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xinhui_jiang_20
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Jul 12, 2015

problem about monitor outside isp network

hello my scenario is below:

 

internal address is 192.168.0.1/30 external address is 10.0.0.1/30 manage address isp use static route 3.3.3.3 to 10.0.0.1 like this,when monitor check outsite website,it just use private address 10.0.0.1 to go out,it can't be snat to 3.3.3.3 to go out,then monitor will be fail.i want to do any traffic go to external interface snat to 3.3.3.3 public ip address.please help me how to do it.sorry for my bad english

 

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application delivery
LTM
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    VernonWells
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    Jul 20, 2015

    Is 3.3.3.3 an IP address that is assigned to the BIG-IP? If so, you could bind it to the BIG-IP as a self-IP, then create a route to the external hosts going through the default route upstream of 3.3.3.3.

     

    If this is not feasible, then, as this post describes:

     

    you could have the monitor target a VS on the BIG-IP that performs SNAT. The VS would have a single pool members; namely, the IP:port of the target you wish to monitor.

     

    As yet another alternative, you could create an external monitor. The following post provides information about this: