I play online poker inside a Win7 VM, but for some reason every 30mins like clockwork the VM loses internet connectivity for 5-10 seconds. The other day when I was at a hotel I started logging the times, and it was every 30mins... although I chalked it up to some issue with the hotel's internet. The last few days it's been happening from home as well. Just like at the hotel... 3:59,4:29, 4:59, etc. All energy saver settings in mac os are set to "never" and the Win7 VM uses the default Parallels power saver profile.
The Mac's connectivity stays constant every time. In fact, I'm actually listening to a live streaming podcast in iTunes, which doesn't lose connection during the Win7 VM "hiccup".
MBP Retina Mid 2012, two external Thunderbolt displays
Mac OSX 10.9.2
Parallels 9.0.24229
Shared Networking (NAT)
Fiber Internet (150MB/75MB speeds), Connected via Ethernet but also happened via WiFi at hotel
Last edited: Apr 15, 2014