SSL offload on Apache/Tomcat persistance and append issues

Mr. Yates, Thanks for your response. Here is the current rule I have

when HTTP_REQUEST {
if {([HTTP::uri] == "/") } {
HTTP::uri /unanet/action/login
}
} 

But the problem is this. the base URL of the physical server (only one server in the pool right now) is obviously "someserver.mynetwork.com" However; there is a REDIRECT on the physical server that takes you to:

someserver.mynetwork.com/unanet/action/home to login

once credentials are supplied I believe this bounces off:

unanet/action/login/validate

As it stands, with my current persistance option and irule in place, when I login, I end up at "INTERNET EXPLORER CANNOT DISPLAY THE WEBPAGE" (address: someserver.mynetwork.com/unanet/action/logon/validate)

Now if I click BACK I have a blank authentication page, but if I click the login link (which goes to server/unanet/action/login) I end up seeing the menu options as if I'm logged in. So if I click "TIME" / someserver.mynetwork.com/unanet/action/time the page loads. But if I click to edit a timesheet: someserver.mynetwork.com/unanet/action/time/preedit?timesheetkey=35228 the page cannot be displayed.

I'm lost with where my problem is.