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Zoltan_101477
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Dec 07, 2007

Health monitor SNAT

Hi,   I'd like to know if anyone has ever created a custom health check application or script that would be able to test an external system sourcing from a SNAT instead of the self IP of the F5. ...
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Zoltan_101477
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Apr 02, 2008
Hi,

 

 

Even though the LTM doesn't have the subnet specified as a self IP and VLAN, it has the public subnet routed to it.

 

I have virtual servers and NAT/SNAT for those IP addresses, and I see the F5 responds to the ARP requests for those addresses.

 

I just think it would be a good feature to extend the transparent health check type to make it possible to originate from specific IP address other than the self IP.

 

I tried to use ping, tracepath, traceroute to use a different originating IP address, but it was not possible. I will look into the netcat that you proposed.

 

 

Regards,

 

Zoltan