HSRP question

From: lg01 (lg01@myway.com)
Date: Thu May 08 2003 - 12:37:26 GMT-3


Hello Group,

If I have 2 ethernet interfaces routers configured with HSRP, is it necessary to have the "preempt" option on the 2nd (lower priority router)?

Say RouterA

int eth0
 ip address 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0
 standby 1 ip 192.168.1.10
 standby 1 priority 200
 standby 1 authentication cisco
 standby 1 preempt

And on RouterB

int eth0
 ip address 192.168.1.2 255.255.255.0
 standby 1 ip 192.168.1.10
 standby 1 priority 150
 standby 1 authentication cisco
 standby 1 preempt ----- Is this needed?

The logic I am thinking is that since RouterB has a lower HSRP priority, if RouterA is offline, it will become the primary router. But if RouterA is online, it will always be on Standby anyway, so I'm not sure whether there is any need for this.

Any input / advice would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,
H.



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