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DMB_19518
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Sep 19, 2016

LTM: Configuring outgoing (passive) FTP connections

I have a number of internal nodes behind a LTM (11.4.1 HF3) using non-routable IP addresses. These nodes need to connect to external FTP servers to retrieve data from them using passive FTP.   Th...
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    DMB_19518
    Mar 08, 2017

    Just to finish this topic, i have configured a SNAT only and FTP works perfectly for outgoing connections initiated from members in the internal realm.

    For reference, this is the SW build I ended up using:

    Main Package
  Product  BIG-IP
  Version  11.4.1
  Build    711.0
  Edition  Hotfix HF11
  Date     Tue Aug 30 12:18:51 PDT 2016
DMB_19518's avatar
DMB_19518
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Mar 08, 2017

Just to finish this topic, i have configured a SNAT only and FTP works perfectly for outgoing connections initiated from members in the internal realm.

For reference, this is the SW build I ended up using:

Main Package
  Product  BIG-IP
  Version  11.4.1
  Build    711.0
  Edition  Hotfix HF11
  Date     Tue Aug 30 12:18:51 PDT 2016