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qe_102628
Jul 29, 2010Nimbostratus
Q1) Are my assumptions correct? Should the VLANs be setup this way or should I not use the VMWare VMNet adapter IPs?
A1) The IP addresses that you're seeing in the output from ipconfig are the Windows machine's IP addresses. You do not want to use these as the IP addresses of the BIG-IP. While the Virtual Edition is running on your laptop, it's accessed as if it's a completely separate physical machine. You will want to use unique IP addressing that's within the same subnet. Before assigning a unique address to the BIG-IP try pinging the address from your Windows machine. If the address responds, something else is already configured for that IP.
Q2) Should the Virtual server have the same IP as the VMNet1? I can ping that from outside of VMWare, from my laptop's command shell. If I set it to an arbitrary IP I cannot ping it from the outside so that doesn't work for me right now.
A2)The Virtual Server should not have the same IP address as the Windows Workstation's VMNet1 interface . See my previous answer. Unique addressing must be used across machines.
Q3) How do I see what connections have arrived to the load-balancer? I see the logs in the management UI but I see no connections from my laptop.
A3) I think you're looking in the right place. Given the configuration issue you've mentioned, it sounds like traffic isn't reaching the BIG-IP.