# \#self-ip **URL:** https://community.f5.com/tag/self-ip/893.md [Latest](https://community.f5.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.f5.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.f5.com/tags.md) --- ## [self ip issue](https://community.f5.com/t/self-ip-issue/74946)
**Author:** [@Skyler](https://community.f5.com/u/Skyler)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2024, 2:13pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/self-ip-issue/74946 "2024-08-07T14:13:33Z")
Hi all, I have a problem, I created a self ip (10.10.10.250/24) on my F5 device to act as a gateway, When I ping this gateway, it says the address is unreachable,Devices pointing to this gateway are working, only the ad… --- ## [Multiple Route Domains in same partition](https://community.f5.com/t/multiple-route-domains-in-same-partition/57133)
**Author:** [@gu3rr3ir0](https://community.f5.com/u/gu3rr3ir0)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2020, 12:16am UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/multiple-route-domains-in-same-partition/57133 "2020-10-27T00:16:45Z")
Hi all, So my doubt is, if there is anything wrong in creating more than one route domain in partition common? I want to create Route Domain 3 ( 0 is the default and already exists), in order to separate the routing ta… --- ## [Change DNS GTM Self IP](https://community.f5.com/t/change-dns-gtm-self-ip/43242)
**Author:** [@Edouard](https://community.f5.com/u/Edouard)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2020, 3:07am UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/change-dns-gtm-self-ip/43242 "2020-06-28T03:07:53Z")
Greetings, My approach is to take the DNS I will not change out of the sync group. Then, change the LTM gateway pool, and Link, listener, self address on the DNS, then change LTM VS addresses. After that join the othe… --- ## [Do I need a self-ip in the same subnet as my virtual servers, or a VLAN ID?](https://community.f5.com/t/do-i-need-a-self-ip-in-the-same-subnet-as-my-virtual-servers-or-a-vlan-id/20323)
**Author:** [@Sarah\_258804](https://community.f5.com/u/Sarah_258804)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2019, 2:33pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/do-i-need-a-self-ip-in-the-same-subnet-as-my-virtual-servers-or-a-vlan-id/20323 "2019-06-10T14:33:32Z")
Hi all. So my external self IP is in the 10.251.12.0/24 subnet and my virtual servers are in the 10.251.10.0/24 subnet. However, I can’t ping any of my vIPs from the F5 itself or outside of that network. I noticed tha… --- ## [SSL VIP accessible from browser but not from CLI](https://community.f5.com/t/ssl-vip-accessible-from-browser-but-not-from-cli/42986)
**Author:** [@southern\_shred1](https://community.f5.com/u/southern_shred1)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2019, 7:36am UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/ssl-vip-accessible-from-browser-but-not-from-cli/42986 "2019-03-06T07:36:40Z")
Hi A VIP with an SSL profile works fine when client connects through a browser. But connection is refused (TCP reset) when client connects from CLI to VIP. A TCPdump of the CLI attempts shows show the connection… --- ## [GTM Listener IP - Best Practice](https://community.f5.com/t/gtm-listener-ip-best-practice/11477)
**Author:** [@Dave\_W\_178431](https://community.f5.com/u/Dave_W_178431)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2018, 9:33pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/gtm-listener-ip-best-practice/11477 "2018-12-11T21:33:51Z")
I’m looking for some clarification on this topic. I’ve seen it mentioned in various places (ex. 404 Page not found | BIG-IP Documentation) that the best practice is to use one of the BIP-IPs self-IPs as the destination l… --- ## [External interface selfIP without elastic IP on AWS - no internet access for management port](https://community.f5.com/t/external-interface-selfip-without-elastic-ip-on-aws-no-internet-access-for-management-port/17580)
**Author:** [@Lukasz\_01\_15307](https://community.f5.com/u/Lukasz_01_15307)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2017, 7:18pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/external-interface-selfip-without-elastic-ip-on-aws-no-internet-access-for-management-port/17580 "2017-08-14T19:18:53Z")
We have multi-NIC f5 deployed in AWS - external, internal and management interface. Only External interface can have elastic IP associated with it. Internal and management subnets are internal only. We access the managem… --- ## [No response after added virtual server IP address as floating self-IP address](https://community.f5.com/t/no-response-after-added-virtual-server-ip-address-as-floating-self-ip-address/2291)
**Author:** [@mreco\_159588](https://community.f5.com/u/mreco_159588)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2017, 1:21pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/no-response-after-added-virtual-server-ip-address-as-floating-self-ip-address/2291 "2017-06-20T13:21:28Z")
Hi, I have an F5 HA pair that serves several virtual servers. VS1: ip1 VS2: ip2 Now, the IP address of VS1 (ip1) was already defined as a floating self-IP, but I found out that the IP address of VS2 was not d… --- ## [vIP gARP without Self IP in vIP range](https://community.f5.com/t/vip-garp-without-self-ip-in-vip-range/18440)
