Question i have just had a new router installed with 13 static ips i need to configure to virtual machines can anyone help

[gergynamfauk]

my equipment is a hitron router a mac pro parallels vm software and windows 7 & or 10

 

[Ralston18]

More information needed:

Which model hitron router?

Are there any switches or other devices in place to connect 13 computers? Or do you intend to use wireless connectivity.

Do I understand correctly that all 13 computers are to have VPN?

Which/What VPN are you intending to use?

 

[kanewolf]

More information needed:

Which model hitron router?

Are there any switches or other devices in place to connect 13 computers? Or do you intend to use wireless connectivity.

Do I understand correctly that all 13 computers are to have VPN?

Which/What VPN are you intending to use?

I think the desire is to connect to 13 VMs on a single mac pro.

 

[USAFRet]

I think the desire is to connect to 13 VMs on a single mac pro.

Challenge accepted. Just let me spin up a few more:

 

[Ralston18]

I think the desire is to connect to 13 VMs on a single mac pro.

Okay - I see that now. Not sure why I ended up with VPN. Interesting.....

Now in "Watch" mode. Thanks.

 

[gergynamfauk]

More information needed:

Which model hitron router?

Are there any switches or other devices in place to connect 13 computers? Or do you intend to use wireless connectivity.

Do I understand correctly that all 13 computers are to have VPN?

Which/What VPN are you intending to use?

cgnv4 model no vpns no switches or other devices at this moment either mac pro is 2007/2008 running el capitan os parallels 13 business edition

 

[USAFRet]

SO what, exactly, are you wanting to do, and how does the router come into play with the VM's?

 

[gergynamfauk]

just need to assign 1 ip to each vm

 

[USAFRet]

just need to assign 1 ip to each vm

So, assuming your mac has sufficient CPU and RAM resources to run 13 simultaneous VM's, port forwarding in your router.

 

[gergynamfauk]

yes ive seen that but no idea how it works

 

[USAFRet]

What are these VM's actually going to do?

 

[gergynamfauk]

just normal stuff surfing and playing some on line games

 

[USAFRet]

just normal stuff surfing and playing some on line games

13 static IP address, and multiple VM's is not "just normal stuff surfing and playing some on line games ".

 

[USAFRet]

Static IP addresses are no problem. That is strictly between the device and the router. And you can have a couple hundred 'static IP's'. (in theory)

 

[gergynamfauk]

yes but configuring even one of them to give full internet access so far has eluded me

 

[gergynamfauk]

they are as an alternative to 4gee routers that i have used this far im finding a bit slow other option would have been vpns but i didnt want that route either

 

[USAFRet]

yes but configuring even one of them to give full internet access so far has eluded me

What VM software are you using?

 

[gergynamfauk]

parallels gnv4 model router
no vpns no switches or other devices at this moment either mac pro is 2007/2008 running el capitan os parallels 13 business edition

 

[USAFRet]

parallels

I've never used parallels.
What networking options does it give you?

 

[gergynamfauk]

shared ,bridged and host only

 

[USAFRet]

shared ,bridged and host only

And when you tried each of those options, what IP address did the client OS end up with?

 

[gergynamfauk]

depends if i entered one or not , if i did then whichever i chose but , no actual internet access so pointless

 

[USAFRet]

Does this tutorial help?
https://kb.parallels.com/4948

 

[gergynamfauk]

no been looking at that all day

 

[USAFRet]

no been looking at that all day

Ignore any static IP stuff.
Go back to basics:
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Shared Networking

This is the default and recommended network mode for virtual machines, as it does not require any specific configuring and works "out of the box".
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