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pjcampbell_7243
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Apr 07, 2009

Machine calling VIP, VIP, pool members all on same network?

I was talking to our network admin and he was suggesting that if this happens, there will be problems since the traffic will not go back through the BIG-IP but go directly from the pool member back to...
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dennypayne
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Apr 08, 2009
The direct connection between pool member and client has probably already been reset, so it would be tough to catch it in a netstat. The client is going to immediately reset the packet that comes directly back from the server because it didn't open a session with the server, it opened it with the LTM virtual. A Wireshark capture should show this though.

 

 

Denny