Sending traffic from an instance with a floating IP

Imagine a scenario where a floating IP, 10.30.0.107, has been assigned to the green VM represented in the following diagram:

When the green virtual machine instance at 172.24.100.6 sends traffic to an external resource, it first arrives at the local qrouter namespace:

Source MAC

Destination MAC

Source IP

Destination IP

Green VM

Green qr interface

Green VM Fixed IP

(172.24.100.6)

8.8.8.8

(Google DNS)

When traffic arrives at the local qrouter namespace, the routing ...

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