Unsupported usb-wifi in parallels desktop

[Patrik]

Hey guys.

 

Just thought up a way of using my unsupported wifi usbstick with OSX.

 

Using XP (or any other OS with support for your usbstick) in Parallels Desktop and ICS i managed to get on my wifi with OSX.

Disable the dhcp under preferences-network-shared networking in parallels desktop, setup your wifi usbstick in your guest OS (install drivers, programs), share your wifi, and you should be up and running.

You should now see in System preferences under network that your Parallels NAT network card have gotten an ip in the network 192.168.0.x.

 

It works fine for me like this, hope this might help you too.

 

Best regards Patrik

 

PS. Just tested using bridging which also works, probably better since it puts you in the same ip range.