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Wireless networking hotfix in Beta6

May 1, 2006, 03:55 AM
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steveluscher
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Thank you for the great work Parallels! If we saw development this active on Macromedia (Adobe) Flash, it might not have so many lingering bugs, and I would be a much happier developer!

Please ignore all of the disparaging comments; you're doing a fantastic job.
May 4, 2006, 10:31 PM
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bmoody
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no activity on network connection
I have te latest beeta 6 version on a 20inch imac. I am running XP sp1 and i'am having trouble with the network. I get a network card with a connection but it is not receiving anything. I have the wireless set as the bridged adapter. I am using dhcp. any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Billy
May 8, 2006, 02:39 PM
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Amos
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Wireless bridge not working for me even after hotfix
Hello. I'm currently running the 1812.7 build of Parallels Workstation 2.1 Beta 6 for Mac OS X on a MacBook Pro with OS X 10.4.6. The guest OS is Windows XP Pro SP2 with all updates. I have reinstalled the Parallels Tools after upgrading from the original Beta6.

Bridged networking over Airport used to work under the original Beta6 (first version I have ever used) but now Windows states that the network is connected but that it cannot obtain an IP address. This happened after resuming a suspended VM and persists even after rebooting the guest and host.

I have a pair of networks that I move between. One consists of an Airport Extreme base station with WPA2 encryption turned on. The DHCP server is a seperate server on the switched Gb network that the airport LAN port is plugged into (bridged). The other is an Airport Extreme/Express WDS network that is not encrypted and the DHCP comes from the Extreme.

I am currently experiencing the problem on the first network. I have not yet tried moving back to the second one.

I have seen the host-networking workarounds and may give that a try. I just wanted to post and let the Parallels team know that the hotfix didn't work for me. I would be happy to try to help troubleshoot this for them if contacted directly by the team.
May 8, 2006, 10:58 PM
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Amos
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Amos
Hello. I'm currently running the 1812.7 build of Parallels Workstation 2.1 Beta 6 for Mac OS X on a MacBook Pro with OS X 10.4.6. The guest OS is Windows XP Pro SP2 with all updates. I have reinstalled the Parallels Tools after upgrading from the original Beta6.

Bridged networking over Airport used to work under the original Beta6 (first version I have ever used) but now Windows states that the network is connected but that it cannot obtain an IP address. This happened after resuming a suspended VM and persists even after rebooting the guest and host.

I have a pair of networks that I move between. One consists of an Airport Extreme base station with WPA2 encryption turned on. The DHCP server is a seperate server on the switched Gb network that the airport LAN port is plugged into (bridged). The other is an Airport Extreme/Express WDS network that is not encrypted and the DHCP comes from the Extreme.

I am currently experiencing the problem on the first network. I have not yet tried moving back to the second one.

I have seen the host-networking workarounds and may give that a try. I just wanted to post and let the Parallels team know that the hotfix didn't work for me. I would be happy to try to help troubleshoot this for them if contacted directly by the team.
Hmm... here is a bit of debug info for you.

After shutting down the guest OS, quitting Parallels, and then going home, I tried starting it all up again to see if the network configuration made a difference. At home (the non-encrypted wireless network that uses WDS and that gets it's DHCP from a base station) the bridge networking works.

Does this have something to do with where the DHCP lives (on the BS vs on a server)? Maybe is has to do with the encryption (none vs WPA2)?

I hope that helps you to figure out what is happening.
May 15, 2006, 11:52 PM
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ehall
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Can't find a hotfix - only the entire beta 6 dmg
Quote:
Originally Posted by Andrew @ Parallels
Dear Friends!

We apologize for bug with disabling wireless networking in Beta6! We've already fixed this and hot fix is available in download center. It goes also under Beta6 name with a different build number (1812.7). Please, download it, update your version and enjoy bridging to Airport again.

Download Parallels Workstation 2.1 Beta6 Hotfix now!

We're sorry for the inconvenience and believe that you'll excuse us for this mistake. We're trying to deliver the latest updates to you as fast as possible. We're happy to see that you really use the product. Thanks to all of you for your quick responses.
I must be blind 'cause when I follow that link, I don't see the hotfix. I only see the link to download the full beta 6. I went ahead and dloaded it and ran the installer and didn't seem to fix dhcp over wireless. I see the request and the offer from the server though they guest os doesn't take it.

Am I missing something?

Eric
May 16, 2006, 05:08 PM
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joem
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ehall
Am I missing something?

Eric
Yes. There is no separate hot fix. Download the latest Parallels version and install it on top of the old one. Reboot, and it should work. At least it did for me.

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May 16, 2006, 06:36 PM
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ehall
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Ooops, that worked joem, thanks! I am a new Mac user thinking that my rebooting-for-every-install-days are over. Forget that the dhcp kernel dirver of Parallels probably needs a reboot. I rebooted and all is well with DHCP over wireless now.
 


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