Bug ID 785361: In L2wire mode packets from srcIP 0.0.0.0 will be silently dropped

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP All(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
15.1.0, 15.1.0.1, 15.1.0.2, 15.1.0.3, 15.1.0.4, 15.1.0.5, 15.1.1, 15.1.2, 15.1.2.1, 15.1.3, 15.1.3.1, 15.1.4, 15.1.4.1, 15.1.5, 15.1.5.1, 15.1.6, 15.1.6.1, 15.1.7, 15.1.8, 15.1.8.1, 15.1.8.2

Fixed In:
16.1.0, 15.1.9

Opened: May 22, 2019

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

If the BIG-IP system is configured in L2Wire mode, packets from srcIP 0.0.0.0 are dropped.

Impact

All srcIP 0.0.0.0 packets are dropped silently.

Conditions

L2Wire mode.

Workaround

Configure the virtual server to be in L2-forward mode.

Fix Information

The system no longer drops srcIP 0.0.0.0 packets when in L2Wire mode.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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