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Laudec_107382
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Jan 26, 2009

UDP & client IP

I have a one-arm installation of the Big-IP, the client needs to pass UDP traffic via the Big-IP to a virtual service.

 

 

How can I preserve the client IP in the UDP traffic for the service to recognise the IP address that it comes from? The clients are PCs on the enterprise network.

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  • Deb_Allen_18's avatar
    Deb_Allen_18
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    I'd try the nPath approach, aka DSR (Direct Server Return): Bind the VS address to the service host so it can accept requests at that address, but prevent it from answering ARP requests (typically by binding to loopback), and disable destination address translation on the VS.

     

     

    /deb