BigIP as a Gateway

Hello Friends:

 

 

At the outset, I would like to make sure I am in the right place to get a direction for my problem, else I am happy to get kicked out and find solution elsewhere.

 

 

Here is my problem.

 

 

I have single VLAN, VLAN1 that has 2 member servers. All my clients are in a different VLAN which is routable and can reach the servers directly. I created a Standard Virtual Server and a pool with these member servers and try to browse(this is a web app) from a client PC it doesn't work, which is probably normal as the return traffic directly from the server to client doesn't get acknowledged.

 

 

I made the servers Default Gateway to the Self IP of F5 and this makes the Web app work fine. Part of my issue is resolved. But, I am not able to reach the servers for any other TCP communication like icmp/rdp or usual administration traffic. I have a feeling that I am missing a basic step some where. If anyone has had a similar issue or insight into this, please let me know. Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

 

- These are the things that I tried so far.

 

- I created a forwarding Virtual Server with 0.0.0.0 network, enabled for all Protocols and also enabled fastL4 with Loose Initiation and Loose Close enabled. No luck with this.

 

 

- I changed the actual Virtual Server to Performance L4 with fastL4 custom profile, no luck.

 

 

- Last but not the least, the business doesn't want to use SNAT as this application is used Globally and they need to preserve client IPs.

 

 

Thanks a bunch.

 

Chenna