Netopia 3300 - Manual (Page 228)

7-36 Firmware User Guide
If it matches the local IP address of that inter face or the subnets, the Vir tual Router will be defaulted to
have a priority of 255. See below.
Note: A router currently in VRRP Master mode is the only device which will respond on the Vir tual IP address.
Consequently, a router using the Vir tual IP address as its Ethernet address will be non-responsive when not in
VRRP Master mode. Therefore, it is recommended that the Vir tual IP address not be used as the unique
Ethernet IP address of any network device.
• Priority – Assign a Priority in the range of 1 – 255 to the Vir tual Router. The default is 100. The priority of
a Vir tual Router will default to 255 if the Vir tual Router is the IP address owner. A priority of 255 indicates
that the Vir tual Router should operate in Master mode. Even a non-owner can have a priority of 255, and
thus operate in Master mode. You can configure only one Vir tual Router to be a Master by default (priority
of 255) for an inter face.
• Preempt Mode – Toggle Preempt Mode either Yes or No. This setting specifies whether the router should
preempt the current Master for the ID, if its priority is greater than the current Master.
Note: A Vir tual Router will always preempt if it is the owner of the Vir tual IP address, regardless of the
Preempt Mode setting.
• Advertisement-Interval – Enter an Adver tisement-Inter val in seconds, after which the Master sends VRRP
adver tisement packets.
• Enable – Toggle Enable to Yes to enable this Vir tual Router; or No to disable it.
Select ADD VIRTUAL ROUTER NOW and press Return. You are returned to the Ethernet LAN VRRP Options
screen.
Note: When an additional LAN is created, or deleted, the Router must be restar ted for proper VRRP
operation.
Ethernet LAN VRRP Options
Display/Change Virtual Routers...
Add Virtual Router...
Delete Virtual Router...
Monitor WAN: Yes
Serve/Relay DHCP only if
Virtual Router in Master state: No
DHCP Gateway IP Address: 0.0.0.0