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JRahm
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AdminVlan-tagging in Workstation/Player
Anyone know if it's possible to get the virtual networking environment within VMware workstation or player to handle vlan tags, and if so, how? I know this can be done in esx/esxi with virtual guest tagging (VGT). Thanks.
hwidjaja_37598Altostratus
Option 1, dynamips can emulate a cisco device to handle vlan tags.
Go to these links for more information:
graphical network simulator - http://www.gns3.net/
dynamips - http://www.ipflow.utc.fr/index.php/Cisco_7200_Simulator
dynagen - http://www.dynagen.org/
Important notice: you have to provide your own Cisco IOS to use with GNS3.
Option 2, explore Vyatta Click here- JRahmThese assume vmware workstation will pass the vlan tags from the guest, do you know this to be the case? BTW, big fan of gns3, recommend it all the time.
- hwidjaja_37598vmware workstation will just pass the vlan tags from the guest. I dont think vmware workstation/player support vlan tags but I believe there are more VM images or tools out there that can handle vlan tags within vmware workstation/player.
CMIIW ... - JRahmthat's good to know. I had trouble finding any documentation on that.
- JRahmJust to confirm that this works great in VMware workstation. It'll be in a tech tip later this week, but here's what I have configured on LTM VE and on a Vyatta Open Networking virtual appliance. I should note that the LTM VE configuration is performed in tmsh, and the Vyatta configuration is done logged into the appliance as vyatta/vyatta.
- Would i be right in saying VMWare would just pass as a dumb pipe. So if i have PFSense on the other side configured for dot1q, then that would work fine too?
- hwidjaja_37598Steve, you are right ...
