Need advice on accessing Internet

Discussion in 'Parallels Desktop for Mac' started by sam4022, Mar 8, 2007.

  1. sam4022

    sam4022 Junior Member

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    I am a recent Mac user and have found the machine a genuine pleasure to use thus far with the exception of Parallels. I may be missing something and please correct me if I missed something during the install but I cannot access the Internet using Explorer. I am getting 'page not found' message. I have a cable modem and according to the machine it is connected and working as a local network connection.

    I attempted to contact Parallels Help via email 5 days ago without any response so I've sent another 2 days ago and am waiting for any response. However, I need to use Windows XP Pro SP2 for several applications and have been going back and forth between the Mac and PC.

    Any and all advice appreciated....thanks,

    Sam
     
    Last edited: Mar 8, 2007
  2. strells

    strells Product Expert

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    Shared or bridged networking? Do you get an IP address in Windows?

    Steve
     
  3. itsdapead

    itsdapead Hunter

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    Look in the parallels VM configuration editor under "Network Adaptor" - you have three options: Shared Networking, Bridged Ethernet and Host-only.

    If you've just got a straightforward cable modem that only supports a single computer, then you need to use "Shared Networking" mode in Parallels in order to let windows connect to the internet.

    If you've got a home router/gateway/firewall box designed to share a connection between several PCs then you can use "bridged ethernet" mode instead.
     
  4. sam4022

    sam4022 Junior Member

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    I'm not sure. This is a single machine connected to a cable modem. The Mac connection works fine. All I did to install Parallels was to follow the Quick Start Guide.
     
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  5. sam4022

    sam4022 Junior Member

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    It's s straightforward cable modem supporting a single machine. How do I get to the parallels VM configuration editor?
     
  6. darkone

    darkone Forum Maven

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    when you start parallels, does it start the VM straight away or do you have to click the start button ?
    If you have to press the start button, then you should be able to click Edit > virtual machine in the Parallels menu and edit the settings there... else you will have to edit the pvs file in the VM directory and set the start_auto setting to 0 then run parallels.
     
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  7. sam4022

    sam4022 Junior Member

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    Thank You All

    It's working fine. Shared network checked.

    Thank you all very much.
     

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