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Mary
Nimbostratus
NimbostratusGeolocation when LDNS in a different geography than user doing the lookup
I am wondering if anyone has clever thoughts on how to address the situation with Topology load-balancing on F5 DNS. If a user is in EMEA but their ISP DNS server is in the US, it will be that DNS se...
rob_carr
Cirrocumulus
CirrocumulusThis is exactly why EDNS Client Subnet was created. Of course that depends on the ISP DNS server including the client subnet information and on your BIG-IP DNS running a version that supports the option.
Beyond that, not much to offer. This is a real and recognised weakness of global load balancing.
MaryNimbostratus
NimbostratusThank you for making me aware of this.