Home Forums > Parallels Desktop for Mac > Windows Guest OS Discussion > Network adapater constantly disconnects. Discussion in 'Windows Guest OS Discussion' started by DanielG2. (or may be they are preinstalled in the VM BIOS, or smth like that). The idea is to let users connect to the network even if Parallels Tools are not installed. I have a late 2013 27in iMac running Sierra. After a couple of hours it 'disconnects' from my network, but in a very odd way. The computer can still access the network but I cannot connect to it via VNC, or if I have any services running on it I am unable to access them through my local IP.
Mac Disconnects From Wifi When Sleeping
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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. Mac Disconnects From InternetParallels For Mac Free
Nov 28, 2006 11:43 PM
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