- Setup a Netsmith connection.
- Go to the Status tab and click Netsmith
- Right-click in the Netsmith window and select New Connection
- Accept defaults, Auto Create everything and click OK
- Click Apply in the Netsmith window to create the connection
- The Netsmith window after applying changes
For more information see LANforge-GUI User Guide: Netsmith
- Setup the WanLink.
- Right-click the WanLink and select Modify WanLink
- Setup the WanLink with values larger than what each of theWanPaths will use
- WanPaths are subordinate to WanLinks. WanLinks, therefore, should be configured with sufficient bandwidth and buffering required by all of its WanPaths
- Click Apply and leave the Create/Modify WanLink window open
For more information see LANforge-GUI User Guide: WanLinks
- Setup the WanPaths.
- Click Create-WP on Entry Point A to create a new WanPath on this WanLink
- NOTE: In order to filter by specific IP address, use a Source and Dest Mask of 32 to exactly match the IP coming in on the Entry Point
- Click OK to create the WanPath
- Click Create-WP on Entry Point B to create a new WanPath on this WanLink
- NOTE: The Source and Destination IPs for this WanPath are the reverse of those for Entry Point A
- Click OK to create the WanPath
- Create a second WanPath for this WanLink using the next set of IP addresses
- Reverse the Source and Destination IPs for this corresponding WanPath
- Verify that the WanPaths on this WanLink are setup correctly, then click OK on the Create/Modify WanLink window shown here
For more information see LANforge-GUI User Guide: WanLinks
- Setup the ports with IP addresses.
- Right-click on the WanLink and select Toggle Wanlink
- Right-click port rddVR0 and select Modify Port
- Setup an IP address that is on a different network than the WanPath entry points
- Setup an IP address on port rddVR1 that is on the same network as rddVR0
For more information see LANforge-GUI User Guide: WanLinks
- Add the Virtual Routers.
- Right-click in the Netsmith window and select New Router
- Accept the defaults or change the Virtual Router name and graphical size
- Click the Apply button and repeat for the second Virtual Router
- NOTE: After making any changes to the Netsmith window, you must click Apply or your changes will NOT be implemented and could be lost
- NOTE: Clicking Sync makes sure any changes are synchronized with the current database
- Left-click rddVR0 and drag it inside Router R0(1)
- Left-click rddVR1 and drag it inside Router R1(2)
- Apply your changes in Netsmith
For more information see LANforge-GUI User Guide: WanLinks
- Setup the external interfaces.
- Right-click port eth1 and select Modify Port
- Setup eth1 with a valid IP address and IP mask that is on the same network as the WanPath entry points ep-1 and ep-3
- Left-click port eth1 and drag it inside Router R0(1)
- Setup eth2 with a valid IP address and IP mask that is on the same network as the WanPath entry points ep-2 and ep-4
- Drag eth2 inside Router R1(2) and Apply changes in Netsmith
For more information see LANforge-GUI User Guide: WanLinks
- Run traffic to LANforge-ICE ports eth1 and eth2, then display results. Refer to the LANforge FIRE Cookbook to run traffic.
- Right-click the WanLink and select Display Wanlink & WanPaths
- The lower half of the WanLink display shows traffic passing on WanPath entry points ep-3 and ep-4 and other IP address are excluded from passing on the WanLink
- Select a WanPath and click Display Selected Paths in the lower left corner of the WanLink display window
For more information see LANforge-GUI User Guide: WanLinks