PD6: Configuring Host Network Settings For Parallels' Virtual Networks?

The option for displaying network adapters for shared and host-only networking in System Preferences seems to be missing from Parallels Desktop 6. Is there some other way to set the host's network settings for Parallels Desktop 6's virtual networks?

 

As designed AFAIK. See the Parallels application preferences.

 

Yes, the option was removed from GUI, but it is possible to open config-file and enable it. To do so

1) Start the /Application/Utilities/Terminal and execute command "sudo chmod a+rw /Library/Preferences/Parallels/network.desktop.xml" (without quotes, will ask for the password). This will allow all users to write to this file

3) Open in the TextEdit the above-mentioned file. Find in it the lines <HiddenAdapter>1</HiddenAdapter> and replace in these lines the numer 1 to 0 (to make it be <HiddenAdapter>0</HiddenAdapter>)

4) Optionally (it is recommended step) restore back permissions of the file by executing command "sudo chmod 622 /Library/Preferences/Parallels/network.desktop.xml"

5) Reboot the Mac (there should be way to do this without reboot but I'm not able to provide it at the moment)

 

What settings do you need to change for the Parallels Network Adapters in System Preferences that you can't change using Parallels Desktop?

 

Thanks Elric. I find it odd that this feature was removed from the GUI without anything to replace it. Maybe the original plan was to add the host adapter settings directly into the Parallels Desktop GUI (eliminating the need for showing an adapter in System Preferences)?

The host adapters for Parallels' virtual networks are currently not configurable in Parallels Desktop 6. The host adapters are what give your computer IP addresses on Parallels' virtual networks (shared and host-only). If you have a shared network that has a DHCP start address of 10.211.55.1 your computer probably has an IP address of 10.211.55.2 and can be connected to from within a VM using shared networking with that IP address. Ideally the IP address used by the host should be configurable (or at least listed with the rest of the virtual network configuration) so that IP address conflicts can be more easily avoided.

 

No.. it was completely removed.

But may be you will be interested in the next information:

there is a setting to modify DHCP-range for Parallels virtual network.

Parallels Network Adapter ip-address is computated automatically as second ip address in this net. The first one is given to DHCP/NAT. So, if DHCP-settings are 10.211.55.0-10.211.55.255, the IP-address of HostIface will be 10.211.55.2

May be this post will be also useful: http://forum.parallels.com/showpost.php?p=418954&postcount=2

 

That should read 10.211.55.1-10.211.55.254 (the defaults). The Default Gateway (DHCP/NAT?) in Windows will be assigned 10.211.55.1 and all your virtual machines are counted after that. I have a VM that's at 10.211.55.19. Every VM is given a different IP by DHCP so you don't have to worry about conflicts unless you're assigning addresses manually. If your host Mac is somehow in the 10.211.55.x range, then you can change the IP range used by Parallels shared/host only networking in the Parallels Desktop preferences that Olivier and Elric are talking about.

Parallels Desktop -> Preferences -> Advanced -> Network: Change settings