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Alfonso_3549's avatar
Alfonso_3549
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Mar 10, 2009

vserver ALWAYS replies to ping

Hi,     We're new to F5 and came across this "problem" just now:     As soon as you configure a vserver in he F5, it's IP address responds to ping no matter what: when the prima...
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hoolio
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Mar 18, 2009
On 9.3.1 it works fine. I used netcat to open a TCP connection without sending any data.

 

 

client.4704 > vip.http: S 2054786817:2054786817(0) win 64240

 

vip.http > client.4704: S 666623169:666623169(0) ack 2054786818 win 3711 (DF)

 

client.4704 > vip.http: . ack 1 win 64240

 

vip.http > client.4704: R 1:1(0) ack 1 win 3711 (DF)

 

 

Aaron