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    <title>topic Bridge VM only possible with vDS or promiscuous mode? in vSphere™ vNetwork Discussions</title>
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    <description>&lt;P&gt;For a client project we need to set up a VM which acts as a network bridge for other VMs on ESXi hosts. Due to the way the normal vSwitch works the traffic for other VMs is being dropped.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;To make this work we need a virtual switch that supports MAC learning + forged transit. We have set up a demo using a vDS switch that supports this and it's working. However, the licensing cost for vDS seems prohibitive as either Enterprise Plus or vSAN license is needed.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;We found as an alternative it is possible to enable promiscuous mode on a normal vSwitch, this works also, but this brings additional traffic and security issues that are not acceptable.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Is there any other way to this to work?&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2021 08:47:10 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>ruud13</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2021-03-25T08:47:10Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Bridge VM only possible with vDS or promiscuous mode?</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-vNetwork-Discussions/Bridge-VM-only-possible-with-vDS-or-promiscuous-mode/m-p/2838071#M14275</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;For a client project we need to set up a VM which acts as a network bridge for other VMs on ESXi hosts. Due to the way the normal vSwitch works the traffic for other VMs is being dropped.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;To make this work we need a virtual switch that supports MAC learning + forged transit. We have set up a demo using a vDS switch that supports this and it's working. However, the licensing cost for vDS seems prohibitive as either Enterprise Plus or vSAN license is needed.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;We found as an alternative it is possible to enable promiscuous mode on a normal vSwitch, this works also, but this brings additional traffic and security issues that are not acceptable.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Is there any other way to this to work?&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2021 08:47:10 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>ruud13</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2021-03-25T08:47:10Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Bridge VM only possible with vDS or promiscuous mode?</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-vNetwork-Discussions/Bridge-VM-only-possible-with-vDS-or-promiscuous-mode/m-p/2838168#M14276</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Hery, how are you?&lt;BR /&gt;Can you attach screenshots of the NICs and how you have them configured?&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2021 15:15:44 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>nachogonzalez</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2021-03-25T15:15:44Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Bridge VM only possible with vDS or promiscuous mode?</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-vNetwork-Discussions/Bridge-VM-only-possible-with-vDS-or-promiscuous-mode/m-p/2838307#M14277</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I can't access the VM stack at the moment, but I put in the attached diagram how it's configured, I hope it's clear enough.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2021 10:19:42 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>ruud13</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2021-03-26T10:19:42Z</dc:date>
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