Vrrp Configuration; Introduction To Vrrp; Vrrp Overview - HP 4800G Series Configuration Manual

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VRRP Configuration

When configuring VRRP, go to these sections for information you are interested in:

Introduction to VRRP

Configuring VRRP for IPv4
Configuring VRRP for IPv6
IPv4-Based VRRP Configuration Examples
IPv6-Based VRRP Configuration Examples
Troubleshooting VRRP
The term router in this document refers to a router in a generic sense or a Layer 3 switch.
At present, the interfaces that VRRP involves can only be VLAN interfaces unless otherwise
specified.
Introduction to VRRP

VRRP Overview

Normally, as shown in
every host on a network segment. All packets destined to other network segments are sent over the
default route to the gateway and then be forwarded by the gateway. However, when the gateway fails,
all the hosts using the gateway as the default next-hop router fail to communicate with the external
network.
Figure 1-1 LAN networking
Host A
Host B
Host C
Figure 1-1, you can configure a default route with the gateway as the next hop for
Network
Gateway
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