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1qaz's avatar
1qaz
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May 08, 2020

I want to get the source port but it was changed by F5?

Hi,I have a question for help: I have a VS1 on BIGIP 3900, I want the source port of the client to be kept, but I observed that the client'port all be changed by F5: (tmos)# show sys connection cs-...
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Mayur_Sutare's avatar
Mayur_Sutare
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May 08, 2020

 ,

 

i think, for VS1 source port settings is set to change.

 

You can verify it under,

Virtual Server --> Configuration --> Advanced --> Source Port.

 

If setting is set to Preserve, source port will not change. You verify this setting under VS.

 

Hope it helps!

Mayur

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1qaz
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May 08, 2020

thanks to Mayur Sutare,I logged in to F5 and checked, the source port of VS1 was set to Preserve, and the same setting for VS2