Comments on: How to configure HSRP in Cisco IOS Routers

By: rajendra

rajendra — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:44:59 +0000

Hi Folks
I have the below scenario.

A.I have two routers at remote office forming tunnels to two routers at head office.(remote1 to HO1 and remote2 to HO2 respectively).

B.Remote 1 router forms GRE tunnels and remote 2 router forms IPsec tunnel.

If I configure HSRP between them and track tunnel interface on remote 1(which I want to be primary) will it work smooth?
Awaiting replies.

By: Mishal

Mishal — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:20:52 +0000

configure gig0/1/0 it will accept IP.

all the best.

By: Otakoya Oluwatosin

Otakoya Oluwatosin — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:29:34 +0000

Hi, I tried the steps and got stuck at configuring ip address on my LAN interface fa 0/1/0. The router gave me an error message “IP address may not be configured on L2 links”. What do I do? Please help.

By: Vincent

Vincent — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:38:11 +0000

How does the hold timer work? In case the active router1 has been reset successfully, will it return to be the active one? If yes, how long will this revertive time take?
Does it work similar in case of active router1 port down/up?
Thanks!

By: Ryan Vrbas

Ryan Vrbas — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:12:10 +0000

I have implemented HSRP and it works great!! I have tested it and when the active router goes down, the standby kicks in with no problems. But I noticed that when the standby router goes down, how come all data stops? Has anyone else encountered this problem and if so, is this issue a configuration mishap?

By: Ade Ajibade

Ade Ajibade — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:28:30 +0000

What is the track default route command? what if my default route is on the LAN interface and not on the WAN/SERIAL/ETHERNET port as described here?

By: Gagan Garg

Gagan Garg — Sun, 17 May 2009 12:08:45 +0000

this configuration fails in case you are having ethernet link because ethernet port never goes down whenever you link is down due to lastmile problem. So traffic will never shift to standby router. To avoid this we can use track default route command. So what ever the type of link (Serial, ethernet) you are using, traffic will shift to standby router.

track 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0

By: Mohamed

Mohamed — Sat, 16 May 2009 11:08:01 +0000

Hi,
Fantastic explaination of HSRP, I didn’t understand in my lecture or even in notes but I got it here.
Many Thanks

By: sriman

sriman — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:17:20 +0000

thank u for ur detail example of hsrp.

By: Ciscozine

Ciscozine — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:33:39 +0000

For srinivas:
an example of tracking interface is present on http://www.ciscozine.com/2008/11/01/how-to-optimize-hsrp/