The F5 Guy

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Hello all!  Well, I am back from vacationing from Cozumel…  I am glad to be back in the US (and to have Internet access) and it just so happens that I ran across something fun that I wanted to share.

Often overlooked by those seeking BIG-IP answers to web related problems is a very powerful feature called “Stream Profiles”.  So what exactly is a stream profile?  Well I am glad you asked!

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I have returned from the F5 Networks 2011 MVP Summit and my brain is full of ideas from talking with F5 folks and fellow MVP’s.

Let me first start off with saying how much fun I had.  Getting to attend an event that is hosted like this is more fun than going to Six Flags for me!  Anyway, as I was saying…

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I have a guest post today that I am happy to present to you. The following content was created by a fellow F5 DevCentral MVP member named Chetan Bhatt who works for NBC Universal as a Senior Network Engineer.

In an article that TheF5Guy.com posted back in September 22, 2010 I explained a method about creating a F5-Cisco VLAN to VLAN Bypass for Cisco IOS gear.  With the introduction to Cisco Nexus and vPC (Virtual Port Channel) technology the configurations to make the VLAN-to-VLAN bypass would need to be updated.  (Previous article can be found here)

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I have recently had the opportunity to work with SSTP VPN inside of Microsoft’s Unified Access Gateway and it has been quite a learning experience to say the least.

I ran into one issue in particular that I want to cover today, where RPC packets were being blocked on all of the client PC’s coming in over the SSTP VPN (Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol Virtual Private Network).

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Getting to play with new technology is fun isn’t it?!  I have been messing around with something that is new to me lately called Umbraco.  First released in 2005, Umbraco is an open-source CMS platform for building websites and has an install base of a little over 85,000 installations.

I thought it would be fun/interesting/(useful?) for the Umbraco and F5 Networks community to create a series of posts based on my experiences in using the F5 BIG-IP to deliver this application in a fast, secure and highly available manner.

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