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Hello, I hope you and your loved ones are safe and healthy.   I am want to integrate a Cisco Integrated Service Router "RV-345" into my network & use VLAN to segregate traffic.   Current setup: Netgear Wi-Fi router is the only component carrying out network access and routing. Here is a simple representation of the network:   WAN port is connected via CAT-6 cable to ISPs box. NAS with 2 network port working in bond mode (combined speed instead of fault tolerance) connected to port 1 & 2 of the Netgear. Workstation with 2 Intel NICs connected to ports 3 & 4 of the Netgear router. This workstation has ESXi installed and 12 VMs running on it.     Proposed setup: Cisco ISR 345 will carry out wired access and routing while setting Netgear to access point mode. Further requirements for VLANs:     VMs running on ESXi require separation using VLANs. I will have multiple VLANs which while segregated from each other need access for few central services like the DHCP, DNS (reachable via Wi-Fi access point port) and one VLAN on the ESXi which will be for logging. Currently, a Raspberry Pi running DHCP and DNS servers provides these network services. This is connected via Wi-Fi for now. This is important to note as I would need Wi-Fi to extend all VLANs to reach these central services. Raspberry Pis will eventually be connected via ethernet, but right now, they are connected via Wi-Fi.   Questions: As per my understanding, ESXi is where I have to create the VLANs and extend them via Cisco ISR. Is this correct? How do I ensure that the Wi-Fi port forwards all VLANs? In other words, how do I ensure that backbone network services (DHCP, DNS) are available irrespective of the VLANs From the NAS, I have a volume mounted on the workstation using iSCSI. Are there any implications using VLANs on this?   I apologise if the post is missing information and more is required. Kindly let me know if something needs to be added. ... View more

Are there any pre-request for sd-wan in order to see all aplication in Top Applications? After 2 months, all I can see are SD-WAN Control, SD-WAN Management, Domain Name Service, Session Traversal Utilities for NAT and so on. All other apps are in kb size. ... View more

Hi Team, I have one concern/feasibility check request from customer to consider VMware edge as perimeter firewall for their IT private cloud.   Afaik, above theory is not reco mmended as Edge firewall lacks advanced features such as IDS,IPS etc,. (At least I’m not aware if they are supported) My queries are below 1. Can Gateway firewall supports IDS ? (For North-south traffic) 2. Let's say if I use gateway firewalls in  cluster, will there be stateful information sync between them. For example, if one gateway firewall is down then do clients need to re-establish their connection? 3. If I integrate 3rd party service firewalls, can they work as Active/Active cluster? I see there is a limitation of running Active/Standby services in NSX for stateful services. Is this citation applicable to 3rd party services as well? Thanks in advance.   ... View more

Hi scott28tt, thanks for the response. I am sending previews of vSwitch and the configuration of one VM in the attachment. What I don't like are the double MAC addresses. As an example (see screen), you see one VM that has only one network card (setup), but there are two MACs (double) and on the vSwitch. Thanks, Martin ... View more