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Whiteboard Wednesday: BIG-IP Life of a Packet

Jason dives into the life of a packet/flow through the BIG-IP in this latest installment of Whiteboard Wednesday.

Drop any questions or comments below and we'll address or clarify as necessary.

Published Jun 24, 2015
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    Jun 16, 2020

    For standard virtual servers, do we need to create rules matching with External Public IP to VIP IP or SNAT IP of VIP to pool members ip? Because in this packet flow, after listener( VIP) it is checking the AFM rules?