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BaltoStar_12467
Sep 14, 2015

BIG-IP : SNAT necessary if device is only gateway to internet ?

F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition v11.4.1 (Build 635.0) LTM on ESXi   Our production BIG-IP devices are configured with virtual-servers with VIPs on public internet.   Backend sites/services are on int...
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Sep 14, 2015

if I understand you correctly then yes, source NAT is required as these internal servers have a private IP which makes them unroutable on the internet. if you don't source NAT the traffic will never get back to them.

 

you do have some options on how to do the source NAT, i.e. automap, SNAT pool, ...