Parallels and 802.11x

[richard4339]

I've noticed that when running any version of Windows through Parallels when connecting through a network that uses 802.11x authentication, Windows can never see the network connection. Is there a way to work around this?

 

[richard4339]

Just an update. Parallels doesn't see the network adapter in the emulated version as a wireless adapter; it just sees if you have an active connection. If you're using a WPA encrypted network, for example, Parallels puts you on the network, and assigns a second IP address on your router to this virtual machine. However, it does not do this for the wireless zero connection.

Any ideas anyone?

 

[theBB]

Just an update. Parallels doesn't see the network adapter in the emulated version as a wireless adapter; it just sees if you have an active connection. If you're using a WPA encrypted network, for example, Parallels puts you on the network, and assigns a second IP address on your router to this virtual machine. However, it does not do this for the wireless zero connection.

What is a wireless zero connection?

My impression is that WPA authentication on OSX lets virtual XP use the network. Is that not the case?

 

[yellow]

Not sure if this is your issue or not, but in my environment the MAC address of the wifi card must be registered. Parallels uses a virtualized NIC and has it's OWN MAC address. I simply changed the MAC address to be the same as the one I had registered for use and now I have no troubles at all.