Parallels For Mac No Wifi
Parallels is still the best way to run Windows on a Mac simultaneously and the latest version of Parallels 14 has just been released. Parallels allows you to conveniently run all those Windows only applications and games that don’t run on Mac. Here we’ve taken a first look at the new macOS Mojave ready version of Parallels. Your Mac loses Internet connection when the virtual machine is launched. Internet connection is slow, unstable and intermittent. Your Mac uses WiFi connection and your virtual machine is configured to use Bridged:Default or Bridged:WiFi type of network connection. Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) is used for WiFi connection.
Use Shared Networking
Before loading the XP Virtual Machine, configure your Network Adapter to used Shared Networking. This is faux-networking as essentially, all traffic is passed from Parallels through the Mac network connection. It works, but sometimes you need real networking.
Use Host Only Networking
Host Only networking allows Windows to not seek an external network access point. Instead, combined with the Mac internet connection sharing, you can achieve the desired result.
From the Finder, choose System Preferences from the Apple menu.
Under the Internet & Network sub-heading, click on Sharing.
Under the Firewall sub-tab, either disable the firewall altogether or allow “Personal Web Sharing”.
Under the Internet sub-tab, choose AirPort from the Share Your Connections From dropdown.
Check only Ethernet Adapter (en2) in the selection box. This will allow only your Virtual Machine to connect via (virtual) ethernet to the Mac subsytem. The click Start.
You should now have a pure networking environment inside the Windows XP Virtual Machine.
Try setting the adapter to 'Default Adapter'.
Turn off/disable any Windows® Firewall.
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Nov 28, 2006 11:43 PM
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I have two virtual machines running on Parallels desktop (v11 if that makes a difference). They are operating in Shared network mode.
When I have a wireless or Bluetooth network connection they can communicate between each other fine.
When I lose that connection (phone tether drops out, flying, etc) the virtual machines no longer are able to communicate with each other.
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I have also tried the network in Host Only mode to no avail.
Is there some way I can have these virtual machines communicate with each other even when I do not have an external network connection?
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From Parallels Knowledge Base the following indicates an internet connection is required for this to work. No idea why that would be a requirement.