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                               UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                          WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                               STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
/ / Check this box if no
    longer subject to         Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities
    Section 16. Form 4            Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the
    or Form 5 obligations         Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
    may continue. See              or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company
    Instruction 1(b).                           Act of 1940
(Print or Type Responses)

                                                                                                       
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 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person       2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol   6. Relationship of Reporting Person to
 Goldman          Steven                          F5 Networks, Inc. (ffiv)                      Issuer (Check all applicable)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------       Director         10% Owner
  (Last)          (First)          (Middle)    3. IRS or Social Security  4. Statement for      ----              ---
c/o F5 Networks, Inc.                             Number of Reporting        Month/Year          X  Officer (give    Other (Specify
401 Elliott Avenue West                           Person (Voluntary)       January 2002         ----        title ---       below)
--------------------------------------------                             -------------------               below)
                 (Street)                                                 5. If Amendment,             SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF
                                                                             Date of Original          SALES AND SERVICES
                                                                             (Month/Year)              ------------------------
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                                                                                             7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
                                                                                                (Check Applicable Line)
                                                                                                 X   Form filed by One Reporting
                                                                                                ---- Person
                                                                                                     Form filed by More than One
                                                                                                ---- Reporting Person
Seattle,              WA             98119
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  (City)           (State)           (Zip)     TABLE 1 -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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 1. Title of Security           2. Trans-   3. Transac-  4. Securities Acquired (A)  5.  Amount of Se-    6. Owner-      7. Nature
    (Instr. 3)                     action      tion         or Disposed of (D)           curities Benefi-    ship           of In-
                                   Date        Code         (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)          cially Owned at     Form:          direct
                                               (Instr. 8)                                End of Month        Direct         Benefi-
                                  (Month/                                                (Instr. 3 and 4)    (D) or         cial
                                   Day/   ---------------------------------------                            Indirect       Owner-
                                   Year)    Code    V      Amount   (A) or  Price                            (I)            ship
                                                                    (D)                                      (Instr. 4)     (Instr.
                                                                                                                            4)

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COMMON STOCK                    01/28/02     S             15,000    D      AVG.          159,360                D
                                                                            PRICE
                                                                            OF
                                                                            $20.21
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FORM 4 (CONTINUED)        TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
                                  (E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)

                                                                                                
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1. Title of Derivative    2. Conver-   3. Trans-  4. Trans-   5. Number of     6. Date Exer-   7. Title and Amount   8. Price
   Security                  sion or      action     action      Derivative       cisable and     of Underlying         of
   (Instr. 3)                Exercise     Date       Code        Securities Ac-   Expiration      Securities            Deriv-
                             Price of     (Month/    (Instr. 8)  quired (A) or    Date            (Instr. 3 and 4)      ative
                             Deriv-       Day/                   Disposed of (D)  (Month/Day/                           Secur-
                             ative        Year)                  (Instr. 3, 4,    Year)                                 ity
                             Security                            and 5)                                                 (Instr. 5)
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                                                                               Date    Expira-            Amount or
                                                    -------------------------- Exer-   tion       Title   Number of
                                                    Code  V     (A)     (D)    cisable Date               Shares
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9. Number of                 10. Ownership               11. Nature of
   Derivative                    Form of                     Indirect
   Securities                    Derivative                  Beneficial
   Beneficially                  Security:                   Ownership
   Owned at End                  Direct (D)                  (Instr. 4)
   of Month                      or Indirect (I)
   (Instr. 4)                    (Instr. 4)

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Explanation of Responses:

**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations.    /s/ Steven Goldman              2/05/02
  See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).                                                  ------------------------------- -------
                                                                                             **Signature of Reporting Person   Date


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