I run a 17" MBP w/ 2GB RAM. Wireless internet has been awesome anywhere I go and works wonderfully with both OS X and Windows. But for whatever reason, it is not the same with a wired connection. When I connect the network cable into my laptop, the OS X internet works great but Windows doesn't pick up a signal at all. I've been into the command prompt and ipconfig to see my settings, all of which look normal since I have a local IP address. When I release and renew, I pick up the same IP addresses for all of my settings. However, I am not able to ping the default gateway, which I assume is controlled by Parallels software. When I try pinging, it times out the connection. I have not tried any other wired connections to see if it's just this connection, but I don't understand why that would matter. Thanks for any advice!
Oh, Shared Networking must have been the problem. I thought it WAS shared but I guess not. I had Default Networking in use but when I clicked on Shared Networking, it fixed the Internet problems. Thanks!
Yes, I find that Shared Networking has worked very well as a default for me. Perhaps I don't really understand the value in the other options -- perhaps those potential values aren't that important to me -- but Shared Networking "works" and makes some other issues less problematic.
