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  • You should consider checking out this article at AskF5: K7595: Overview of IP forwarding virtual servers

     

    IP Forwarding Virtual Servers act more like routers than a typical virtual server. They forward requests to the destination specified in the request, as opposed to sending the traffic to a pool member.

     

    One example is if you have a group of servers behind the BIG-IP, then you may use a IP forwarder to provide access to those systems for say, management purposes, with the BIG-IP acting as their gateway.

     

  • why is F5 changing source address here (we dont have SNAT enabled its none in the Forwarding IP virtual server)

    do you have snat list configured?

    "SNAT objects take effect on all traffic through a system, even a virtual server, unless that traffic is already subjected to SNATs by the virtual server"

    K9038: The order of precedence for local traffic object listeners

    https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K9038
    200.200.200.111 is client
    172.28.24.14 is floating self ip
    
    root@(ve13a)(cfg-sync In Sync)(Active)(/Common)(tmos) list ltm virtual
    ltm virtual this-is-fwd-vs {
        destination 0.0.0.0:0
        mask any
        profiles {
            fastL4 { }
        }
        source 0.0.0.0/0
        translate-address disabled
        translate-port disabled
        vs-index 2
    }
    root@(ve13a)(cfg-sync In Sync)(Active)(/Common)(tmos) list ltm snat
    ltm snat this-is-snat-list {
        automap
        origins {
            ::/0 { }
            0.0.0.0/0 { }
        }
    }
    
    [root@ve13a:Active:In Sync] config  tcpdump -nni 0.0 -s0 host 8.8.4.4
    tcpdump: verbose output suppressed, use -v or -vv for full protocol decode
    listening on 0.0, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 65535 bytes
    14:12:01.344544 IP 200.200.200.111.52881 > 8.8.4.4.53: 11480+ A? www.google.com. (32) in slot1/tmm0 lis=
    14:12:01.344657 IP 172.28.24.14.49162 > 8.8.4.4.53: 11480+ A? www.google.com. (32) out slot1/tmm0 lis=/Common/this-is-fwd-vs
    14:12:01.349591 IP 8.8.4.4.53 > 172.28.24.14.49162: 11480 6/0/0 A 74.125.24.99, A 74.125.24.103, A 74.125.24.147, A 74.125.24.106, A 74.125.24.105, A 74.125.24.104 (128) in slot1/tmm0 lis=/Common/this-is-fwd-vs
    14:12:01.349605 IP 8.8.4.4.53 > 200.200.200.111.52881: 11480 6/0/0 A 74.125.24.99, A 74.125.24.103, A 74.125.24.147, A 74.125.24.106, A 74.125.24.105, A 74.125.24.104 (128) out slot1/tmm0 lis=/Common/this-is-fwd-vs