How to Configure VRRP: The Open-Standard Alternative to HSRP
VRRP (Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol) does the same job as HSRP — multiple routers sharing a virtual IP address so hosts never need to know which physical device is actually forwarding their traffic — but it’s an open IETF standard (RFC 3768) rather than a Cisco-proprietary protocol. If a network mixes equipment from different vendors,...
