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Article Id 347442
Description This article describes how to insert the Client IP information in the TCP Option for Layer 4 TCP Virtual Server.
It is maybe necessary to preconfigure other respective Virtual Server setup and Application Profiles setup and refer to the documentation at the end of this article for more information on the respective configurations.
Scope FortiADC and FortiADC-VM v7.4.4 or later
Solution

FortiADC v7.4.4 or later supports Client IP Insertion in TCP Option which inserts the Client IP information in the TCP Option where there is a requirement to identify the Client IP for Layer 4 TCP Virtual Server.

 

Example:

The TCP option with Client IP information from the packet capture. TCP Option number 35 is used in the example.

 

tcp_option_with_client_ip_information.png

 

Refer to the below site for the available TCP Option number
https://www.iana.org/assignments/tcp-parameters/tcp-parameters.xhtml

 

Related documents:

What's New: Client address insertion in Layer 4 TCP virtual server

Configuring virtual servers

Configuring Application Profiles

 

 

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