James, OpenVPN using tap will do. However, layer 2 over VPN is normally not
very efficient. If ESXi shares the same infrastructure, I would use vlan
between the internal networks. Vlan will avoid the need for a second
OpenWRT.

Regards,

Em seg, 7 de nov de 2016 08:32, James Allsopp <[email protected]>
escreveu:

> Hi,
> I'm currently setting up an ESXi server with OpenWRT to control access to
> and from a set of VM's as well as providing DNS and DHCP for these
> machines. The problem is that we want to future proof this setup, so that
> if we run out of resources on one server we can create a new openwrt
> instance on a new ESXi box and carry on adding machines. This means that we
> then have to start looking at how to connect the OpenWrts to form one LAN.
> We can't be sure that' we'll be able to cable the servers directly, so the
> best idea I could come up with was to create a VPN bridge between them,
> which would be good as then I would only have to run a DNS server on one of
> the OpenWRT instances.
>
> Does anyone have any better ideas, or is there a standard solution to this
> kind of problem? I imagine we could do with with a hardware switch, but
> funds are tight.
>
> Thanks,
> James
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