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Jan_Rockstedt_4
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Jan 14, 2014

VIP for SMTP to see the real client ip.

Hi all,   We have setup a VIP for port 25 and use the below irule together with data group to restrict the access. But we do not see the real client ip addresses I guess because of SNAT. Any sugge...
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Jan_Rockstedt_4
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Jan 14, 2014

Hi Pete,

 

I am sorry for not explain the hole store. I want to see the client addresses on the destination servers internally, via F5.

 

//Jan

 

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    PeteWhite
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    Jan 14, 2014
    I see - if you want to SNAT then as you say you will lose the client IP address at the destination servers. You can use an iRule to decide whether to SNAT or not but the only way out of using SNAT is to make the f5 your default gateway or use some other routing.