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hc_andy_35682
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Jan 28, 2010

Connectivity Issue Between Hosts & Real Servers in the same VLAN

Hi All,     As a test, I've set up a Virtual Server on the F5 to load balance HTTP traffic to two real servers in Vlan 502.     F...
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Jan 28, 2010
Argh worked it out...sort of...

 

 

This is because return traffic from the real servers does not go back to the F5 because the host making the connection and real servers are on the same subnet - so it doesn't forward the request back to the floating ip on the F5 which is it's default gateway.

 

 

Will probably need an iRule to SNAT traffic from hosts within the same Vlan/subnet so return traffic comes back to the F5.