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steelplate_8766's avatar
steelplate_8766
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May 25, 2010

sNAT to Windows server and port collision

Hi, I have an F5 doing sNAT, and the problem I face is that the windows server keeps the port in time_wait (currently default 240 seconds windows 2003 server). The F5 will attempt to reuse the client...
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Hamish's avatar
Hamish
Icon for Cirrocumulus rankCirrocumulus
Jun 18, 2010
Disable the preserving of ports... I suspect strict vs non-strict is simply a matter of is it open or not already. And ignores 2xMSL completely...

 

 

Source port preservation isn't going to help much anyway...

 

 

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