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smedakkar_85975
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Apr 15, 2013

How to change only IP packet's destination address?

Hi,   I have a SIP INVITE passing through my F5 which is load balancing my back-end servers, and I'm trying to change only the destination address of the IP packet. I need the source to stay the s...
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John_Alam_45640
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Apr 15, 2013
By default, for a standard and FAST-L4 Virtual, if the packet is reaching the pool member, then address translation is already done. Do a capture on the server, if the packets are being picked up, and the server has a unicast IP address, then translation is occuring.

 

 

You would have to disable "Address translation" in the virtual properties for that to not occur.

 

 

Hope i am understanding the issue properly.

 

 

Thanks.