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Telnet from Floating Self IP
I am in the process of testing firewall rules for a HA pair of LTMs.
I need to be able to generate telnet traffic from the floating self IP to ensure that production traffic will be allowe...
nitass_89166
Noctilucent
Noctilucentis netcat useful i.e. using netcat as telnet client?
Ken_Schultz_525
Nimbostratus
NimbostratusYes, nc can be used to generate the test traffic on any given port. HOWEVER... it fails when you use "-s [Floating-IP]"
eg
nc -v -z -s 10.1.1.2 10.3.4.5 80
....works fine when .2 is the self-ip, however...
nc -v -z -s 10.1.1.1 10.3.4.5 80
.... fails with
nc: bind failed: Cannot assign requested address.
Anyone know how to source the test traffic from a floating -IP ?