

Start up Parallels and select your Windows virtual machine, but don't start it up. Try setting the adapter to "Default Adapter". You should now have a pure networking environment inside the Windows XP Virtual Machine. This will allow only your Virtual Machine to connect via (virtual) ethernet to the Mac subsytem. Under the Internet sub-tab, choose AirPort from the Share Your Connections From dropdown.Ĭheck only Ethernet Adapter (en2) in the selection box. Under the Firewall sub-tab, either disable the firewall altogether or allow “Personal Web Sharing”. Under the Internet & Network sub-heading, click on Sharing. Instead, combined with the Mac internet connection sharing, you can achieve the desired result.įrom the Finder, choose System Preferences from the Apple menu.

Host Only networking allows Windows to not seek an external network access point. It works, but sometimes you need real networking. This is faux-networking as essentially, all traffic is passed from Parallels through the Mac network connection. Before loading the XP Virtual Machine, configure your Network Adapter to used Shared Networking.
