Bug ID 488866: Added support of NLA to Always connect mode of EdgeClient

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
12.1.1 HF1, 12.1.1 HF2, 12.1.2 HF1, 12.1.2 HF2

Fixed In:
12.1.0, 12.0.0 HF3

Opened: Nov 05, 2014

Severity: 4-Minor

Symptoms

BIG-IP Edge Client in always connect mode doesn't respect network location awareness (NLA) settings.

Impact

Edge Client always tries to establish VPN connection, even inside the enterprise network.

Conditions

Edge Client is configured to be in AlwaysConnected mode. Connectivity profile has Enterprise LAN suffixes configured.

Workaround

None

Fix Information

Now BIG-IP Edge Client respects network location awareness (NLA) settings from connectivity profile: disconnects VPN when inside enterprise network, establishes VPN when outside of enterprise network. Edge Client has no button in this mode. To achieve that Edge Client should be configured in this way: 1 .'Enable Always connected mode' checked. 2. 'Traffic flow when VPN is disconnected' set to 'Allow only in enterprise LAN'. 3. Connectivity profile should have suffixes configured.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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