standby on virtual interface

[stephtchoko]

please,

can we configure standby on virtual interface (loopback, svi, Dial, virtual-template) ??? If no why ?

Best regards.

[pkhatri]

You can't configure HSRP on such interfaces. It is designed for multiaccess interfaces like Ethernet only...

It really does not make sense to have it configured on a logical interface such as a loopback because the protocol is really a first-hop resolution protocol that is used so that clients do not have to change their default gateway when one of the gateway routers dies.

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Paresh

[stephtchoko]

what about virtual template interface ??

[pkhatri]

Hi again,

The standby command is not allowed on virtual-template interfaces either... for similar reasons as I outlined earlier.

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Paresh