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sstafford
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Dec 15, 2009

Irules and Internet connections for Servers with non-routable IP addresses

Hi all,     I have a situation I'm trying to address via an iRule on the BigIP, and wanted to see what you think.     We have an internal vlan routed by an F5 that consists of pr...
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hoolio
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Dec 15, 2009
Which protocols are the servers using when acting as clients and originating connections to the internet? Is it active FTP or another protocol where the server tries to originate a connection?

 

 

If not, I'd think you could use a forwarding network virtual server enabled only on their VLAN with SNAT automap enabled. The servers or any other host on that VLAN would then be able to originate connections out to any outbound VLAN using the floating self IP on the egress VLAN.

 

 

Aaron