Parallels 5 running very nicely (on a MacBook Pro with Snow Leopard). I just want to know, how do I ping my VM (Windows 7) from another machine on my local (192.168.0...) network ? I understand that if I set the VM's network adaptor to "Bridged" then the VM will get its own "192..." address (presumably allocated by my router's DHCP). But is there a way to ping a VM without having to do that, like some kind of address (that of the host OS I guess) accompanied by a port or whatever? No actual problems, and I can ping other machines from the VM, which is based on Boot Camp. From Boot Camp the W7 can ping other machines OK and (once I told it my network was Local, not Public, as is default) it can be pinged OK from elsewhere. I am just trying to get more comfortable about networking and to be in a stronger position to handle any problems, should they arise.
Hello Espy, assuming VM is in bridged mode, in command line, please execute the following command: ipconfig /all Host name string will display name that you can use instead of IP address to ping the virtual machine from another computer.