https://natebent.com/series/proxmox-software-defined-networking/ Recent content in Proxmox Software-Defined Networking on NateBent.com https://natebent.com/images/papermod-cover.png https://natebent.com/images/papermod-cover.png Hugo -- gohugo.io en Thu, 25 Jun 2026 01:00:00 +0000 https://natebent.com/posts/vxlan-fortigate-proxmox-2.5/ Thu, 25 Jun 2026 01:00:00 +0000 https://natebent.com/posts/vxlan-fortigate-proxmox-2.5/ What this overlay actually buys you on the security side, beyond writing firewall policies, plus an honest list of what it does not buy you, and an FAQ on VXLAN and EVPN versus plain VLANs. https://natebent.com/posts/vxlan-fortigate-proxmox-2.25/ Thu, 25 Jun 2026 01:00:00 +0000 https://natebent.com/posts/vxlan-fortigate-proxmox-2.25/ Measuring the throughput cost of VXLAN on a small FortiGate with no VXLAN offload, by A/B testing the same VM over an overlay segment versus a plain VLAN, and tracing the ceiling back to the silicon. https://natebent.com/posts/vxlan-fortigate-proxmox-2/ Tue, 23 Jun 2026 01:00:00 +0000 https://natebent.com/posts/vxlan-fortigate-proxmox-2/ Swapping the static VXLAN peer list for a BGP EVPN control plane across a FortiGate and a three node Proxmox cluster, and every place the two platforms tripped me up by disagreeing on what to state versus what to derive. https://natebent.com/posts/vxlan-fortigate-proxmox-1/ Sun, 21 Jun 2026 01:00:00 +0000 https://natebent.com/posts/vxlan-fortigate-proxmox-1/ Standing up a single stretched Layer 2 segment between a FortiGate and a Proxmox host using unicast VXLAN, and proving the data plane before adding any complexity.