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Jan_Rockstedt_4
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Dec 21, 2012

SNAT problem

Hi,   I have created a standard virtuell server for port 80 and are only using it on the inside of the F5 LTM "LAN" as a load balancer.   The VS is working fine, but only if I use SNAT pool au...
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What_Lies_Bene1
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Dec 21, 2012
Are the clients and the VS on different IP subnets? If so Hamish's suggestion or using statics routes on the server(s) is valid. If not SNAT is unavoidable unless you want configure VLAN Groups and the like which probably isn't worth the effort just to avoid SNAT.

 

 

You could also use the XFF feature to add the original client address to an inserted HTTP header if that helps any?