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Add ICMP protocol limitation
Let users know that ICMP is not supported by ICMP and a regular ping will fail. Provide users with guidance to ping their Load Balancer using TCP Ping.
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articles/load-balancer/concepts-limitations.md

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* **Outbound rules**: An **[outbound rule](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/load-balancer/load-balancer-outbound-rules-overview)** configures outbound Network Address Translation (NAT) for all virtual machines or instances identified by the backend pool of your Standard Load Balancer to be translated to the frontend.
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Basic Load Balancer does not support Outbound Rules.
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![Azure Load Balancer](./media/load-balancer-overview/load-balancer-overview.png)
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* **Transport Protocol**: Load Balancer does not support ICMP and so ICMP pings of a public facing Load Balancer will timeout. You can ping your public facing Load Balancer using TCP Ping.
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## <a name = "load-balancer-concepts"></a>Load Balancer concepts
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Load Balancer provides the following fundamental capabilities for TCP and UDP applications:

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