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SomeDude_324882
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Mar 22, 2018

Which IP connects to the node, the F5 or client?

Virtual Server - IPv4 on port 80 Nodes - Two web nodes port 80 on internal network

 

Is it the virtual server IP that makes the connection to the nodes, or does the client make the ip connection?

 

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    Surgeon
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    Mar 22, 2018

    Client will connect to the vip then big-ip will forward traffic to pool members.

     

    Src IP of the egress packet depend on your config. By default src ip is eq to client's IP. If you use automap then src IP is ip of egress floating-ip address If you are using snat then IP from snat pool