This is for accessing internet through a wireless card on a Windows machine and sharing it through a wired LAN segment with NO NAT in between. There seems to be some confused posters here.Let me clarify. Note2: I disabled IPv6 on 'wireless bridge' but probably unnecessary. Note1: This also works with LAN-LAN bridge Enjoy Internet on both your 'host PC' as well as add-on device connected to host PC via Ethernet (extension of your WiFi network).Select 'Use the following IP address' and manually fill in settings recorded from step TWO.Double-click IPv4 in bottom box to open IPv4 Properties.

Click Properties button (might be slow to populate, be patient).To correct this loss of Internet on 'host PC', go to Control Panel > Network and Internet > Network Connections, and double-click 'Network Bridge' to open Network Bridge Status dialogue.At this point, hosting PC will likely lose Internet especially if you connect a device on the Ethernet port.Rt-click on highlighted area and choose 'Bridge Connections' In Control Panel > Network and Internet > Network Connections, highlight WiFi and Ethernet (use shift click or Ctrl Click or shift arrow key).If you want to switch back to the Shared network mode, change this part to:Īnd restart the virtual machine.Wi-Fi CAN be bridged to Ethernet on Windows 10. Close the file, saving changes by clicking Command + S.Open the file in TextEdit: right-click config.ini > Open With > Other, check Enable All Applications select Text Edit, and click Open.This will create a config.ini file on your Mac Desktop. If it doesn't exist, open Terminal ( Applications > Utilities > Terminal) and execute the following command: Locate the virtual machine .macvm file: click on Parallels icon || > Control Center > right-click on the virtual machine > Show in Finder.

To enable the Bridged mode, please perform the following steps: This option might also be used as a workaround for cases when a macOS virtual machine (VM) on a Mac with Apple M1 chip has no network connection. Starting with Parallels Desktop 17.1 update, we introduce the support for Bridged network mode in macOS Monterey 12 virtual machine on a Mac with Apple M1 chip.

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