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Please set Parallels Network Adapter to Shared networking; 3. In Windows please open Network Connections, right-click LAN icon, find Local Area Connection properties, select Internet Protocol TCP/IP properties, open General Tab and select Obtain IP. Cannot connect to Parallels VM over network. Ask Question. Up vote 3 down vote favorite. Mac Parallels - Bridged network. Can't connect to internet on Vmware Fusion on guest os. VMware Workstation 7.0 guests cannot connect to internet. Can't connect to VMWare Player from host machine.

Consequently Windows 8 or any other OS running in a VM on a Mac can't show and access any Mac internal Wi-Fi in their network settings. There might be one exception: USB-Wi-Fi sticks directly attached to the virtual machine. Aug 26, 2012  Can't Connect To Internet. Discussion in 'General Questions' started by John A, Jul 8, 2009. Parallels 7 for Mac is a respectable upgrade from version 6. It’s an easy and elegant solution to running Windows on the Mac, and you don’t have to be an expert to figure it all out either. I have successfully installed Parallels and Windows XP on my MacBook. Initially I was able to gain internet access via IE. Now, for reasons I don't understand (i.e.

I am trying to connect to my VM (Windows Server 2008 R2) through my Mac.

I have tried

• Host only network,
• Shared network and
• Bridged,

but I cannot connect with any of them. I am just trying to get to port 80. I cannot ping from my Mac to the VM, but I can ping from the VM to the Mac.

Any ideas?

2 Answers

More than likely the Windows Firewall is doing its job. You can create exceptions, or just disable it in Services.

Are there any antivirus/firewall installed on the VM? Typically McAfee or Nrorton 'Security' settings block ping and such network traffic.

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So, you’ve purchased and downloaded the installer for the brand new Parallels Desktop 11, and when you go to run the installer, you see this:

So, what’s going on?

Parallels Desktop 11 has different system requirements than previous versions of Parallels Desktop. In particular, Parallels Desktop 11 requires Mavericks, Yosemite, or El Capitan. It will not install on Lion or Mountain Lion. The Mac Finder realizes this, and puts the international “Not” sign on top of the installer to prevent you from installing an app that won’t run on your system.

There is no workaround for this. You will have to upgrade to Mavericks, Yosemite, or El Capitan to install Parallels Desktop 11, or move the installer to a different Mac that has one of those Mac OS versions.

Here is the full list of System Requirements for Parallels Desktop 11:

System Requirements for Parallels Desktop 11 for Mac

Can't Connect Mac To Wifi

• Intel-based Mac with Intel Core 2 Duo processor or higher required
• Minimum 4 GB of RAM
• 850 MB disk space for Parallels Desktop installation, plus space to allocate to your virtual machine
• Mac OS X 10.10.3 Yosemite or later; Mac OS X 10.9.3 Mavericks or later; Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan
• Internet connection required for product download, activation, updates, and select features
• Requires Windows or other operating system (not included)

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If you need any more assistance, don’t forget that you can reach out to our Support team a few different ways: on Twitter with the handle @ParallelsCares; on Facebook in a private message or under our Support tab; through My Account; or on our website.