DHCP and Shared Networking

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RukshanA

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Hi,

I need to configure the following using a Parallels Desktop for Mac:
* 1 VM running Windows Server 2008 with DHCP (Win2008VM)
* 1 VM running Windows 7 Professional (Win7VM)

I want the Win7VM to obtain an IP address from a DHCP server on Win2008VM. However, this doesn't happen. Parallels provides an IP for Win7VM. I am using Shared Networking on both VMs. Any idea why this is the case or how to resolve. All hints are highly appreciated!
 
I'm assuming that you are using PD5.

I'd suggest to add to the Win2008 VM second network adapter (in VM configuration) in HostOnly mode. Switch the XP to use HostOnly, then go to the menu Parallels Desktop -> Preferences -> Network and disable DHCP for HostOnly (not for shared)
 
Yes, I am using PD5. This worked. Thank you very much for your response!

After realising how PD5 provides IPs using DHCP for Shared/Host-Only networking and how it can be configured using Parallels Desktop -> Preferences -> Network, this opened up a whole new understanding of PD5 works. Thanks!
 
I am adding to an old posting but I hope someone sees this.

I am having the same issue with Server 2008 and clients installed on Parallels. I followed Elric's suggestion of adding a host-only network adapter to Server 08 and changing the client machine to host-only. I guess the problem I am having now is how do I configure the DHCP scope on Server 08? I tried creating a scope based on the IP address range from the shared network adapter, and I also tried created a second scope using a different IP range. Neither scope, from what I can tell, worked. The client machines are not able to contact the DHCP server.

What else should I do to get this to work?

** I am currently using Parallels 8.
 
Problem solved. I made a mistake in the scope options. I used the gateway address for the DNS server. Once I corrected that issue the DHCP server worked. I did not have to do anything that Elric suggested.

Server 2008 DHCP config on Parallels:

1. Go to Parallels "Preferences, Advance, Change Network Setting, and then Shared." Clear the setting for "Enable IPv4 DHCP."
2. Make sure all your virtual machine network settings are set to Shared.
3. Create the DHCP scope using a range of IPs from the same subnet that Parallels DHCP would use (you might be able to use a different range and subnet. I did not experiment with this).
4. Set the router IP in the scope options to the X.X.X.1 IP (same IP the server uses for its gateway).
5. DNS Server IP will be the IP address you assigned to the server or another DNS Server IP if you have one.
6. DNS Domain Name is the name of your domain.
7. Set your client virtual machines to DHCP and it should pull the IP address from the scope you just created.

This might be very simple for some, but I had trouble figuring it out in the beginning. So I hope this helps someone out there.
 
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