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cphillips19_137
Nimbostratus
NimbostratusAPM Always connected mode
Hey support,
Wondering if anyone is using the always connected mode for windows big IP edge client? When we create a package with this feature off, everything works as desired. The auto-connect button stays selected for users and connects when the program sensing it is not on the domain (at home for example).
When I create a new edge client package with "Enable always connected mode" selected I run into issues when computers are brought back into the office (on the domain). A popup senses it is on the local LAN and says disconnected but nothing works. Cannot ping default gateway (general failure). Nothing seems to work. (This does work when you take it out of the office domain). Am I missing a setting to allow computers to work as normal without any VPN features when this feature is enabled?
Hello cphillips19,
First of all, Devcentral is not F5 support, it is user community web site. You can reach F5 support at https://websuport.f5.com. Regarding your issue, I faced same issue and opened a ticket. There is a known bug when both 'Always Connected' and 'Location Awareness' are used. I encourage you to open a case.
Nicolas
cphillips19_137Thanks Nicolas,
Apologies for the "Hey Support" line. Must have wrote it out of habit. Just wanted to see if anyone in this community had experienced issues with "Always Connected" before I went and opened a ticket with support.
- cphillips19_137
Answer for users running into this same issue. ("Always Connected" used with location awareness on the local LAN locking down clients). There is a Bug ID 488866 for this issue.
Bjarne_Talg__21Hi Cphillips19 I have the same problem as you. Did you get a solution for this at F5 Support? Bjarne- cphillips19_137Hi Bjarne, I opened a ticket with F5 support and unfortunately this is a known bug. You cannot use location awareness with the always-on client. I heard they may be working on this issue for the next release. We had to postpone the "always-on" client deployment and just use a normal client with the auto-connect features (obviously this gives the end user power to manually turn off connection if they want.)
- cphillips19_137Bug ID 488866 if you want to have your local F5 system engineer to keep an eye on it for you.
- Bjarne_Talg__21Thank you cphilliips. Then I must do the same as you and use the Auto connect feature until the bug is fixed. Bjarne