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Don_Givens_2232
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Nov 20, 2008

external IP for member of a pool?

I think I already know the answer to this question but:     My boss wants me to configure this if possible. We have a virtual server set up to loadbalance to 3 internal webservers. He want...
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hoolio
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Nov 20, 2008
Hi there,

 

 

As long as there is a route on the BIG-IP to the external hosts and back, you could load balance to them as pool members. The latency might be higher, but there isn't any technical limitation to doing this. Others here might have more practical reasons on why you might not want to do it.

 

 

Aaron