Use Parallels and NAT to access certain network setups
Oct 20, '06 07:30:03AM • Contributed by: Anonymous
Oct 20, '06 07:30:03AM • Contributed by: Anonymous
If, like me, you use Parallels Desktop a lot on for-pay access points, or otherwise locked-down networks, where adding an additional MAC address to the same wireless card might cause problems, then this hint is for you.
A sign that you're having an issue is that you get the T-mobile authentication page, or none of the networks inside your Parallels virtual machines seem to work. You'll also note that the systems seem to be on the same subnet, e.g. 10.254.x.x.
The solution that I've found works is to go into Parallels' network configuration section, and tell it to bind to en0. Then go into the Sharing pane in OS X's System Preferences and tell it to share from AirPort to Ethernet. This has the effect of setting up NAT to your en0 interface, and Parallels hooks into that to get internet access. Since everything is masqueraded through your airport (en1) interface, it magically works.
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