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I'm wanting to have a vitual test network on either hyper-v or ESXI ( I Don't care which one)

I want to have a multi network virtual environment. Lets say three networks: 192.168.1.0, 192.168.2.0 and 192.168.3.0.

I want to use the networks to simulate a multi domain or multi site domain.

Whats the best way of doing this. I have VMware workstation but it won't create more then one NAT virtual network.

So how would I go about doing this in either Hyper-v 2012 or ESXI?

user179529
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    With the Virtual Network Editor in VMware Workstation you can create a bunch of custom host-only networks. Your question about ESXi/Hyper-V is really too broad to answer. If you want to go with one of those then install them and start setting it up, return here if you have a specific question. – Reality Extractor Jun 28 '13 at 04:49
  • If I go into the virtual editor then I can create more networks but it wants me to connect each new network to a separate physical network adapter. So do I need to put multiple network adapters into the computer so I can create more then one "usable" network? Am I understanding this right? – user179529 Jun 28 '13 at 04:52
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    When I create select Add Network it just creates a host-only network for me automatically. Not sure why it's asking you to add a physical adapter. Which Workstation version are you using? – Reality Extractor Jun 28 '13 at 05:12

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Best option would be to create all Host Only networks, and then get a linux router distro (best imho Vyatta) and create a VM multihomed with all the networks that acts as router between the host only networks, and can even NAT to your bridged network.

JPO
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