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pjcampbell_7243
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May 09, 2013

Very slow going through LTM vs direct to host

Hey all...   I see a huge lag when measuring download times for a static or dynamic file through the LTM using Chrome's "network" tab under developer tools.   An example is 2.5 seconds for a 70...
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What_Lies_Bene1's avatar
What_Lies_Bene1
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May 09, 2013
Have you tried using alternative tools like IEWatch with IE and HTTPWatch with FF? Just to see if the results are similar?

 

 

It's probably worth doing a tpcdump on the F5 to get a better idea of the delay regardless.

 

 

Also, where the tcp profiles are concerned I'd suggest you don't use Nagle server-side at least and enable delayed acks instead.