**Author:** [@NiHo\_202842](https://community.f5.com/u/NiHo_202842)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2017, 12:36pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/vip-garp-without-self-ip-in-vip-range/18440 "2017-01-12T12:36:39Z")
Hello, Currently we are running version 11.5.1 with no Self IPs defined in the vIP VLANs/subnets. Traffic is flowing through the vIPs without any problems. During a failover, some vIPs are not available. While read… --- ## [How does MAC Masquerading work exactly?](https://community.f5.com/t/how-does-mac-masquerading-work-exactly/18470)
**Author:** [@NiHo\_202842](https://community.f5.com/u/NiHo_202842)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2017, 11:19am UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/how-does-mac-masquerading-work-exactly/18470 "2017-01-12T11:19:39Z")
Hi, I am trying to grasp how exactly MAC Masquerading works, and how it behaves differently during a failover. Situation without MAC Masquerading Every floating Self IP & virtual IP will have a gARP anouncement … --- ## [ARP & Failover hassle: Self-IP in the vIP range or MAC Masquerading?](https://community.f5.com/t/arp-failover-hassle-self-ip-in-the-vip-range-or-mac-masquerading/18430)
**Author:** [@NiHo\_202842](https://community.f5.com/u/NiHo_202842)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2017, 11:07am UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/arp-failover-hassle-self-ip-in-the-vip-range-or-mac-masquerading/18430 "2017-01-04T11:07:15Z")
Hello, We recently had some issues regarding a failover where a part of the vips weren’t ARP’d right. (These worked fine before) F5 Support mentioned having a self-ip in the vIP range or using MAC Masquerading on the … --- ## [AFM context self-ip](https://community.f5.com/t/afm-context-self-ip/61440)
**Author:** [@TayF5un](https://community.f5.com/u/TayF5un)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2016, 9:41pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/afm-context-self-ip/61440 "2016-11-02T21:41:10Z")
hi, I want to drop traffic from self-ip to outside. However, although I have added rule which is; source IP: my\_external\_IP dest IP: any action drop, I was able to ping any IP and telnet any IP. What is the problem… --- ## [Self Ip's displaying in AV 1x1 call when callee ip address is expected.](https://community.f5.com/t/self-ips-displaying-in-av-1x1-call-when-callee-ip-address-is-expected/42608)
**Author:** [@Sonya\_Purcell\_2](https://community.f5.com/u/Sonya_Purcell_2)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2016, 2:06pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/self-ips-displaying-in-av-1x1-call-when-callee-ip-address-is-expected/42608 "2016-10-20T14:06:15Z")
Using BIG-IP to load balance IBM Sametime works well except when I plug in Bandwidth Manager into the AV solution. Using self ips as part of our F5 solution means that to route a call I need to add the self ip addresses … --- ## [Which IP does my F5 use to authenticate against Active Directory?](https://community.f5.com/t/which-ip-does-my-f5-use-to-authenticate-against-active-directory/20402)
**Author:** [@Sarah\_258804](https://community.f5.com/u/Sarah_258804)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2016, 5:26am UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/which-ip-does-my-f5-use-to-authenticate-against-active-directory/20402 "2016-05-26T05:26:40Z")
Hi, I’m currently trying to set up authentication on my F5 to use “Remote - Active Directory”. When I log in to the F5 with my active directory account, which IP address is it going to use to talk to the domain controlle… --- ## [Setting up Self IPs, VLANs and interfaces properly](https://community.f5.com/t/setting-up-self-ips-vlans-and-interfaces-properly/44541)
**Author:** [@bsm1970](https://community.f5.com/u/bsm1970)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2016, 2:29pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/setting-up-self-ips-vlans-and-interfaces-properly/44541 "2016-03-30T14:29:41Z")
I am with a division of a much larger organization. The larger organization has a layer 3 firewall that all the divisions sit behind. We have some public-facing web servers that we are going to be standing up in a virtua… --- ## [Get Self IPs via iControl REST](https://community.f5.com/t/get-self-ips-via-icontrol-rest/18257)
**Author:** [@NiHo\_202842](https://community.f5.com/u/NiHo_202842)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2016, 11:33am UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/get-self-ips-via-icontrol-rest/18257 "2016-01-27T11:33:20Z")
Hi, is there any way to get a list of self ip addresses of all Bigip devices in a cluster via the REST interface? There is mgmt/net/self, but this only lists the VLAN subnets. Regards --- ## [What is the impact of adding a floating IP to an active HA LTM pair?](https://community.f5.com/t/what-is-the-impact-of-adding-a-floating-ip-to-an-active-ha-ltm-pair/18425)
**Author:** [@Steve\_M\_153836](https://community.f5.com/u/Steve_M_153836)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2014, 9:00am UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/what-is-the-impact-of-adding-a-floating-ip-to-an-active-ha-ltm-pair/18425 "2014-05-22T09:00:13Z")
Hello. I have recently started a new position and while going through the environment I’ve found a couple pairs of LTMs in HA config with floating IPs for some networks and not for others. I generally follow the best pra…