In this post, we will be configuring Windows Server 2019 as local router to enable communication between two subnets and see if lan routing works. I will be replacing my vYOS router from my lab network which I am using presently for vCF.
Prerequisties
- Create a Windows 2019 VM
- Configure 3 network cards ie : (internet facing, vlan 11 , vlan 12)
Step 1: My VM is created with 3 NIC’s as shown
Step 2: Under the Role and Features, choose Remote Access
Step 3: Choose just the Routing checkbox to install the LAN Routing role service.
Step 4: Click next on Web Server role services page and click to continue
Step 5: Click Next to continue
Step 6: Click Install and wait for install to complete
Configure Lan Routing on Windows Server 2019
Step 7: Open Remote and Routing Access
Step 8: Right-click and then select option to configure and enable routing and remote access.
Step 9: Click Next
Step 10: Click Custom configuration
Step 11: Choose lan routing
Step 12: Click Finish to exit the configuration wizard.
Step 13: Click Finish to exit the configuration wizard.
Testing LAN Routing configuration.
Step 14: From our client VM in subnet 12, we will ping the VM in subnet 11
Step 15: As we see the result, the packet is being routed across
