A Simple Example Of Vrrp Fail Over - MikroTik RouterOS v2.9 Reference Manual

address ( IP address ) - IP address belongs to the virtual router
broadcast ( IP address ) - broadcasting IP address
interface ( name ; default: default ) - interface, where to put the address on (may be different form
the interface this VRRP instance is running on)
• default - put this address on the interface the given VRRP instane is working on
network ( IP address ) - IP address of the network
virtual-router ( name ) - VRRP router's name the address belongs to
Notes
The virtual IP addresses should be the same for each node of a virtual router.
Example
To add a virtual address of 192.168.1.1/24 to the vr1 VRRP router:
[admin@MikroTik] ip vrrp> address add address=192.168.1.1/24 \
\... virtual-router=vr1
[admin@MikroTik] ip vrrp> address print
Flags: X - disabled, A - active
# ADDRESS
0 192.168.1.1/24
[admin@MikroTik] ip vrrp>

A simple example of VRRP fail over

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NETWORK BROADCAST
192.168.1.0 192.168.1.255
INSTANCE INTERFACE
vr1 default