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LBJ
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Jun 29, 2026

OSPF Route Advertisement for Floating Self IP in Active/Standby HA

Hi all In an Active/Standby HA deployment using OSPF network statements to advertise connected VLAN prefixes, both BIG-IPs advertise the same connected subnet. When the floating self IP is used as t...
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zamroni777
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Jun 30, 2026

f5 bigip is basically advanced reverse proxy.
eventhough physically it looks like switch/router, it is better not to use it for it.

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    LBJ
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    Jun 30, 2026

    I agree with your point of view. BIG-IP is primarily an advanced reverse proxy and ADC, not a dedicated router.

    However, due to differences in customer environments and network designs, we sometimes have no choice but to run dynamic routing protocols such as OSPF or BGP on the F5. In those cases, understanding the routing behavior and designing the routing properly becomes very important.

    Thanks for sharing your perspective.