Hello all,
First time posting here, so please go easy. I've included a diagram with the basic setup.
I can provide additional gory details of the networking done with Virtual Switches and Port Groups if that would be helpful, but at this point I believe the networking to be working well (see below).
I have set up ESXi 6.7U1 (patched with 201901 patch) with 3 virtual machines (two routers and one firewall). From the Laptop for Remote Management, I am unable to establish a connection to the vSphere web client to be able to manage the ESXi instance.
- My networking is correct, to say that my inside router behind the firewall has its default route all the way back to my local network.
- The firewall is allowing all traffic in/out during setup and testing phase. Rules to be added later.
- I am able to ping and ssh to the ESXi host from the Laptop for Remote Management
- I am able to pass traffic to/from the local laptop all the way to the internet at speeds up to 50 Mbit/sec (bandwidth isn't an issue)
The local laptop (on the inside Fixed Site LAN) is there to test. This laptop is able to login reliably to the vSphere web client.
The Laptop for Remote Management is NOT able to login to the vSphere web client. Yes, I can do a remote desktop to the local laptop and login this way, but in production this local laptop will not be available.
Why am I not able to login and manage the ESXi host with vSphere web client from the Laptop for Remote Management?
