trying network setup that is over my head...

[OllieBrad]

Here is the goal:

I want to run VPN on OS X and have all network activity on the host VM (in my case windows XP) piped out through the VPN while internet traffic in OS X goes out through regular internet connection. Ideally if the VPN goes down for some reason I would want there to be no internet traffic at all on the VM.

Does anyone think this is possible?
What type of network connection should I use in Parallels? (Shared, host-networking or bridged)
Can I use the native firewall and VPN utilities in OS X to make this all happen?
Does this setup in any way compromise my security on either my mac or my VM?

I am not savy about networking at all so if anyone feels like taking pity on me and telling me a better/more elegant way to do this I would be really grateful. I would prefer to run the VPN on the mac side if possible as I don't want it detectable by any apps in the virtual machine.

 

[Elric]

Here is the goal:

I want to run VPN on OS X and have all network activity on the host VM (in my case windows XP) piped out through the VPN while internet traffic in OS X goes out through regular internet connection. Ideally if the VPN goes down for some reason I would want there to be no internet traffic at all on the VM.

Hi, you could try to use Shared Networking and configure Firewall on Mac OS to allow for prl_naptd only IP-addresses of the VPN. I don't know though how to block Mac OS from accessing VPN..

May be you could install VPN-client inside Windows VM and use SharedNetworking? It would make the task easier.

 

[IvoryC]

I tried doing what you said but it did not solve the problem.