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InquisitiveMai
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Jul 17, 2024

TCP Session Keepalive and Idle timeout

I have few questions

  1. During the TCP session 3 way handshake , how do we decide the TCP keepalive and timeout. Does it depend on if the client or server?
  2. Do the same idle timeout/Keepalive values get carried out when a client-->F5 VIP and F5 Self IP --> Pool member?
  3. In packet capture, I see TCP len 0 for a ACK from pool member to self IP and then a RST from F5 Self IP to the Pool member with TCP timeout of 300.09sec, Does it mean the pool member says there is no more data to send and the F5 self IP waits for 300 sec(default Idle Timeout) and send RST