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Greg Woods wrote:
> The real server would then send packets
> back directly to the client, without going through the director.
yes
> If what you say above is true, that would mean the client sends a packet
> to the VIP, but gets a response back from a real server's RIP instead.
no. The packet is delivered to the VIP and the realserver generates a reply
from the VIP, so client-semantics is preserved. The reply packet has the
MAC of the NIC which has the RIP.
Joe
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