# Whiteboard Wednesday: BIG-IP Life of a Packet

**URL:** <https://community.f5.com/t/whiteboard-wednesday-big-ip-life-of-a-packet/67945>\
**Category:** F5 Technical Articles\
**Tags:** big-ip, wbw, architecture\
**Created:** [June 24, 2015, 11:00pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/whiteboard-wednesday-big-ip-life-of-a-packet/67945 "2015-06-24T23:00:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![JRahm](https://d1p9zq3aats0t8.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.f5.com/jrahm/32/3327_2.png) [@JRahm](https://community.f5.com/u/JRahm)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 11:00pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/whiteboard-wednesday-big-ip-life-of-a-packet/67945/1 "2015-06-24T23:00:00Z")

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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.

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**Author:** ![IRONMAN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f9ae1b/32.png) [@IRONMAN](https://community.f5.com/u/IRONMAN)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 7:45am UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/whiteboard-wednesday-big-ip-life-of-a-packet/67945/2 "2020-06-16T07:45:52Z")

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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?