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chris_connell_1
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Dec 11, 2008

F5 auto last hop feature

Hi     With the F5 forwarding server we are returning traffic back to the client from the internet to where it originated to based on mac address.     The problem is we receieve ...
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JRahm
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Dec 15, 2008
This is something that would need to be supported on your routers, not the LTM. However, hsrp by default (on Cisco anyway) uses the virtual mac between the two routers. If you have an hsrp event, the mac your traffic will return to will not change, providing the behavior I think you desire.