Network two imac with Parallels 11 and El Cap

[deany]

Hi

Help needed from networking experts!

We have an annoying intermittent wireless network connection problem with two iMacs (iMac 1 -'Master' and iMac 2 'Slave' running El Cap and Windows 7 in Parallels 11 pvm

Sometimes they connect in Parallels sometime not - its flakey.
Password on both Windows 7 pvm are disabled in network settings (both imacs)

No password login on windows 7 pvm (both iMacs)

Have done this -

Start\Run or Command Prompt and enter "control userpasswords2" without explanation
marks
On the Users tab, clear the Users Must Enter A User Name And Password To Use This
Computer check box and then
click OK.

Connection can be made on the mac side (usually).
1st question how can the mac to mac side be permanent? - it seems to lose it with reboots
Homegroup has been setup on iMac two with a shared folder "Steph's folder"

The error when double clicking on iMac 2 a shortcut to "Steph's folder" the shared older (this folder is located on Windows 7 pvm on iMac 1)

This is a screenshot on iMac2 in W7 pvm "Steph's folder" the folder we want to access in visible but on double click on the shortcut to "Steph's folder" the 2nd screenshot above appears - but we dont have a password setup on the W7 pvm!!

Both iMacs bought new 2015
Both iMacs running up to date macOS and uptodate W7
Both iMac have Norton 2.0 on W7 pvm
Both running Parallels 11
Time Capsule is our "modem" / connection devise


Any help appreciated as its a total mystery and very annoying

Thanks in advance

ps
both imac are now "talking" with -
on iMac 2

on iMac 1

 

[Altemose]

@deany Just for clarification, you are trying to get iMac 1 which runs El Cap and Windows to share a folder with iMac 2 that runs El Cap and Windows and for it to work across both operating systems on both iMacs?

 

[deany]

@deany Just for clarification, you are trying to get iMac 1 which runs El Cap and Windows to share a folder with iMac 2 that runs El Cap and Windows and for it to work across both operating systems on both iMacs?

Hi
Thanks for your reply. The Shared folder in located on iMac 1 and I want a permanent trouble free way to connect from iMac two
it is working at the moment but it seems to "break" with this window coming up-

neither machines have a Windows 7 password enabled

Thanks

 

[Altemose]

i
Thanks for your reply. The Shared folder in located on iMac 1 and I want a permanent trouble free way to connect from iMac two
it is working at the moment but it seems to "break" with this window coming up-

I believe that this is due to the virtual machine attempting to access and file share through OS X. I would look at configuring Parallels to set Windows as its own network adapter. I know by default, VMWare puts the VM behind the OS X NAT through an Internet Sharing-style network passthrough. In VMWare, I can then set it to use the VM as an independent network adapter where it gets its own IP from the router and all. I am sure Parallels has some sort of similar functionality.

If you need a hand knocking all of this out, I could probably give you some help using TeamViewer.

 

[IHelpId10t5]

Make sure that your Parallels VM is set us to "bridged" networking and not "shared" networking (http://kb.parallels.com/en/4948).

 

[Altemose]

Make sure that your Parallels VM is set us to "bridged" networking and not "shared" networking (http://kb.parallels.com/en/4948).

This is exactly what I was describing! Thank you for posting the knowledge base article!