Switching networks

Discussion in 'Parallels Desktop for Mac' started by Bandito, Apr 27, 2006.

  1. Bandito

    Bandito Member

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    Great work on B5 - its really rocking now!

    The default network adapter setting is a good addition, but the VM still needs to be rebooted when moving from an Airport/Wireless network to a wired network. Is there any way around this?
     
  2. mmak

    mmak Member

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    I just posted this in another thread. MBP 1.8 GHz, 1 GB ram

    I have tried this at work and home and it works. At work, I connect through ethernet, at home through Airport to a linksys wireless router (which is connected to the cable modem). I got tired of reconfiguring the VM file everytime I moved from home to work, so here is what I did:
    1. Set the VM configuration to Airport, en1, for good.
    2. At work, I turn internet sharing on in the Sharing control panel(internet tab). I select the built-in ethernet connection from the popup menu, and the airport from the list below it. ie, computers using airport will share my ethernet connection. I found this to work even if airport is off. Also, this avoids the need to get a second ip from my work, I tested that by visiting ipChicken from OS X and Win2k. The older way, having both VM and OSX use ethernet I was getting two different ip numbers.
    3. At home, I turn Internet sharing off, and now VM and OSX get different ip numbers behind the router, but the same earthlink one for the internet.
    Under this setup, both filesharing and printer sharing work great.
    I am by no means a networking guru, I hope this helps.
     

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