Hi,
I'm running a MacBook Pro and I have been trying (because of work issues with networking) to configure host only with internet sharing under XP SP2. I have read all the threads about this and workd through most of the advice / workarounds but it simply WILL NOT run.
I have tried the configs and workarounds with ALL the versions of Parallels I have (which is pretty much most of them) including 1898 RC.
I have a visible en2 under connection sharing. I have enabled personal web sharing. I have a DHCP range of 192.168.2.10 to 192.168.2.100 in the Parallels Preferences when using DHCP.All I get is a LAN icon that says limited or no connnectivity, despite numerous reboots etc and re-installing Tools each time (including the removal and re-install).
I have also tried configuring XP with a static IP address 192.168.2.5 and then giving it a default gateway of 192.168.2.1 which is the IP address of en2, and adding in the name servers that OS/X knows about. Under this config, I get a LAN icon ok, but XP still cannot connect to the outside world. Browsers dont work and doing a simple nslookup on a web address simply reports it cant reach the DNS servers.
I have also tried the same with a Linux 10 install and the same results.
Both XP and Linux work fine in Bridged mode, where both are correctly assigned a different LAn address, but I cant use this in a corporate environment as the Windoze servers there take exception to it and disable both OS/X and Parallels network addresses (MAC address problem ?)
Is there anybody with any understanding of this ? Parallels is such a great product that I really want to make this work, but it seems like getting it to work is pure chance at best.
Thanks,
Paul
Last edited: Sep 24, 2006