Virtual Router with DHCP Service

1. Go to the Status tab and click the Netsmith button
2. Right-click in the Netsmith window and select New Router
   1. Follow steps discussed above for configuring the router
3. Right-click in the Netsmith window and select New Connection
4. Accept defaults, Auto Create everything and click OK
5. Repeat and create a second connection.
6. Click the Apply button to commit the changes in Netsmith to the LANforge Server.
   1. NOTE: Modifications in Netsmith are only sent to the LANforge-Server after Applying them

For more information see LANforge-GUI User Guide: Virtual Interfaces

1. Right-click the first WanLink and select Modify WanLink
2. Enter values specific to your test and click OK
   1. NOTE: Kernel-Mode allows for much higher emulation speeds and supports all features of the normal WAN emulation mode
   2. Kernel-Mode is available for the WAN emulation if you are using a pre-compiled Linux kernel from the Candela downloads page
3. Right-click to toggle the WanLink status to Running (green).
4. Repeat for the second WanLink and set it to Running (green).

For more information see LANforge-GUI User Guide: WanLinks (ICE)

1. Right-click port rddVR0 and select Create Ports
2. Select the Bridge button from the available connection types, name it, and click OK
3. Right-click the bridge port and select Modify Port
   1. NOTE: You will have to click the Sync button for your newly created bridge port to appear in the Netsmith window.
4. Assign an IP address and IP mask, then click Apply
5. Enter interface names rddVR0 and rddVR2 in the whitespace located below the Add Ports button so that you can add them as bridge members
6. Click Add Ports to add the interfaces as bridge members, then click OK
7. The Netsmith window now shows a bridge port with two bridge members

For more information see LANforge-GUI User Guide: Ports (Interfaces)

1. Drag the bridge port into the virtual router.
2. Right-click the bridge port and select Modify
3. Select the 'DHCP' checkbox at the bottom of the window and enter in your desired DHCP Server configuration, then click OK
4. Right-click interface rddVR1 and select Modify Port
5. Select the 'DHCP' checkbox to make this interface a DHCP client, then click OK
6. Repeat for interface rddVR3, then click Netsmith Apply
7. After the Netsmith apply, DHCP clients will acquire IP addresses from the DHCP server
   1. Select the 'IPv4s' checkbox at the bottom of the Netsmith window to see the IP addresses of the DHCP clients

For more information see LANforge-GUI User Guide: Ports (Interfaces)

1. Go to the Layer-3 tab and click Create
2. The RDD-FIRE connection for this example will use interfaces rddVR1 and rddVR3.
3. Verify the Layer-3 connection was created

For more information see LANforge-GUI User Guide: Layer-3 Cross Connects (FIRE)

1. Select the Layer-3 Cross Connect and click Start
2. Go to the Status tab and click Netsmith to view the graphical representation of the setup

For more information see LANforge-GUI User Guide