How does VMware and VLAN work with pfSense? VMware supports 3 types of VLAN tagging: External Tagging (EST), Virtual Switch Tagging (VST) and Virtual Guest Tagging (VGT). This allows for any VM part of a group to be configuration free. Making reference to the network diagram used in the previous article the idea in this case of create a Port Group specific for each VLAN and also add the VLAN ID. This includes VMware virtual switches, routers and physical switches involved in the process. ![]() When implementing VLANs all the pertinent network ports need to support the VLAN tagging. This article follows the creation of VLANs created on physical TPlink switches used for Production and Fail-over. ![]() The purpose of this article is to quickly cover the basics when it comes to creating VMware VLAN setup. ![]() Possibly a VMware homelab paired with pfSense virtual router are the most popular configuration. For those who want to go the extra mile in their homelab builds and wish to further isolate network traffic, the easiest solution is to implement VLANs.
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