Getting your VM to use DHCP

I'm running Parallels 6.X on Mac OS X 10.6.6.

I'm running a single Windows Vista guest.

My IP configuration on my Mac is :

MrHat:~ $ ifconfig en1
en1: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 192.168.1.110 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255


My Windows Vista guest has the following network configuration:

IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.211.55.3(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.211.55.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.211.55.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.211.55.1


What I'd like to do is get my Windows guest to grab a DHCP address off my 192.X network, so I can RDP into the Windows guest from other machines on my local network.

How can I achieve this?

Thanks

 

Change the network configuration (Virtual Machine -> Configure... -> Hardware -> Network) of your VM to use bridged, not shared, networking.

 

I don't see the bridge option. Is there another place I can change that setting?

 

Heh

You mean one of those network adapters listed under "Bridged Network"?

Pick one that you want your VM to use (probably Default Adapter is best), and you are set.

 

I suppose it would help if I could read. lol.

I followed your suggestion and it's working now. This is exactly what I needed.

Many thanks.