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junglefox_13333
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Sep 10, 2013

Plz help! Why is my irules not working

Hi every f5ers! My company owns several IP and I want to allocate one(ex 6.6.6.6) for visting a website(with a static ip,ex 8.8.8.8) instead of using selfip of our f5 ltm.I wrote irules as below,as...
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StephanManthey
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Sep 15, 2013

Did you apply logging as recommended by Aaron?

To monitor the ongoing log output to the LTM log facility you can use:

 

tail -f /var/log/ltm

 

Does TCPDUMP still show a self IP (SNAT AutoMap) or does the iRule work and the alternative address is chosen?

Perhaps this part is already working, but the BIG-IP does not respond to related ARPs from your router which wants to deliver the reply to the new SNAT address.

Please keep in mind, that changes to your configuration and iRules will apply in the context of a new connection only. In the context of an already existing connection, the previous configuration will always be used.