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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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pjcampbell_7243
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Apr 09, 2009
I did tcpdump on both machines, and see no mention of the other machine on either client or server. Only client to LTM and server to LTM, etc.

 

 

How is it that the pool member which "know" who the client is to send the traffic back directly? Would it be receiving the mac address via the request through the LTM?

 

 

thanks