Apple removed Samba support for Lion, as a result, I am unable to connect to my university's network printer and drive (over wifi). So I decided to give Parallels/Windows 7 a try. Alas, after 5 hours of troubleshooting, the result is not quite successful.
Parallels allows the guest OS to connect to the Internet via 3 ways, Shared Network, Bridge Network, and Host-only network. I'm not just trying to connect to the Internet with my guest OS, but also to my school's wifi network such that I can access the network printer. Thus the only solution is to use the Bridge Network so my guest OS (Windows 7) can be recognised as a separate machine by the server.
My school's wifi network authenticates be requiring me to key in my student id and password as the WPA2 key. Unfortunately, Windows 7 only sees the bridged network connection as a LAN cable connection and thus I am unable to key in such credentials.
If I were to check the "Send host's MAC address to DHCP server" option, I would be able to bypass the network authentication and gain access to my school's network printer via the guest OS. This would however mean that my Mac would not be connected to the Internet:
There is only 1 IP address assigned to my MAC address, and my guest OS sort of removes my host OS's Internet connection.
My question is:
Is there a way to can allow my guest OS (Windows 7) to recognise the network connection as a wifi connection, such that I am able to use a separate MAC address, and enter my student credentials into the wifi network?
If not, is there any other solutions to this problem? (It would be a waste of my $80 if I can only partially solve this problem)
Parallels allows the guest OS to connect to the Internet via 3 ways, Shared Network, Bridge Network, and Host-only network. I'm not just trying to connect to the Internet with my guest OS, but also to my school's wifi network such that I can access the network printer. Thus the only solution is to use the Bridge Network so my guest OS (Windows 7) can be recognised as a separate machine by the server.
My school's wifi network authenticates be requiring me to key in my student id and password as the WPA2 key. Unfortunately, Windows 7 only sees the bridged network connection as a LAN cable connection and thus I am unable to key in such credentials.
If I were to check the "Send host's MAC address to DHCP server" option, I would be able to bypass the network authentication and gain access to my school's network printer via the guest OS. This would however mean that my Mac would not be connected to the Internet:
There is only 1 IP address assigned to my MAC address, and my guest OS sort of removes my host OS's Internet connection.
My question is:
Is there a way to can allow my guest OS (Windows 7) to recognise the network connection as a wifi connection, such that I am able to use a separate MAC address, and enter my student credentials into the wifi network?
If not, is there any other solutions to this problem? (It would be a waste of my $80 if I can only partially solve this problem)
