I seem to be facing this issue...using the parallels RC 3120, mac OS 10.4.8... I am VPNed in using Cisco VPN 4.9.0.1. I have the MacOS firewall up as well. When I use parallels in shared network mode the internet connect works but has trouble. By trouble I mean not all the info for say a wab page is coming back...So if i look at googles homepage I see the test but all the images are not being loaded...like its being blocked. Now if I turn the firewall off it works fine... So the firewall is my issue...yes...but does anyone know how to get parallels to work WITH the firewall up? Ive tried opening ports, etc but no success. Thanks!