I have been using Parallels Desktop for years. I updated to MacOS 11.1 about a week ago. More recently than that, I have encountered a serious neworking problem. Parallels Desktop seems to be involved. I have version 16.1.3-49160. After launching Parallels Desktop, no network I/O: imac3 502> ping **** PING **** (****): 56 data bytes Request timeout for icmp_seq 0 Request timeout for icmp_seq 1 After quitting the application, networking is OK again: imac3 503> ping **** PING panix2.panix.com (****): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 166.84.1.2: icmp_seq=0 ttl=232 time=80.029 ms 64 bytes from 166.84.1.2: icmp_seq=1 ttl=232 time=78.121 ms In both cases, I can reach my router: imac3 504> ping 192.168.0.1 PING 192.168.0.1 (192.168.0.1): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=1.384 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.884 ms This might be a routing problem. After launching Parallels Desktop, no network I/O: imac3 505> netstat -rn Routing tables Internet: Destination Gateway Flags Netif Expire default 192.168.0.1 UGSc en0 default link#17 UCSI bridge1 ! default link#19 UCSI bridge1 ! 10.37.129/24 link#19 UC bridge1 ! 10.211.55/24 link#17 UC bridge1 ! 127 127.0.0.1 UCS lo0 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH lo0 169.254 link#4 UCS en0 ! 192.168.0 link#4 UCS en0 ! 192.168.0.1/32 link#4 UCS en0 ! 192.168.0.1 24:4b:fe:2f:d8:c0 UHLWIir en0 1156 192.168.0.3 f0:18:98:63:ad:af UHLWIi en0 920 192.168.0.140/32 link#4 UCS en0 ! 192.168.0.175 12:53:49:93:bd:89 UHLWIi en0 927 224.0.0/4 link#4 UmCS en0 ! 224.0.0.251 1:0:5e:0:0:fb UHmLWI en0 255.255.255.255/32 link#4 UCS en0 ! Internet6: ... After quitting the application, networking is OK again: Routing tables Internet: Destination Gateway Flags Netif Expire default 192.168.0.1 UGSc en0 127 127.0.0.1 UCS lo0 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH lo0 169.254 link#4 UCS en0 ! 192.168.0 link#4 UCS en0 ! 192.168.0.1/32 link#4 UCS en0 ! 192.168.0.1 24:4b:fe:2f:d8:c0 UHLWIir en0 1191 192.168.0.3 f0:18:98:63:ad:af UHLWIi en0 903 192.168.0.140/32 link#4 UCS en0 ! 192.168.0.175 12:53:49:93:bd:89 UHLWIi en0 910 224.0.0/4 link#4 UmCS en0 ! 224.0.0.251 1:0:5e:0:0:fb UHmLWI en0 255.255.255.255/32 link#4 UCS en0 ! Internet6: ... My main issue is, of course, getting my network back. As well, I would like to try deleting the routes that appear in the table during failure mode, such as default link#17 UCSI bridge1 ! I would like to stress that in none of these tests did I launch any Parallels virtual machines. All I did was launch the Parallels Desktop application. Any suggestions?