Connectivity problem of 2 ESXi hosts using Vyatta as a router

Hello,

I created 2 ESXi hosts in a vmware workstation 9 machine. So that they can ping each other, I have installed a vyatta virtual router on the same vmware workstation.

The IP config of the ESXi hosts and vyatta is as follows:

ESXi1: ip 192.168.119.2  mask 255.255.255.0 gw 192.168.119.10

ESXi2: ip 192.168.119.3  mask 255.255.255.0  gw 192.168.119.10

vyatta: ip 192.168.119.10 mask 255.255.255.0

ESXi1 and ESXi2 can ping their gw but they cannot ping each other. I disabled all firewalls in all these machines but still no ping is possible between the ESXi hosts.

I installed 2 windows 7 VMs in the same vmware workstation and implemented the same IP configurations as for the ESXi hosts. The windows 7 machines can ping each other.

The details about the network configuration is below. Any advice please? Thanks a lot.

ESXi_1:

/sbin # esxcli network ip interface ipv4 get

Name  IPv4 Address   IPv4 Netmask   IPv4 Broadcast   Address Type  DHCP DNS

----  -------------  -------------  ---------------  ------------  --------

vmk0  192.168.119.2  255.255.255.0  192.168.119.255  STATIC           false

/sbin # ping 192.168.119.10

PING 192.168.119.10 (192.168.119.10): 56 data bytes

64 bytes from 192.168.119.10: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=2.315 ms

64 bytes from 192.168.119.10: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=1.175 ms

/sbin # esxcli network firewall get

   Default Action: PASS

   Enabled: false

   Loaded: true

/sbin # esxcfg-route

VMkernel default gateway is 192.168.119.10

ESXi_2:

~ # esxcli network ip interface ipv4 get

Name  IPv4 Address   IPv4 Netmask   IPv4 Broadcast   Address Type  DHCP DNS

----  -------------  -------------  ---------------  ------------  --------

vmk0  192.168.119.3  255.255.255.0  192.168.119.255  STATIC           false

~ # ping 192.168.119.10

PING 192.168.119.10 (192.168.119.10): 56 data bytes

64 bytes from 192.168.119.10: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=1.908 ms

64 bytes from 192.168.119.10: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=1.384 ms

~ #  esxcli network firewall get

   Default Action: PASS

   Enabled: false

   Loaded: true

~ # esxcfg-route

VMkernel default gateway is 192.168.119.10

vyatta:

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vyatta@vyatta:~$ show interfaces

Codes: S - State, L - Link, u - Up, D - Down, A - Admin Down

Interface        IP Address                        S/L  Description

---------        ----------                        ---  -----------

eth0             192.168.119.10/24                 u/u

lo               127.0.0.1/8                       u/u

                 ::1/128