Network Adapter Settings

The Network Adapter pane of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog allows you to manage the virtual machine network settings.

Enabled. Select this option if you want to enable this network adapter in the virtual machine. If you want to temporarily disable the network adapter without deleting it from the virtual machine configuration, clear the Enabled check box.

Note : The Enabled option can be selected or cleared only when the virtual machine is stopped.

Connected . Select this option if you want the virtual machine to start up with this network adapter connected.

In the Virtual Network menu, select a virtual network to which the network adapter will be connected. To see the list of all virtual networks available to the Parallels physical server, to edit their settings, or create a new virtual network, refer to the Server Settings dialog .

Direct Assignment (using Intel VT-d) . Select this option to allow the virtual machine to access the local network and Internet through a PCIe network adapter with the help of the Intel VT-d technology. Before selecting a PCIe network adapter, you will need to assign it to your virtual machines in the Intel VT-d pane of the Server Settings dialog and install the manufacturer's driver for this PCIe device inside the virtual machine. The driver should support the Intel VT-d technology.

In the MAC address field, you can change the MAC address currently assigned to the virtual machine. MAC addresses are automatically generated during the virtual machine creation. However, you can modify the default MAC address by typing another value in the MAC address field or clicking the Generate button. When entering a new MAC address, make sure that it is unique within your network.

WiFi Bridging Support

To be able to connect to wireless networks from your virtual machine:

1. Make sure the WiFi network adapter is available to the Parallels physical server.
2. Create a Bridged virtual network to which the WiFi network adapter is connected. For more information on creating a virtual network, refer to Adding a Virtual Network .
3. In the Network Adapter pane, select the Virtual Network option and choose the newly created Bridged virtual network from the drop-down list.
4. Click OK to apply the changes.

After you perform these steps, your virtual machine will be able to connect to the Internet through the WiFi adapter of the Parallels physical server.

When you try to connect to the Internet via WiFi, and the WiFi Access Point has the Validate DHCP packets option enabled, you may experience problems with connecting to the Internet. In this case, enable the Send the host's MAC address to DHCP server option to ensure that your virtual machine gets an IP address for accessing the Internet.

Note: Enabling the Send the host's MAC address to DHCP server option will not work with some DHCP servers - your virtual machine may get the same IP address as the Parallels physical server has.

When you finish, click OK to save the changes and quit the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog. If you do not want to save the changes, click Cancel .