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authorB. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com>2022-03-14 03:34:06 -0400
committerB. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com>2022-03-14 03:34:06 -0400
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-VRRP daemon (vrrpd) is an RFC 2338 compliant implementation of the
-Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP). The Virtual Router Redundancy
-Protocol is designed to eliminate the single point of failure associated
-with statically routed networks by automatically providing failover using
-multiple LAN paths through alternate routers.
+VRRP daemon (vrrpd) is an RFC 2338 compliant implementation of
+the Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP). The Virtual Router
+Redundancy Protocol is designed to eliminate the single point of
+failure associated with statically routed networks by automatically
+providing failover using multiple LAN paths through alternate routers.
-As specified in RFC 2338, VRRP uses an election protocol that dynamically
-assigns responsibility for a virtual router to one of the VRRP routers on
-a LAN. When a VRRP router controls the IP address(es) associated with a
-virtual router, it is called the Master. The Master continues to forward
-packets sent to these IP addresses until it has a problem that causes the
-VRRP routers to hold an election. The election process provides dynamic
-failover by electing a new Master should the existing Master become
-unavailable.
+As specified in RFC 2338, VRRP uses an election protocol that
+dynamically assigns responsibility for a virtual router to one of the
+VRRP routers on a LAN. When a VRRP router controls the IP address(es)
+associated with a virtual router, it is called the Master. The Master
+continues to forward packets sent to these IP addresses until it has a
+problem that causes the VRRP routers to hold an election. The election
+process provides dynamic failover by electing a new Master should the
+existing Master become unavailable.
-The virtual router associated with each alternate path under VRRP uses the
-same IP address and MAC address as the routers for other paths. As a result,
-the host's gateway information does not change, no matter what path is used.
-Because of this design, VRRP-based redundancy significantly reduces
-administrative overhead when compared to redundancy schemes that require
-hosts to be configured with multiple default gateways.
+The virtual router associated with each alternate path under VRRP uses
+the same IP address and MAC address as the routers for other paths. As
+a result, the host's gateway information does not change, no matter
+what path is used. Because of this design, VRRP-based redundancy
+significantly reduces administrative overhead when compared to
+redundancy schemes that require hosts to be configured with multiple
+default gateways.
-The primary function of the Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol is to provide
-routing redundancy for specific IP addresses. In addition to this primary
-function, RFC 2338 also states that the protocol should:
+The primary function of the Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol is to
+provide routing redundancy for specific IP addresses. In addition to
+this primary function, RFC 2338 also states that the protocol should:
* Minimize the duration of black holes.
- * Minimize the steady state bandwidth overhead and processing complexity.
- * Function over a variety of multiaccess LAN technologies that support IP
- traffic.
- * Provide for election of multiple virtual routers on a network for load
- balancing.
+ * Minimize the steady state bandwidth overhead and processing
+ complexity.
+ * Function over a variety of multiaccess LAN technologies that support
+ IP traffic.
+ * Provide for election of multiple virtual routers on a network for
+ load balancing.
* Support multiple logical IP subnets on a single LAN segment.
-