How do I configure sticky mask in order to cover requests from a mega-proxy like America Online (AOL)?
A. If an application requires a user to be stuck for the entire life of the session, consider a Layer 3 sticky. A Layer 3 sticky sticks a user to a server on the basis of the user IP address. The CSS has a sticky table of 32,000, which means that when 32,000 simultaneous users are on the site, the table wraps and the first users become “unstuck”. However, the volume of your site can be such that you have more than 32,000 users at a time. Or a large percentage of your customers can come to you through a mega-proxy. In these cases, consider either the use of a different sticky method (such as the cookie, cookieurl, or url) or an increase of your sticky mask. The default sticky mask is 255.255.255.255, which means that each entry in the sticky table is an individual IP address. Some of the mega-proxies have a situation in which one user over the life of one session uses several different IP addresses in a range of addresses. This situation causes some of the TCP connections to get stuck t
