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Tadaoki_237078
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Apr 19, 2017

Ping -I sourced from snat pool member

Hello,   I want to ask if I can ping, using the -I option, from an snat pool member address?   ping [destination address] -I [source address(snat pool member)] Thank you in advance, Kai  
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Chris_Grant
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Apr 20, 2017

Having just tried this, the short answer is no. You can select a self IP, but selecting a SNATPool member will result in a bind error.

 

Self IPs must also be non floating self IPs.

 

So you must use a local non shared resource for pinging.