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Mia_254836
Nimbostratus
NimbostratusAbout reusing the IP and ports deleted in the connection table
Hi Experts,
The BIG-IP will delete the connection by connection idle timeout or RST from the client or the server.
Thus, after BIG-IP delete the relevant connection in the connection table.
I wa...
pete_71470
Cirrostratus
CirrostratusF5 developers can answer precisely but I can tell you from personal experience that 3 in your example does not happen. The IP:port on source can't be reused until twice the maximum segment lifetime -- even then it appears F5 cycles through least recently used ephemerals per source IP first.
