Network in multiple instances of Parallels ...

Hi,

I made multiple clones of one debian-machine with host-only-networking.

All machines have a unique MAC- and IP-Adress, but the network only works with the master machine.

Do you have any hint, to use the network with every machine at the same time?

Thanks in advance

Dirk

 

Use Bridged networking instead of Host Only on all clones.

 

Can I test paket filter (firewall) settings using bridged networking?

Dirk

 

Should be able to on the guests. They act like independent computers on a network. Shouldn't effect the host.

 

Ok. Thanks.

But the main problem is, that I can not leave the host system to use the internet.

Dirk

 

Sorry, I don't understand your problem. All I can suggest is that you contemplate using the VMs as independent computers on your network using bridged networking. They can appear to the internet as independent computers. Using host networking they are not visible to anywhere but the host. If you are testing firewall settings, you can test them on each VM.

 

I try to explain:

Machine A (Debian stable) has "host-only-networking" and needs it to connect to the internet it works (see FAQ: "How do I configure a network using a Wireless Network adapter in Linux?").

Machine B (Debian stable) has the same settings, but an other IP- and Mac-Adress.

When machine A is up everything works as expected, for machine B everything is fine too.

But when both machines run at the same time, no machine can connect to the internet.

The connection is neccesary to get new packages.

Dirk

 

Aha! I thought I was missing something - wireless. Sorry, I cannot help. I don't understand why the FAQ requires you to use Host-only networking. If you were using a wired connection to your router/modem Bridged networking would work exactly as you require without, any iptables settings.

Who ever wrote that FAQ should answer you.

Good Luck!