QCheck only runs under Windows. Parallels is a Mac software package that lets you install a copy of Windows on a Mac with an Intel processor (all recent Macs) that runs at the same time (in "Parallel" with) the Mac OS. You can then install QCheck as a Windows application. It looks and works just like it does on a pure Windows machine.
When you install QCheck, it installs the Windows EndPoint software and uses it automatically, again, just like it does on a Windows machine. You do NOT need to install the Mac EndPoint software. However, this means that you must enter the Windows IP address in QCheck's "From EndPoint" box rather than the Mac OS's IP address.
This may be obvious to most people but I didn't even realize that Windows running under Parallels has a different IP address than the Mac OS. It took me longer than I'd like to admit to figure out why QCheck kept saying "No partner program is waiting to accept this TCP Sockets connection" even for loopback tests when I entered the Mac's IP address.
In case, like me, you've forgotten how to find Windows' IP address:
- Click the Parallels button in the Mac's menu bar. A drop-down menu appears.
- Click "Windows Start Menu". Windows' Start menu pops up.
- Click All Programs -> Accessories -> Command Prompt. A Command Prompt window opens.
- Enter ipconfig. It displays several lines of information about the IP interface.
- The IPv4 address what QCheck wants. NOT the IPv6 address.
There are several other ways to run Windows programs on Macs. If you've tried QCheck with them, perhaps you'd like to add posts to this one telling us whether it worked and any un-obvious things we need to know to use it.
When you install QCheck, it installs the Windows EndPoint software and uses it automatically, again, just like it does on a Windows machine. You do NOT need to install the Mac EndPoint software. However, this means that you must enter the Windows IP address in QCheck's "From EndPoint" box rather than the Mac OS's IP address.
This may be obvious to most people but I didn't even realize that Windows running under Parallels has a different IP address than the Mac OS. It took me longer than I'd like to admit to figure out why QCheck kept saying "No partner program is waiting to accept this TCP Sockets connection" even for loopback tests when I entered the Mac's IP address.
In case, like me, you've forgotten how to find Windows' IP address:
- Click the Parallels button in the Mac's menu bar. A drop-down menu appears.
- Click "Windows Start Menu". Windows' Start menu pops up.
- Click All Programs -> Accessories -> Command Prompt. A Command Prompt window opens.
- Enter ipconfig. It displays several lines of information about the IP interface.
- The IPv4 address what QCheck wants. NOT the IPv6 address.
There are several other ways to run Windows programs on Macs. If you've tried QCheck with them, perhaps you'd like to add posts to this one telling us whether it worked and any un-obvious things we need to know to use it.
