Using a VPN connection, has anyone found a way to ping an IP address on the VPN network from the Windows side of parallels? Example: Local LAN - Connected Wifi at 192.168.1.101 VPN'd into another network (192.168.23.XXX) - VPN IP 192.168.23.211 Parallels Set to Bridged: Wifi Static IP on Windows set to 192.168.23.212 Windows shows the IPv4 address is 192.168.23.212, subnet 255.255.255.0, gateway 192.168.23.1 However, I cannot ping any addresses on the 192.168.23.XXX network nor do I have Internet. The Mac side can successfully ping all 192.168.23.XXX addresses. If I am not using a VPN, the above config works fine (of course, minus the VPN part). But when I want to VPN into a network, then I cannot ping anything from Windows on that external VPN'd network. Has anyone ever had success with this? The main reason for some Windows-based programs like Lutron, to do remote uploads using an existing, working VPN (working, meaning from the Mac side all external IPs on the VPN can be pinged)? -Todd
Thanks. I'll try it with a 2nd Mac running parallels to see if it is just wifi on my Mac. Because another issue I've had with my wifi, is that if parallels is running and I close the lid, most times, when the system comes back from sleep/hibernation, my wifi is still connected, but instead of getting 92Mbps, I'm getting 4Mbps. I've been able to duplicate this example. So now I close all parallel before close Mac lid. I've been meaning to look into this issue as well - but maybe they are related. Testing the above setting with another Mac and my mac side-by-side will be my next step.
