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iloveexchange
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‎10-23-2011 04:28 PM

Set/Configure Nat on Esxi 5

Hi,

I am setting up a test environment.

I have a single Host ESXi 5 on our company network.

I want to setup several Guests inclusing AD, DNS/DHCP. I want to completely separate it from the Company Network.

I want my Guests VMs to access ONLY internet via the Host. No DHCP, DNS, AD

How can I setup my ESXi 5 environment so that my Guest VMs ONLY has internet access via the ESXi 5 Host?

Thank you,

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NinjaHideout
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‎10-30-2011 09:09 AM

You can simply create a vSwitch with no uplink. Connecting your VMs to a portgroup from that vSwitch will make sure that all traffic between them stays on that host.

You can then create a "firewall VM", which is connected to that local portgroup and also to a portgroup with intranet access. You could use it to define routing rules between your two networks. You could also install an HTTP proxy there, and configure your VMs to use it to access the intranet / internet, while still keeping all other traffic local.

Does that answer your question?

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