I have my XP VM set for bridged ethernet. Windows is unable to get an address from my DHCP server. I have tried re-installing parallels tools. Please help! edit: build 5608 here is XP ipconfig: Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. Windows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Stevexpmbp Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : warren.local Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Parallels Network Adapter Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1C-42-9D-AD-F3 Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.102.238 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : Here is Mac ifconfig: lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384 inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 gif0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1280 stf0: flags=0<> mtu 1280 en0: flags=8963<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 inet6 fe80::21b:63ff:fe93:3732%en0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4 inet 192.168.1.24 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 ether 00:1b:63:93:37:32 media: autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>) status: active supported media: autoselect 10baseT/UTP <half-duplex> 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex> 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex,hw-loopback> 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex,flow-control> 100baseTX <half-duplex> 100baseTX <full-duplex> 100baseTX <full-duplex,hw-loopback> 100baseTX <full-duplex,flow-control> 1000baseT <full-duplex> 1000baseT <full-duplex,hw-loopback> 1000baseT <full-duplex,flow-control> none fw0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 4078 lladdr 00:1b:63:ff:fe:7d:41:56 media: autoselect <full-duplex> status: inactive supported media: autoselect <full-duplex> en1: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 ether 00:1b:63:ca:15:d2 media: autoselect (<unknown type>) status: inactive supported media: autoselect en4: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 ether 00:1b:63:4b:7e:26 media: autoselect status: inactive supported media: none autoselect 10baseT/UTP <half-duplex> en2: flags=8963<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 inet6 fe80::21c:42ff:fe00:0%en2 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x8 inet 10.37.129.2 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.37.129.255 ether 00:1c:42:00:00:00 media: autoselect status: active supported media: autoselect en3: flags=8963<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 inet6 fe80::21c:42ff:fe00:1%en3 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x9 inet 10.211.55.2 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.211.55.255 ether 00:1c:42:00:00:01 media: autoselect status: active supported media: autoselect
disregard never mind... found out the switch i was plugged into was blocking multiple MAC addresses on the same port. not everything is Parallels fault!