# VS FORWARDING & ROUTE

**URL:** <https://community.f5.com/t/vs-forwarding-route/75888>\
**Category:** Technical Forums\
**Tags:** announcement, devops\
**Created:** [March 17, 2025, 7:25pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/vs-forwarding-route/75888 "2025-03-17T19:25:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![dami91](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@dami91](https://community.f5.com/u/dami91)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2025, 7:25pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/vs-forwarding-route/75888/1 "2025-03-17T19:25:49Z")

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Hello

Did we need to set a route when we use a vs forwarding even if the host distintation is directly connected to f5 BIG-IP .

I see that there is option ressource set to use vlan when we create a route .

Thanks a lot

Coridially

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**Author:** ![Paulius](https://d1p9zq3aats0t8.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.f5.com/paulius/32/21698_2.png) [@Paulius](https://community.f5.com/u/Paulius)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2025, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/vs-forwarding-route/75888/2 "2025-03-18T12:29:00Z")

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You do not need routes on the F5 if the subnet that the destination device is directly connected to the F5.

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**Author:** ![dami91](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@dami91](https://community.f5.com/u/dami91)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2025, 1:03pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/vs-forwarding-route/75888/3 "2025-03-18T13:03:02Z")

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Thanks foe your response . So why the option use ressource vlan/tunnel does exist when we create new route in the f5 dowumentation said that when we use this option this mean that the network is direcrly connected

| **Use VLAN/Tunnel** | Select this option when you want the next hop in the route to be a VLAN or tunnel. This option works well when the destination address you specify in the routing entry is a network address. Selecting a VLAN/tunnel name as the resource implies that the specified network is directly connected to the BIG-IP system. In this case, the BIG-IP system can find the destination host simply by sending an ARP request to the hosts in the specified VLAN, thereby obtaining the destination host’s MAC address. |
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**Author:** ![Paulius](https://d1p9zq3aats0t8.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.f5.com/paulius/32/21698_2.png) [@Paulius](https://community.f5.com/u/Paulius)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 7:21pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/vs-forwarding-route/75888/4 "2025-03-20T19:21:33Z")

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What is this configuration item associated to on the device?