I THOUGHT I understood this, but now I'm all confused. We have a Linux software firewall that we want to put in a PVM to replace an existing physical router/firewall. A Mac Mini has two nics and Paralells. So obviously I put the public WAN address on one NIC in the Linux software. That works: I can access it from the outside world. The existing physical router has 192.168.1.1 on its LAN side. It serves DHCP to the rest of the network. So, I would set the LAN side of the Linux software to 192.168.1.1 (taking down the physical router, of course) and enable its DHCP server. But that DOESN'T work - no access to the outside world from the Mac mini anymore. Exactly what to I tell the PVM? Shared, bridged, what? And what do I tell the Mini in its Network Preferences?
OK, got it: bridge the LAN side, Shared for the Public side. Put a manual 192.168.1.x address on the Mini LAN side. That works.
Please have a look.. http://download.parallels.com/desktop/v4/docs/en/Parallels_Desktop_Users_Guide/22249.htm Thanks