# Lab: Anycast Gateways on VXLAN Segments

DevFeed: [Lab: Anycast Gateways on VXLAN Segments](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/lab-anycast-gateways-on-vxlan-segments-11344.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ipspace.net/2026/03/lab-vxlan-anycast/>)

Published: 2026-03-20T07:09:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [ipSpace.net blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ipspace-net-blog.md>)

Topics: [VXLAN](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vxlan.md>), [evpn](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/evpn.md>), [Routing (disambiguation)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/routing.md>), [networking](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/networking.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>)

Tags: [apple](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apple.md>), [evpn](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/evpn.md>), [free](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/free.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [netlab](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/netlab.md>), [routing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/routing.md>), [vxlan](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vxlan.md>)

## AI overview

A lab exercise demonstrates how anycast gateways work on VXLAN segments in an EVPN environment. It can run on netlab-enabled infrastructure, a free GitHub Codespace, or an Apple-silicon Mac using an Arista cEOS container.

## Source excerpt

Most vendors "discovered" anycast gateways when they tried implementing routing between MAC-VRFs in an EVPN environment and hit all the usual tripwires (more about that later). A few exceptions (like Arista) supported them on VLAN segments for over a decade, and it was a no-brainer to extend that support to VXLAN segments. Want to try out how that works? The Anycast Gateways on VXLAN Segments lab exercise is just what you need. Read more ...