VXLAN users can access the Internet through the VXLAN interface.

Question

Options

• ATRUE
• BFALSE

• A
  79% (26)
• B
  21% (7)

Explanation

Option A is correct because VXLAN (Virtual Extensible LAN) operates as an overlay tunnel technology that encapsulates Layer 2 frames in UDP packets - it is a transport mechanism, not a network boundary. When a VXLAN Tunnel Endpoint (VTEP) gateway is properly configured with routing to an upstream Internet connection, traffic from hosts in the VXLAN overlay segment can traverse the tunnel, be decapsulated at the VTEP, and be forwarded to the Internet like any other routed traffic.

Option B (FALSE) is incorrect because it conflates VXLAN being an internal virtualization technology with it being restricted to internal traffic - these are not the same thing. VXLAN segments can be bridged or routed to external networks, including the Internet, just as traditional VLANs can.

Memory tip: Think of VXLAN as a "virtual pipe" - the pipe itself doesn't care where the traffic ends up. As long as there's a gateway at the other end with a route to the Internet, traffic flows through freely. VXLAN controls how traffic is tunneled, not where it can ultimately go.

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