I have a MacBook Pro and first installed Parallels on it under MacOS. This work and everything is fine. However, I do not run MacOS very often and run mostly Linux OpenSuse 10.3. So I installed Parallels Workstation on it I created a virtual machine and was able to install WinXP on it and it seems to work fine. I then noticed the network did not function. I am trying to connect to the Internet using a wireless interface. A google search led me to http://kb.parallels.com/entry/40/512/ However, following the instructions does not work. When I try to ping my router, it times out and a tcpdump -i vnic0 reveals that the guest OS is trying to get the arp of the router... tcpdump: verbose output suppressed, use -v or -vv for full protocol decode listening on vnic0, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 96 bytes 14:30:22.030323 arp who-has 10.37.129.213 tell 10.37.129.213 14:30:22.030350 arp who-has 10.37.129.213 tell 10.37.129.213 I got the arp into windows, but it does not help... The output of tcpdump becomes: 14:32:48.737285 IP 10.37.129.213 > 192.168.2.1: ICMP echo request, id 512, seq 1024, length 40 14:32:53.744237 IP 10.37.129.213 > 192.168.2.1: ICMP echo request, id 512, seq 1280, length 40 14:33:04.186183 IP 10.37.129.213.netbios-dgm > 10.37.129.255.netbios-dgm: NBT UDP PACKET(138) 14:33:04.186225 IP 10.37.129.213.netbios-dgm > 10.37.129.255.netbios-dgm: NBT UDP PACKET(138) So it seems maybe the iptables entry has a problem... I used: iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s 10.37.129.0/24 --out-interface ath0 -j SNAT --to-source 192.168.2.1 The output of a netstat -rn, showing my network routes gives: Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface 10.37.129.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 vnic0 192.168.2.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 ath0 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo 0.0.0.0 192.168.2.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 ath0 Is there a way to get me networked?
OK I got it working. I must say that someone should update the FAQ with a bit more details as to what some of the addresses are and how to determine them. I had made one small fatal mistake in the gateway setting... Re-reading one sentence a bit more carefully and understanding which address was meant by having read some other page allowed me to finally get it working.