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davidy2001
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Nov 07, 2022

F5 and its gateway

Hi I made basic F5 configuration based on F5 protocol. But I notice there is not gateway config towards outside connection. For example, the virtual server in F5 send message out via  its neighbor de...
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davidy2001
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Thanks very much. I found default gateway ip address in my F5. Please see below. The question is I did not add the Gateway Address on this page, can you tell which step I did to have the ip address 10.0.30.254 over there? 

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Mohamed_Ahmed_Kansoh
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Nov 08, 2022

Hi davidy2001 , 
   This Configuration Page Related to adding specific routes , and option Gateway here means it is the "next hop" interface. 
we add this next hope with all vendors when we create a static routes. 

This not the Default Gateway of F5 , or it is not the same meaning such as " servers , PCs ... ) 
- you Can add hundreds of static routes with different Gateways " Next hops" , I mean the next hop here controls the flow or traffic vectors. 

I hope this help you. 
Ty