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Brian_Durkin_14
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Nov 18, 2014

BigIP LTM is reponded ping requests for address that do not exist in our network

Our network personnel have informed my that our non-production BigIP LTM is responding to ping requests of addresses that do not exist in our network.   Question: why is the BigIP responding any ...
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Brian_Durkin_14
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Nov 18, 2014

Actually, this is a known issue with BigIP:

 

sol15469: Loading the BIG-IP configuration from the command line may incorrectly enable ICMP Echo for virtual addresses

 

There are two solutions: 1.Disable ICMP Echo for a virtual address using the following command syntax: tmsh modify ltm virtual-address icmp-echo

 

  1. upgrade the S/W to from 11.5.1 to 11.6.0.