From aae95720b0cdabb78d0c8c1f592765c65dd8aeba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: currite Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2020 18:09:17 +0100 Subject: wan-load-balancing: add wiki image for sticky connections --- docs/_static/images/sticky-connections.jpg | Bin 0 -> 22252 bytes docs/load-balancing.rst | 6 ++++++ 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/_static/images/sticky-connections.jpg diff --git a/docs/_static/images/sticky-connections.jpg b/docs/_static/images/sticky-connections.jpg new file mode 100644 index 00000000..25fd72a9 Binary files /dev/null and b/docs/_static/images/sticky-connections.jpg differ diff --git a/docs/load-balancing.rst b/docs/load-balancing.rst index 0149ac76..cae2f6a5 100644 --- a/docs/load-balancing.rst +++ b/docs/load-balancing.rst @@ -159,6 +159,12 @@ This works through automatically generated source NAT (SNAT) rules, these rules Sticky Connections ------------------ +Inbound connections to a WAN interface can be improperly handled when the reply is sent back to the client. + +.. image:: /_static/images/sticky-connections.jpg + :width: 80% + :align: center + Upon reception of an incoming packet, when a response is sent, it might be desired to ensure that it leaves from the same interface as the inbound one. This can be achieved by enabling sticky connections in the load balancing: -- cgit v1.2.3