ChillyTwoface
New Member
Hello everyone,
At work, the network is currently set up as follows:
Router 1: ISP provided us with a static IP and it is set up on that router.
Router 2: a different line providing internet access but has no static IP.
Load Balancer: Takes router 1 and router 2 and merges them into one network
Router 3: takes the above-mentioned network and creates a wireless network that we all mainly use and our server computers are connected to it with LAN cables for internal office use.
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We are trying to make a Windows Server 2012 Datacenter virtual machine (hosting an enterprise application) on one of the servers have both the REAL STATIC IP (so that it's accessible for us to work from home and also for customers to access the application with the real IP), and also the PRIVATE local LAN IP to be working simultaneously.
The Server Computer is running ESXi and has virtual machines on it (one of which mentioned above). This server has 4 Ethernet ports (NICs).
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What I tried:
Going into VMware Vcenter to manage my virtual machine, adding a new (2nd) network adapter, and giving this 2nd adapter the REAL STATIC IP.
It doesn't work.
Either the private local IP works (if set up on the first NIC) or the REAL STATIC IP works (if set up on the first NIC) But not both at the same time.
I'm not a networking expert so I'm coming to you guys for input.
Please let me know.
Thank you
Edit: Here's a diagram
At work, the network is currently set up as follows:
Router 1: ISP provided us with a static IP and it is set up on that router.
Router 2: a different line providing internet access but has no static IP.
Load Balancer: Takes router 1 and router 2 and merges them into one network
Router 3: takes the above-mentioned network and creates a wireless network that we all mainly use and our server computers are connected to it with LAN cables for internal office use.
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We are trying to make a Windows Server 2012 Datacenter virtual machine (hosting an enterprise application) on one of the servers have both the REAL STATIC IP (so that it's accessible for us to work from home and also for customers to access the application with the real IP), and also the PRIVATE local LAN IP to be working simultaneously.
The Server Computer is running ESXi and has virtual machines on it (one of which mentioned above). This server has 4 Ethernet ports (NICs).
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
What I tried:
Going into VMware Vcenter to manage my virtual machine, adding a new (2nd) network adapter, and giving this 2nd adapter the REAL STATIC IP.
It doesn't work.
Either the private local IP works (if set up on the first NIC) or the REAL STATIC IP works (if set up on the first NIC) But not both at the same time.
I'm not a networking expert so I'm coming to you guys for input.
Please let me know.
Thank you
Edit: Here's a diagram
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