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Korai_331784's avatar
Korai_331784
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Nov 29, 2018

Automap VS SNAT

Hi,

 

Can we use Automap instead of SNAT as our connectivity was not working through SNAT they I just put in Automap and it starts working. Is there any issue by using Automap or any drawback.

 

BIG-IP
LTM
security
  • Kevin_Stewart's avatar
    Kevin_Stewart
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    Nov 29, 2018

    Automap uses the BIG-IP self-IP as the source address. This is fine to use, but know that a single IP address can only support 65k active connections. If you need more than that, you'd need to create a SNAT pool.

     

    Can you describe how you had it configured before when it was not working?