Bug ID 567199: NLA-awareness works incorrectly in "Always Connected Mode"

Last Modified: Oct 07, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
12.0.0, 12.0.0 HF1, 12.1.0 HF1, 12.0.0 HF2, 12.1.0 HF2, 12.1.1 HF1, 12.1.1 HF2, 12.1.2 HF1, 12.1.2 HF2

Fixed In:
13.0.0, 12.1.0, 12.0.0 HF3

Opened: Jan 12, 2016

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

Edge Clients configured with Network Location Awareness and Always Connected Mode will fail to connect if the client is outside of the enterprise LAN and "Allow traffic only in enterprise networks" is configured.

Impact

Clients will be unable to connect to enterprise resources

Conditions

1. Generate package which contains EdgeClient in always connected code, specify "Allow traffic only in enterprise networks" 2. Connect client to LAN which is not enterprise (without suffix) 3. Install and run EdgeClient

Workaround

None.

Fix Information

The Edge client will now pass through NLA Awareness events so that they can connect to enterprise resources.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips