our wireless-connected 'host only' virtual machines Internet connectivity.

It would be nice if either the Parallels DHCP server offered the vnic0 device as the default gateway, or if it were possible to turn off the Parallels DHCP server entirely. I suppose we could also issue static IP information, but DHCP makes seeding Linux installs a lot easier.

Good product, all told. Hopefully we will continue to enjoy it for some time.

 

ttmooney,

Parallels DHCP service can be disabled on both platforms.

Windows:
- Open Administrative Tools -> Computer Management.
- Select Services and Applications -> Services from the left pane
- Double-click on "Parallels DHCP Service for Virual NIC" on the right pane
- Set "Startup type" to either Disabled or Manual

Linux:
- open /usr/lib/parallels/.dhcpd_configuration with a text editor
- add "DHCP=0" parameter to [vnic0] section