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Nathan_67739
Nimbostratus
Jan 15, 2010Forcing "routed" traffic back to gateway
We currently have a LTM 3600 (running 10.0.1), set up in a router-on-a-stick model (vlan based network with backend servers and VIPs logically, but not physically, behind the LTM).
We a...
Nathan_67739
Nimbostratus
Jan 18, 2010But see - that's the problem - the traffic has to pass through the LTM or load balancing/ssl-offloading won't work right. Note - SNAT is _NOT_ in use here... Yes, if it were SNAT'd, it'd be trivial, cause at that point, I wouldn't bother putting ANY of the subnets logically behind the LTM other than the VIP subnet.
Another way of looking at this (alternative scenario) - pretend I'm an ISP that has two completely distinct customers. I give each one of them their own subnet, and each of them are fed from a different routed uplink on the LTM. I don't want the LTM to route directly between the two customer networks, since the firewall might not even be under my control.
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