1
vote
VLAN or different option?
Your problem seems to be so far away from VLANs so I can't even imagine how you got the idea to use them. Don't use addresses 169.254.x.x; those are "IPv4LL" — unroutable, automatically ...
- 14.2k
1
vote
Can I solve this with a static route?
The network structure is thing that is independent from the physical, so it is not important about VMs and hosts; in your case, based on your information, it's something like
[VM2] 172.31.154.101 -+- ...
- 14.2k
1
vote
Connect two networks over a VPN connection linux
There are no specific iptables rules for connecting networks. Iptables doesn't do routing – it does filtering, whereas your routing table does routing – so the only iptables rules you may need are ...
- 12.5k
1
vote
How to configure ports and ensure proper traffic flow in a Layer 2 switch snake test
all 4 ports should be set as access ports,
the idea behind the access port is that it removes the vlan tag in the OUT direction, and adds it in the IN direction. So it's safe to say, that the traffic ...
- 220
1
vote
What could explain missing packets between two servers on the same subnet?
When I see this sort of nonsense happening, one thing I always try first is a cold power-cycle - shut the machines down, kill wall power for 20 seconds (or until network carrier lights go out - net ...
- 2,385
Only top scored, non community-wiki answers of a minimum length are eligible