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Mac Forum / Applications / Virtual PC / June 2005Cannot connect to internet VPC 7.01 and OS 10.4.1?
I'm using Win 2K in VPC 7.0.1 and Tiger 10.4.1 I have it set to Shared Networking but the darn thing just will not access my internet connection through my Mac. I checked the firewall on my Mac is turned off and it gives me a message telling me that other firewall software is enabled and I have to turn that off? I haven't installed any other firewall software any where on the VPC or Mac so I have no idea what the hell is going on. Can someone please offer some advice how I can get connected via VPC again? Hi, I had this problem and I looked on the Microsoft website (VM7 help issues, etc)- it says to turn the Mac firewall ON - (I know, it confused me too, but it works!) Must be some kind of odd inverse thinking from microsoft! - actually, i think it is because if the mac has the firewall on it knows what is going on and is happy (sorry for the non-technical explanation), anyway, my firewall is set to on and the VM7 works on 10.4.1, this is a miracle i couldnt accomplish with vm6! check with the guys that know on this site before committing yourself, but it worked for me > I'm using Win 2K in VPC 7.0.1 and Tiger 10.4.1 > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Can someone please offer some advice how I can get connected via VPC > again? Virtual PC for Mac uses ipfw(1) rules in order to implement Shared Networking. So, Virtual PC actually enables your Mac's firewall in order to get the whole thing going. If you have 3rd party firewalls installed, they won't work with Virtual PC because Virtual PC does not attempt to make changes to their configuration. > Hi, I had this problem and I looked on the Microsoft website (VM7 help > issues, etc)- it says to turn the Mac firewall ON - (I know, it [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >> Can someone please offer some advice how I can get connected via VPC >> again?  Signature-- tonza. Unfortunately turning on OS X firewall didn't work :( Whenever I hit IE I just get the "cannot find server" page. I don't have a 3rd part firewall installed either. Typical microsoft they don't make anything that works the way it should or is easily remedied. Don't be too quick to blame Microsoft for this. It's actually Tiger that has caused the issue. When you get 'can't find server', it usually indicates that you may be experiencing a DNS issue. Go to a command prompt and try to ping 4.2.2.2 (Yahoo.com's DNS Server). If you get 4 replies, try to ping www.yahoo.com It will most likely fail. If so, you need to add your ISP's DNS server addresses in the TCP/IP Properties window. I looked in my System Preferences and there is no DNS server address. I am connected via Airport Express using ADSL on a line that is always "on". All I have within the TCP/IP Tab is:- IP Address: 10.0.1.2 Subnet Mask: 255.255.55.0 Router: 10.0.1.1 It all worked perfectly well before upgrading to Tiger, and I don't hold Apple responsible for MS not upgrading their own software. I'm not a tech person, never had to be as I use a Mac, so I'm quite confused about what has changed with VPC. I looked in my System Preferences and there is no DNS server address. I am connected via Airport Express using ADSL on a line that is always "on". All I have within the TCP/IP Tab are numbers for the following:- IP Address: Subnet Mask: Router: It all worked perfectly well before upgrading to Tiger, and I don't hold Apple responsible for MS not upgrading their own software. I'm not a tech person, never had to be as I use a Mac, so I'm quite confused about what has changed with VPC. On 6/27/05 7:10 PM, in article 1119913837.953630.54480@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com, "Paul Power" <paulkpower@gmail.com> wrote: > Don't be too quick to blame Microsoft for this. It's actually Tiger > that has caused the issue. When you get 'can't find server', it usually [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > need to add your ISP's DNS server addresses in the TCP/IP Properties > window. Joining thread to solve my problem as well. I have done this and been able to PING both the Server and the the Real name. Just as when I open IE I am able to access YAHOO and GOOGLE conduct searches all live. But when I try to access anything else such as MICROSOFT (any address) I get a 'can't find server' error. All I am trying to do is activate the automatic update for windows and to provide updated files for my Streets and Trips. This was the same when I attempted to activate my Windows XP Pro. It couldn't find the server and so I had to to it via telephone (painful to say the least). Running Tiger 10.4.1 and VPC 7.0.1 on an eMac 1.25. I don't have 10.3.9 as I just purchased everything. Not true... VPC, the Mac Firewall, and Netbarrier all use IPFW. Virtual PC adds rules to IPFW to pass through. That's what that warning about other firewall software is about... The problem is that Netbarrier is very enthusiastic and continually resets the rules that VPC puts in place, rather than honor that another program on the Mac has made rules changes. This is why the Mac is having problems. I recommend you contact Intego for support. Turns out for me it was a compatibility issue between VPC 7 and Win2k, seems they don't like each other. So today I installed XP Home, went through that ridiculous activation process over the phone and now all is well, I have full internet access. So it wasn't an Apple issue after all. Of course if only the 7.0.2 update was right everything would be perfect. Installed 7.0.2 and am able to get the updates for Streets and Trips and able to surf the net on everything but secure sites. If it tries a secure site or I attempt to set up Windows update I get a server timeout after a "Site found. Awaiting response" and then "Unable to connect". Is there a way to lengthen the server wait time? Hmm... I run Win2K and have never had networking problems. Odd. |
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