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Richard_22613
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Mar 25, 2013

F5 Lync iApp with Cisco firewalls

I have configured the Lync iApp on a F5 LTM in our DMZ behind a Cisco firewall.   The client AV traffic goes through the firewall, hits the F5, which sends it on to one of the edge servers (in the...
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mikeshimkus_111
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Mar 25, 2013
Hi Richard, this is one reason we recommend using public IPs for your external Lync Edge services: https://devcentral.f5.com/blogs/us/the-hopefully-definitive-guide-to-load-balancing-lync-edge-servers-with-a-hardware-load-balancer

 

 

You should be able to solve this problem by enabling SNAT on the A/V virtual servers; however it's not ideal, since the Edge servers won't be able to set up peer-to-peer connections between Lync clients.

 

 

thanks

 

Mike