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Michael_Hull_61
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Jan 13, 2006

Immediate reset when all nodes for a VS are unavailable

Hi everybody,     I have searched hi and lo with no success to find a solution for our app developers regarding the BigIP sending an immediate reset when all nodes are unavailable for a particul...
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Michael_Hull_61
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Jan 17, 2006
You are correct, the full-proxy completes the handshake prior to making any LB decisions. I resorted to using the FastL4 profile which makes the BigIP act like a half-proxy; however, it does not send a reset back to the requestor. It discards the packets and sends nothing back to the client.

 

According to the application owners, receiving nothing is more acceptable than a complete handshake and a reset.

 

Thank you for everyone's support!!