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ToonVA's avatar
ToonVA
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Jun 20, 2019

Log client source IP when connecting to TCP Virtual by iRule

Hi All, I received the request if it is possible to log the client IP when connecting to the virtual IP. We did this already based on an HTTP Virtual but now it's for an SMTP relay with regular T...
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David_M's avatar
David_M
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Jun 24, 2019

I dont know why I dont see my client connected firing at all!!

Lee_Sutcliffe's avatar
Lee_Sutcliffe
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Jun 24, 2019

the CLIENT_ACCEPTED event triggers when a TCP three way handshake has been completed. If you're not seeing anything in the logs it may be because your ISP is multiplexing TCP connections. This is common if you have services behind Akamai for example.