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JoeReid
Nimbostratus
Nimbostratusclient timeout
I have an issue the 3 way handshake and MTU/MSS. When client initiates connection, the LB, pushes this request to the Webserver (configured to use Performance L4). The Webserver responds with a HTTP ...
Rodrigo_Albuque
Cirrocumulus
CirrocumulusHi JoeReid? What do you mean by "agreed MSS"? Client advertises its MSS to BIG-IP and BIG-IP is supposed to honour it. Each side can have a different MSS. Do you have a packet trace?
JoeReidNimbostratus
NimbostratusI do have a packet trace, but due to corporate policy, am unable to share this. My understanding that the lower MSS is used, whether that be the server or the client, which is what we see from packet traces. What we are experiencing is the client MSS is 'honored', as you say, by the load balancer, but this is too high to be accepted through the client side encryptors. This all manifests after a HTML 202 from the server.
