I'm still not quite sure what Paul is aiming for but my take on this is, just provide a trunk link to the virtual machines and let the system's driver take care of the 802.1q tagged packets. Then you can handle a bunch of VLANs on a single system and see how you can manipulate them. You would need a 802.1q capable switch for the trunk link though.
Nils On 9/16/2010 7:08 PM, Carlos Perez wrote: > for voiphopper and other 802.1q I go physical, for jumping segments attacking > routing protocols and other stuff with ESX I can do 802.1q in the virtual > switches and use the physical one in conjunction > On Sep 16, 2010, at 11:45 AM, Robin Wood wrote: > >> On 16 September 2010 16:32, Carlos Perez <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> righ now I have an old Cisco 3550 for playing with that, best bet would be >>> to get an old cisco, procurve, 3com ..etc from ebay >>> each vendor has it own twist on "Standard Protocols" >> How is best to tie that into a VM lab? Or do you just mean plug some >> physical hardware in to it and go from there? I've got enough machines >> kicking around that I could do a physical lab but space, noise and >> portability have prevented me from doing it so far. >> >>> On Sep 16, 2010, at 11:27 AM, Robin Wood wrote: >>> >>>> On 16 September 2010 16:08, Matthew Manor <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> Have you tried Vyatta? It can do most of what Cisco IOS can do but >>>>> virtually, including VLANs, and you can certainly run an entire lab of >>>>> VMs off of it. >>>> I've just had a quick look through it but can't tell if it would help >>>> or not. I want to put different machines in my VirtualBox lab onto >>>> different VLANs so I can experiment with them. Do you know if their >>>> software product would do that? >>>> >>>>> -Matt Manor >>>>> >>>>> On 9/16/10, Carlos Perez <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> Do you mean having a switch with 802.1q? >>>>>> >>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sep 16, 2010, at 5:03 AM, Robin Wood <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Is there any way to setup a VLAN environment in a virtual environment? >>>>>>> They are something I've never had much chance to play with and I'd >>>>>>> love to get it labbed up so I can. I know there are virtual systems >>>>>>> for running IOS images but don't think I could then hang a bunch of >>>>>>> VMs off those machines. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Preferably VirtualBox methods but any VM will do. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Robin >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> Pauldotcom mailing list >>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>> http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom >>>>>>> Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Pauldotcom mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom >>>>>> Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Sent from my mobile device >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Pauldotcom mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom >>>>> Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Pauldotcom mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom >>>> Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Pauldotcom mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom >>> Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pauldotcom mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom >> Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com > _______________________________________________ > Pauldotcom mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com _______________________________________________ Pauldotcom mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com
