8.3. Basic VRRP Configuration

This section looks into all the configuration knobs for the different vendors. Consider Figure 8-1. Here we have a default router V1 with R1 as the master backed up by router R2. Let's take this as an example for basic configuration of VRRP.

Figure 8-1. Basic VRRP configuration

Juniper Networks

The most straightforward VRRP configuration over Ethernet requires only that the following be configured at the [edit interfaces interface-name unit logical-unit- number family inet address address] hierarchy level. An interface can be a member of one or more VRRP groups.

   [edit interfaces
							interface-name
							unit
							logical-unit-

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