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MW1's avatar
MW1
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Oct 18, 2016

Is it possible to switch the TCP , HTTP compression and web acceleration profile using an irule

All, I am trying to address an issue for users in India accessing USA based systems using a thick client which are being impacted by the latency (approx 250-300ms). I have a virtual server with a ...
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Leonardo_Souza's avatar
Leonardo_Souza
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Oct 18, 2016

I can see that is possible to disable the compression, but does not look like is possible to change TCP or acceleration profiles.

 

A simple workaround that should work, is to direct the traffic to another virtual server, and that virtual server would have the new settings you want.

 

https://devcentral.f5.com/wiki/irules.virtual.ashx

 

You need to test. Not sure if the TCP profile will change, try in early events in the iRule.

 

Also, about the decision when to use the new virtual server, just use a datagroup with the IPs/networks.