Packet Tracer -Configuring Hot Standby Routing Protocol (HSRP)
This lab demonstrates how you can configure HSRP step by step. HSRP is a Cisco proprietary protocol that provides a redundant gateway for hosts on a local subnet, but this isn’t a load-balanced solution. HSRP allows you to configure two or more routers into a standby group that shares an IP address and MAC address and provides a default gateway. When the IP and MAC addresses are independent from the routers’ physical addresses (on a virtual interface, not tied to a specific interface), they can swap control of an address if the current forwarding and active router fails. But there is actually a way you can sort of achieve load balancing with HSRP—by using multiple VLANs and designating a specific router active for one VLAN, then an alternate router as active for the other VLAN via trunking.
This lab demonstrates how you can configure HSRP step by step. HSRP is a Cisco proprietary protocol that provides a redundant gateway for hosts on a local subnet, but this isn’t a load-balanced solution. HSRP allows you to configure two or more routers into a standby group that shares an IP address and MAC address and provides a default gateway. When the IP and MAC addresses are independent from the routers’ physical addresses (on a virtual interface, not tied to a specific interface), they can swap control of an address if the current forwarding and active router fails. But there is actually a way you can sort of achieve load balancing with HSRP—by using multiple VLANs and designating a specific router active for one VLAN, then an alternate router as active for the other VLAN via trunking.