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VRRP configuration
This chapter includes these sections:
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IPv4-based VRRP configuration examples
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IPv6-based VRRP configuration examples
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NOTE:
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The term router in this document refers to both routers and Layer 3 switches.
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At present, the interfaces that VRRP involves can only be Layer 3 Ethernet interfaces, VLAN interfaces.
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The layer 3 Ethernet interface is an Ethernet interface operating in route mode, For more information
about the operating mode of the Ethernet interface, see the
Layer 2—LAN Switching Configuration
Guide.
VRRP overview
, you can configure a default route with the gateway as the next hop for
every host on a network segment. All packets destined to other network segments are sent over the
default route to the gateway, which then forwards the packets. However, when the gateway fails, all the
hosts that use the gateway as the default next-hop router fail to communicate with external networks.
Figure 29
LAN networking
Gateway
Network
Host A
Host B
Host C