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uni's avatar
uni
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Jul 15, 2012

Confirm design relying on auto_lasthop

Can someone confirm my proposed configuration will work as desired? I have a need to configure the BigIP to load-balance http amongst a cluster of proxy servers. Non-http traffic is forwarded str...
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Hamish
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Aug 30, 2012
In order to ever forward any traffic you need a virtual. So the point about requiring one for auto-lasthop is moot.

 

 

BigIP is a proxy not a router, so you always need a virtual server to do anything (Ignoring the transparent bridging).

 

 

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