Bug ID 864649: The client-side connection of a dhcpv4_fwd profile on Broadcast DHCP-Relay Virtual Server never expires from the connection table

Last Modified: Jan 20, 2023

Bug Tracker

Affected Product:  See more info
BIG-IP LTM(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
14.1.0, 14.1.0.1, 14.1.0.2, 14.1.0.3, 14.1.0.5, 14.1.0.6, 14.1.2, 14.1.2.1, 14.1.2.2, 14.1.2.3, 14.1.2.4, 14.1.2.5, 14.1.2.6, 14.1.2.7, 14.1.2.8, 14.1.3, 14.1.3.1, 14.1.4, 14.1.4.1, 14.1.4.2, 14.1.4.3, 14.1.4.4, 14.1.4.5, 14.1.4.6, 14.1.5, 14.1.5.1, 14.1.5.2, 14.1.5.3

Opened: Dec 23, 2019
Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

The client-side connection of the dhcpv4_fwd profile on Broadcast DHCP-Relay Virtual Server never expires from the connection table.

Impact

Even after correcting the listener to use dhcpv4 (relay) instead of dhcpv4_fwd (forwarding) profile, the client-side connection from the dhcpv4_fwd profile remains.

Conditions

Configure dhcpv4_fwd profile on Broadcast DHCP-Relay Virtual Server.

Workaround

Delete the long-standing connection from the connection table.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change