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Load Balancer (Piranha) node different VLAN best practice

I have a load balancer (piranha) and I added a server behind (the VIP) that sits on a different vlan/network. I found out after I added the node that load balancer is producing network time out. I'm not sure why sits doing that so I remove the server I just added and tested its network connection. I see it responding perfectly without any problem. I'm not sure what's the best practice for piranha load balancer but is it allowed(or is it best practice) to have nodes behind the vip from different network subnet/vlan?

So this is what it looks like
VIP: 10.11.211.44
Current Nodes behind the vip: 192.168.233.44, 192.168.233.11, 192.168.233.12
New Node I added behind the VIP: 192.168.234.242

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ahh yeah they have different gateway IP but its both managed by the same firewall. I guess it won't work on the load balancer?

Current Nodes behind the vip: 192.168.233.44, 192.168.233.11, 192.168.233.12
Has a gateway of 192.168.233.1

New Node I added behind the VIP: 192.168.234.242
Has a gateway of 192.168.234.1

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I can verify that piranha servers can ping the new DNS server from a different vlan. I also see DNS ports open from the piranha load balancer servers to the new DNS server. I'm not really sure why load balancer is timing out after I added the new server. I talked to my network engineer and he said for 17 years of network experience this is the first time he sets this up. He said load balancer nodes should only be sitting on one network vlan otherwise it'll be hard to manage. I agree but we want to migrate all our DNS server to this new vlan network slowly. We just don't do big migration change. We do it slowly.

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