MacBook Pro M2 Max: Process to SSH from MacOS (iTerm) to Windows 11 VM on Parallels

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  1. IanL11

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    MacBook Pro:
    Apple M2 Max
    32 GB Memory
    Ventura 13.0 (22A8380)

    Parallels Desktop For Mac: Version 18.3.1 (53614)

    Instructions to re-create Issue:
    - On Mac, build a fresh Windows 11 VM in Parallels Desktop
    - After installation is complete and Windows 11 opens, go to settings snd search Password, and set a password for your user.
    - Restart Windows 11
    - Login prompt should accept the password you just made
    - Login
    - Open Powershell as administrator
    - Paste all of these commands

    ```
    Get-WindowsCapability -Online | ? Name -like 'OpenSSH*'
    Add-WindowsCapability -Online -Name OpenSSH.Client~~~~0.0.1.0
    Add-WindowsCapability -Online -Name OpenSSH.Server~~~~0.0.1.0
    Get-WindowsCapability -Online | ? Name -like 'OpenSSH*'
    Start-Service sshd
    Set-Service -Name sshd -StartupType 'Automatic'
    netstat -nao | find /i '":22"'
    Get-NetFirewallRule -Name *OpenSSH-Server* |select Name, DisplayName, Description, Enabled
    New-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\OpenSSH" -Name DefaultShell -Value "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -PropertyType String -Force
    if (!(Get-NetFirewallRule -Name "OpenSSH-Server-In-TCP" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Select-Object Name, Enabled)) else
    ```

    - Exit Powershell
    - Open PowerShell NOT as administrator
    - Run the following commands

    ```
    whoami
    Get-NetIPAddress | Format-Table
    ssh <user name>@localhost
    ```

    - your password should work to ssh into your own machine through localhost.
    - Exit
    - Run commands again to get IP address
    ```
    Get-NetIPAddress | Format-Table
    ```

    - Open terminal on your MacOS

    use ssh <username>@<IP address from the windows IP command from above>

    This procedure works perfectly on my MacBookPro Intel Processor with Parallels Desktop for Mac (Intel)

    On MacBook Pro M2 the terminal command hangs until the timeout after 120 seconds.
     

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