Unrecognized Ethernet Controller in Windows Vista

Discussion in 'Windows Virtual Machine' started by dvijay, May 30, 2008.

  1. dvijay

    dvijay Bit poster

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    Hi,

    I am new to this. I installed Parallels yesterday on a MacBook Pro 2.4 Intel Core 2 Duo with Max OS X 10.5.3 with Windows Vista Ultimate as a guest OS.

    I can't get networking to work on Vista.

    In Parallels, I have the network adapter set to 'Shared Networking'.

    I do see the Parallels-Guest and Parallels NAT in "System Preferences-Network" with both configured to use DHCP.

    In Windows Vista, I don't see any network adapter. In Device Manager, I see that the device drivers for the Ethernet Controller have not been installed. Not sure why.

    Any suggestions? This may have been discussed in the past, but I couldn't find anything searching the forums.

    Thanks in advance.
     
  2. dvijay

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    Realtek

    A followup to my earlier post.

    In the Parallels Configuration Editor - Network Adapter, I see Adapter Type set to Realtek 8029 (AS). Perhaps Vista has no drivers for this?
     
  3. John@Parallels

    John@Parallels Forum Maven

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    Yes, you need to install them from vmtools .iso manually, click install Parallels Tools, but do not.
    Navigate iso mounted in Vm, and you will found network driver
     
  4. dvijay

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    Hi John,

    I was able to get it working by installing an XP driver for realtek on the Vista VM.

    Thanks
     

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