Bug ID 513968: CGNAT hairpin connections using multiple route-domains are not supported

Last Modified: Oct 17, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
12.0.0, 12.0.0 HF1, 12.1.0 HF1, 12.0.0 HF2, 12.1.0 HF2, 12.0.0 HF3, 12.0.0 HF4, 12.1.1 HF1, 12.1.1 HF2, 12.1.2 HF1, 12.1.2 HF2, 12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2, 12.1.3, 12.1.3.1, 12.1.3.2, 12.1.3.3, 12.1.3.4, 12.1.3.5, 12.1.3.6, 12.1.3.7, 12.1.4, 12.1.4.1, 12.1.5, 12.1.5.1, 12.1.5.2, 12.1.5.3, 12.1.6, 13.0.0, 13.0.0 HF1, 13.0.0 HF2, 13.0.0 HF3, 13.0.1

Fixed In:
13.1.0

Opened: Mar 23, 2015

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

When subscribers are in a different route-domain from the route-domain used for the prefix in the LSN pool, hairpin connections cannot be established.

Impact

Subscribers cannot make connections to each other using public (translated) addresses.

Conditions

The route-domain used on the Virtual Server is different from the route-domain used on the prefix in the LSN pool.

Workaround

The routes can be configured so the hairpinning takes place on an external router.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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