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JD1
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Feb 18, 2015

LTM - IP Fowarder Performance issues (Stateless Router config)

Hi All,   Wondering if anyone else has issues with using an IP Forwarder in the manner described in this article (Specifically - Emulating stateless IP routing with BIG-IP LTM forwarding virtual s...
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Feb 18, 2015
I've performance tested this quite thoroughly with Ixia performance test hardware and have never observed an unexpected performance impact when using ip-forwarding virtual servers that was not explained by some other factor in the environment. Could you elaborate on what 'severe delays' you have seen? Long transfer times? Slow connection setup/handshake? Would you be able to post the virtual server configuration? --jesse