Re: HSRP vs VRRP

From: Malcolm Salmons (malcolm.salmons@gmail.com)
Date: Tue Jul 22 2008 - 13:41:13 ART


Hi Tyson

I'm looking to run in an active standby mode for deterministic traffic flow
so wont be using GLBP. What you're saying seems to back up what I've been
reading, i.e. it seems to be a personal preference.

Thanks

Malcolm

On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 5:15 PM, Tyson Scott <tscott@ipexpert.com> wrote:

> Why not GLBP? The only reason you would have to use VRRP over HSRP is in a
> multi-vendor router situation. VRRP doesn't have a command for use bia but
> beyond that the functionality is very similar between the two. Some people
> are always die hard cisco and others are die hard industry standard ;-)
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> Malcolm Salmons
> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 12:01 PM
> To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: OT: HSRP vs VRRP
>
> Hi
>
> I'm trying to decide whether to utilise HSRP or VRRP for a new network I'm
> putting in. I've had a look around and can't really see any compelling
> reasons to use one over the other. From a functionality perspective they
> appear pretty much identical, the only differentiator I can see is that
> HSRP
> is Cisco proprietary whereas VRRP is standards based. Does anyone have any
> major pros or cons of using one over the other?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Malcolm
>
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