Hi,

Not sure if this is what you're looking for, but you can configure Layer 3 redundancy with either HSRP, VRRP or GLBP to have two IOS routers work in conjunction. You can have one active and one standby or doing load-balancing depending on the protocol chosen and the configuration.

So, having two routers with L3 redundancy, allows the internal network (or VLANs) to use both routers to get out to the Internet.

If having IOS Firewall configured, then the routers work together to provide a fall-back mechanism in case of one router failing.

If one of the two router fails, you can have the other router assume the active role and pass all the traffic (most of the times without any interrumption of service for the end users).

There are optional features like tracking interfaces, preemption and adjusting timers to improve convergence.

Is this what you're looking for?

Federico.