For implementations that require workloads on the extended segment located within the VMware Cloud Provider to access the Internet, egress optimization can be enabled on the NSX Edge appliances with an egress optimization IP address. Typically, this is the same IP address as the default gateway that is used for the on-premises network being extended to the VMware Cloud Provider. Enabling this feature allows Internet bound traffic on the provider side of the connection to exit (egress) through the local egress optimization gateway instead of sending the traffic back over the extended network link to the Internet and then back across the extended link.

The egress optimization feature is intended to be used to allow extended workloads to access the Internet or other networks within the VMware Cloud Provider’s environment.