Riverstone Networks WICT1-12 - Manual (Page 197)

Riverstone Networks RS Switch Router User Guide Release 8.0 12-1
12 VRRP CONFIGURATION GUIDE
This chapter explains how to set up and monitor the Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) on the RS.
VRRP is defined in RFC 2338.
End host systems on a LAN are often configured to send packets to a statically configured default router. If this
default router becomes unavailable, all the hosts that use it as their first hop router become isolated on the network.
VRRP provides a way to ensure the availability of an end host’s default router.
This is done by assigning IP addresses that end hosts use as their default route to a “virtual router.” A Master router
is assigned to forward traffic designated for the virtual router. If the Master router should become unavailable, a
backup router takes over and begins forwarding traffic for the virtual router. As long as one of the routers in a
VRRP configuration is up, the IP addresses assigned to the virtual router are always available, and the end hosts
can send packets to these IP addresses without interruption.
12.1 CONFIGURING VRRP
This section presents three sample VRRP configurations:
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