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Rajesh_07_16489
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Apr 30, 2016

Forwarding Virtual Server

Dear All,   I am trying to access Internet from internal server whose gateway is f5's internal IP. From f5, I am able to reach gateway and inturn Internet IPs. However, I am unable to reach either...
application delivery
BIG-IP
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What you'll need to do in your case is change the 0.0.0.0/0 VS from forwarding-type to fastL4 type, and attach a default pool, in which you specify the gateway of F5 (directly connected destination, via external selfIP interface).

 

  • Make sure that 0.0.0.0/0 VS is listening on the Internal VLAN from which the hosts want to access the Internet.
  • I also recommend a custom stateless fastL4 profile, instead of the default fastL4 profile for this kind of 0.0.0.0/0 VS. Have a look here for reference: https://devcentral.f5.com/questions/f5-big-ip-memory-issues
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Rajesh_07_16489
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Apr 30, 2016
ltm profile fastl4 my_route_friendly_fastl4 { app-service none defaults-from fastL4 idle-timeout 300 loose-close enabled loose-initialization enabled reset-on-timeout disabled } ltm virtual VS_forward { destination 0.0.0.0:any ip-protocol tcp mask any pool Gateway_pool profiles { my_route_friendly_fastl4 { } } source 0.0.0.0/0 translate-address disabled translate-port disabled vlans { Internal } vlans-enabled }