Configuring VRRP
ip vrrp authentication-key
Use this command to set a VRRP authentication password on an interface.
Syntax
ip vrrp authentication-key password
no ip vrrp authentication-key
Parameters
password
Defaults
None.
Mode
Router command, Interface configuration: Matrix>Router(config‐if(Vlan 1))#
Usage
The "no" form of this command clears VRRP authentication.
Example
This example shows how to set the VRRP authentication password to "vrrpkey" on VLAN 1:
Matrix>Router(config)#interface vlan 1
Matrix>Router(config-if(Vlan 1))#ip vrrp authentication-key vrrpkey
ip vrrp message-digest-key
Use this command to set a VRRP MD5 authentication password on an interface.
Syntax
ip vrrp message-digest-key vrid md5 password [hmac-96]
no ip vrrp message-digest-key
Parameters
vrid
md5
password
hmac‐96
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Specifies an authentication password. Text string can be 1 to 8
characters in length.
Specifies the Virtual Router ID (VRID). Valid values are from 1 to 255.
Specifies the authentication type as MD5.
Specifies an MD5 authentication password. Text string can be 1 to 16
characters in length.
(Optional) If VRRP is running between Enterasys Matrix N or Enterasys
Matrix E1 routers, this keyword is not required. If VRRP is run between
an Enterasys Matrix N router and something other than an Enterasys
Matrix E1 or an Enterasys Matrix N router, this keyword allows the
md5 authentication to work between those routers.
ip vrrp authentication-key
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