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M_2
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Feb 26, 2017

What will be the ARP/GARP for wildcard or Network virtual server ?

Hi all, trying to understand how the ARP/GARP will work for the wildcard or network virtual servers w.r.t the MAC addresses ?   Can any one explain.   SAM
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tatmotiv
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Feb 26, 2017

When using wildcard/network virtuals, in most cases you will need to have an upstream router or firewall have traffic destined for the wildacrd address room forwarded to a (floating) self IP of the bigIP. So basically, this self IP's ARP/GARP behaviour is relevant for traffic handling concerning the according wildcard/network virtual.