Parallels success -->> network config snag

Dec 19, 2006, 07:27 PM #1
SeekerBlog Member Join: Sep 2006 Posts: 35	Parallels success -->> network config snag Very large Kudos to the Parallels team! I installed with guest XP Pro on my Mac Pro today with no more than 10 minutes of personal time invested. Parallels did all the rest via Express Install. True I had spent time during the past weeks reading the Parallels docs, forums etc. The bottom line is a working XP Pro in a few minutes vs. the hours it has normally taken me. Components installed & tested so far: 1. Shared folders. 2. Internet access [IE used just long enough to d/l Firefox]. 3. Printing to Epson shared by the host Mac Pro - I used Bonjour for Windows - instant success. NB, I used the Bonjour recommended local XP driver for Epson 1160, not the generic postscript as instructed by the Parallels manual. Amazing! My next goal is to import my documents+settings, then my F:drive user data and applications from an existing XP laptop. I'm planning to use the "transfer wizard": /programs/accessories/system tools/Files and Settings Transfer Wizard. But I have a network config problem - perhaps experts here can advise best solution. The Dell I need to reach is unreachable from the XP VM subnet. Here's the config: en0: inet 192.168.1.100 en1: inet 192.168.2.1 en2: airport off en3: inet 10.37.129.2 Parallels Host-Guest en4: inet 10.211.55.2 Parallels NAT dell: 192.168.2.3 XPVM: 192.168.1.112 The reason for this config is we have to access the net via long-range point-to-point wifi [we live on our yacht, no ADSL]. So our topology looks like this: Yacht club access point <--> high gain antenna <--> high gain antenna on ADAGIO <--> wireless bridge <--> Mac Pro en0 Mac Pro en1 <--> Ethernet switch <--> Dell <--> Airport Express in bridge mode <--> iBook, ... Any wisdom on easiest way to reconfig so the Parallels XP can reach the Dell would be appreciated.

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Parallels success -->> network config snag

Very large Kudos to the Parallels team! I installed with guest XP Pro on my Mac Pro today with no more than 10 minutes of personal time invested. Parallels did all the rest via Express Install. True I had spent time during the past weeks reading the Parallels docs, forums etc.

The bottom line is a working XP Pro in a few minutes vs. the hours it has normally taken me. Components installed & tested so far:

1. Shared folders.
2. Internet access [IE used just long enough to d/l Firefox].
3. Printing to Epson shared by the host Mac Pro - I used Bonjour for Windows - instant success. NB, I used the Bonjour recommended local XP driver for Epson 1160, not the generic postscript as instructed by the Parallels manual.

Amazing!

My next goal is to import my documents+settings, then my F:drive user data and applications from an existing XP laptop. I'm planning to use the "transfer wizard":

/programs/accessories/system tools/Files and Settings Transfer Wizard.

But I have a network config problem - perhaps experts here can advise best solution. The Dell I need to reach is unreachable from the XP VM subnet. Here's the config:

en0: inet 192.168.1.100
en1: inet 192.168.2.1
en2: airport off
en3: inet 10.37.129.2 Parallels Host-Guest
en4: inet 10.211.55.2 Parallels NAT
dell: 192.168.2.3
XPVM: 192.168.1.112

The reason for this config is we have to access the net via long-range point-to-point wifi [we live on our yacht, no ADSL]. So our topology looks like this:

Yacht club access point <--> high gain antenna <--> high gain antenna on ADAGIO
<--> wireless bridge
<--> Mac Pro en0

Mac Pro en1 <--> Ethernet switch
<--> Dell
<--> Airport Express in bridge mode
<--> iBook, ...

Any wisdom on easiest way to reconfig so the Parallels XP can reach the Dell would be appreciated.

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