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nitass
Feb 28, 2013Employee
you should see 2 packets; one is on client-side (between client and bigip) and the other one is on server-side (between bigip and server). source port number could be same (e.g. 46154).
e.g.
(1) 22:07:04.047446 IP 172.28.20.120.46154 > 172.28.19.252.22: S 2301043389:2301043389(0) win 14600 in slot1/tmm0 lis=
...snipped...
(4) 22:07:04.050407 IP 200.200.200.10.46154 > 200.200.200.101.22: S 3026268657:3026268657(0) win 4380 out slot1/tmm0 lis=bar
this sol explains how connection is setup. hope it is helpful.
sol8082: Overview of TCP connection set-up for BIG-IP LTM virtual server types
http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/8000/000/sol8082.html