On Sep 10, 2012, at 6:05 AM, Mugsy Lunsford wrote: > Instead of Googling, I'm Bruce-ing :) > > A friend asks - "Geeky, mac, networky people - problem - have new Macbook > Pro's from work with OSX Lion, the issue is that the Checkpoint VPN client > for 64 bit Lion requires a patch to the firewalls which hasn't been done (and > don't know when it will be done). I have Parallels running with an XP image & > can connect to VPN from within client XP OS in Parallels, is there any way > that I can get the OSX host to use the VPN in Parallels?"
Probably not. Theoretically, if the Parallels is running a bridged network to the Mac through Mac's physical network, you MAY be able to turn on network sharing in the Windows instance and point a pseudo network port on the Mac to the virtual machine for an IP address. You can create a TUN/TAP device, allegedly, using the info on this page: <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/87442/virtual-network-interface-in-mac-os-x> This is getting into serious voodoo networking though, and likely will only result in nothing getting out. Bribing the firewall admins with chocolate chip cookies, beer, and/or other sysadminish comestibles to patch the damn firewalls already will likely be a more fruitful avenue. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot?hl=en.
