VLANS in VMware Workstation

While there is no built-in way to configure VLANs for VMs in VMware Workstation, you can use a workaround to create VLAN-backed interfaces on the Host OS and use bridged networking and custom virtual networks in VMware Workstation to configure vlans for the VM network interfaces. I have workstation running on Ubuntu. The following steps will be for Ubuntu 22.04. Install the vlan package and load the 8021q module sudo apt install vlan sudo modprobe 8021q sudo su -c 'echo "8021q" >> /etc/modules' Add the vlan backed interface....

October 23, 2023 · 2 min · Jahnin Rajamoni