Bridged network in ESXi

[RoDiek]

Good evening,

I hope its okay to post this question which might have been posted like 1000 times already. I am new and actually I dont know what to search.

So this is the situation;:

I have a VMWare ESXi instance on a "Kimsufi" server (which is a virtual server with one IP address).

I want to create 2 - 3 virtual machines who should be able to all connect to the internet via this one IP address from the esxi host. In a Workstation I would just select "bridged networking" and it would work out of the box.

However I cant find this function anyware in ESXI. I know I can create stuff like port groups and VLANs however this still doesnt allow me to connect to the internet with the VMs.

Can someone explain me how to create a bridged network so every VM can surf via the "main" internet connection of the esxi host?

THANKS! ):

Rob

[Scott Vessey]

You could build a VM to function as a NAT router, sitting other VMs behind it on an internal-only vSwitch.

The NAT VM would need 2 vNICs - 1 to connect to the outside world while the other connects to the other VMs.

My answer focuses on your requirement to have a single “external IP” for the VMs.

[continuum]

To get the equivalent of a bridged network in WS you assign the nics of your guests to the VM network - same network which is also used by the ESXi itself.