VRRP Nortel Router Configuration

[santosh]

Hi All.

I am New to this forum, and need some help if possilbe to solve this problem.
we have configured Nortel Router for VRRP as follows but we are unable to ping Virtual IP given to VRRP.

Master Router.
interface  ethernet 0
    ip  address 10.129.5.197 255.255.255.192
    qos
      exit qos
    vrrp_mode 0
    vrrp 50
      ipaddr 10.129.5.196
      priority 120
      preempt
      advertisement_interval 1
      track serial1 1
      enable

Slave Router.

interface  ethernet 0
    ip  address 10.129.5.198 255.255.255.192
    qos
      exit qos
    vrrp_mode 0
    vrrp 50
      ipaddr 10.129.5.196
      priority 100
      preempt
      advertisement_interval 1
      enable
      exit vrrp

Thanks.
Santrosh.

[Flintstone]

Hi Santosh,

If I remember correctly; according to the RFC for VRRP, the virtual IP does not have to respond to a ping?  If you make the VRRP IP address the same as the interface IP address (This is sometimes not allowed depending on the vendor's implementation?), then you will get a response to a ping.

As long as your workstation has the VRRP MAC address in it's ARP table there shouldn't be an issue?

CheerZ