problem running tracert in Windows 2000VM

[EddieW]

I just installed Parallels Desktop 4.0 for Mac to do a PC networking course and am issuing tracert commands from a CMD prompt in a Windows 2000 VM. The output I'm getting is truncated compared to what Mac OSX Network Utility traceroute is giving me as shown below. Does anyone know why this is happening and how I can get the full hop count displayed? My VM is configured using Shared Networking with DHCP Server enabled. Thanks.

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C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>tracert www.parallels.com

Tracing route to www.parallels.com [64.131.89.6]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 99 ms 99 ms 97 ms www.parallels.com [64.131.89.6]

Trace complete.
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Traceroute has started ...

traceroute to www.parallels.com (64.131.89.6), 64 hops max, 40 byte packets
1 192.168.0.1 (192.168.0.1) 1.790 ms 8.040 ms 1.563 ms
2 * * *
3 * * *
4 * * *
5 * * *
6 ge13-1.br02.sjo01.pccwbtn.net (206.223.116.48) 31.409 ms 42.847 ms 30.420 ms
7 servint.ge5-7.br01.wdc02.pccwbtn.net (63.218.83.2) 307.767 ms 222.834 ms 248.320 ms
8 dl1-si-dc.parallels.com (64.131.87.26) 98.383 ms 103.501 ms 103.476 ms
9 prl1-si-dc.swsoft.net (64.131.90.252) 96.574 ms 100.145 ms 99.131 ms
10 www.parallels.com (64.131.89.6) 98.112 ms 99.051 ms 98.335 ms

 

[Elric]

Please try "Bridged" networking for the default adapter. If you network environment allows this configuration, all should work ok.

Generally, allowable network environment is normal ethernet network. I.e. Bridged will not work over ADSL-modems. Most of the times it is ok to be bridged to WiFi network interface, but sometimes, if WiFi network access point have special security settings selected, it will not work.

In case of Shared Networking - the Parallels Networking Component serves as NAT-server and it is due to this tracert finishes immediately with just one hop

 

[EddieW]

Thanks for that suggestion--tracert is now working as it should.

Given that my Win2000 VM now has it's own IP address separate from my Mac using Bridged Ethernet mode, do I need to install a firewall on my VM for security or will my VM still be protected behind OSX's firewall?