Setting up a Static IP address for Parallels....

[gpspad]

I have a small slow home network, the ISP is verizon DSL (best ISP I can get), and I am running a 3TB time capsule as my router bridged to the DSL modem. I have a few mac mini's connected through ethernet. I run two of the mini's headless.

One is my main mac, the other is running OSX server and plex, and the last is running windows 7 through OSX and parallels. It all runs fine, but ever once in a while the ip addresses changes. Somehow I would like the windows 7 VM to have a static ip address that doesn't change.

I don't care if the rest of the IP addresses change and don't need a static ip from the outside into my house. MY ISP is too slow for that.

Is there any way to do this?

I am a networking newbie, but think i can figure it out, just need to know where to start...

 

[belvdr]

Configure the VM to be on a bridged network. If you have multiple NICs on the Mac, then select the adapter to bridge it to. If you select "Default Adapter", it will use the first adapter based on System Preferences.

While you're configuring the network on the VM, take note of the MAC address under "Advanced Settings". On your TC, configure a DHCP reservation for the VM's MAC address. Once complete, reboot your Windows 7 VM and it should pull the configured DHCP address and it should never change.

Here's Apples KB on doing so:

https://support.apple.com/kb/PH22783