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Nested Isolated vSphere Lab In WorkStation - Internet Access Only

Hi,

I want to setup a nested vSphere ESXi lab inside Workstation, which I already know how to do. The trouble I'm having is this: I want to isolate all the traffic to this lab to the rest of my network, however, I only want to give my lab Internet access. I'm currently using the latest Workstation 15.5.5 Pro.

Can anyone tell me how to achieve this or even better if there is a tutorial somewhere that can explain how to do this? I was thinking something like pfsense, which I have no idea how to use. But it there is a super simple way I'd love to hear it. I know whenever VMware has labs in their classes, they have a router virtual machine, any idea what they're using? As I believe all their machines are nested in classes as well, but I'm not certain.

I'd be grateful if someone could help me figure out how to do this?

Thank you!

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zatara
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Someone I asked suggested I try Monowall, and then set that as my Gateway. Then I set my ESXi hosts and VMs to use that firewall as the Gateway. Then to get Internet access, I'd only need to allow 80 and 443 in via the Firewall.

Does that sound right?

If there's a better way, let me know.

Thanks!

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