my appologies..... i always presumed it worked in the same way as unix-HA...
thanks for the correction steve >From: "Kent Hundley" >Reply-To: "Kent Hundley" >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: policy route [7:21044] >Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 13:52:32 -0400 > >Stephen, > >Your statement is incorrect. Enabling HSRP on a router does not cause the >standby router to send all packets to the primary. The only things that >enabling HSRP does is: > >1) Enable the primary router to answer arp replies and accept/return >packets >for the virtual IP address (it does this by creating a virtual MAC to match >the virtual IP) >2) Enable a hearbeat signal so that secondaries can takeover for the >primary >in the event of failure > >Neither of these things has any effect on the backup HSRP routers ability >to >forward IP packets as it normally would. You can still use the secondary >HSRP router as you normally would by sending packets to its real IP. The >secondary routers will forward packets sent to them based on the contents >of >their routing table, they will not simply send all traffic over to the >primary router. > >I've tested this in real world scenarios before and just re-confirmed it in >my lab. > >-Kent > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of >Stephen Skinner >Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 8:12 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: policy route [7:21044] > > >i have to diasgree....every 3 secs a pulse is sent from the active to >standby.....even if you have a route connected to your standby....when >thestandby gets any routed packets ....HSRP (which is layer 1/2) will send >it to the active master..this wil then route the packets accordingly....... > >i`m told ther is a way around this but you will have to search the >archives...it was only a couple of weeks ago > >Cheers > >steve > > >From: "Jim Bond" > >Reply-To: "Jim Bond" > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: RE: policy route [7:21044] > >Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 17:15:07 -0400 > > > >I have to disagree. The standby router has static > >route point to the other side. Once traffic gets to > >standby, it should route... > > > >Jim > > > >--- Liang Mark J Civ AFRL/PROI > > wrote: > > > Standby is stanby, it doesn't do any routing until > > > the active router goes > > > down. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Mark, > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Jim Bond [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 11:52 AM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: policy route [7:21044] > > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > I have 2 routers running HSRP in a small office. I > > > want SMTP traffic go through standby router so I > > > configured policy route on active router that all > > > SMTP > > > traffic, send to standby router. But it doesn't > > > work. > > > I'm wondering if policy route will work this way? > > > > > > At active router: > > > interface e0 > > > ip address 10.1.1.2 255.255.255.0 > > > ip policy route-map SMTP > > > standby ip 10.1.1.1 > > > ... > > > route-map SMTP permit 10 > > > match ip address 102 > > > set ip next-hop 10.1.1.3 !standby router ethernet > > > ... > > > access-list 102 permit tcp any any eq 25 > > > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > Jim > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant > > > messaging with Yahoo! Messenger. > > > http://im.yahoo.com > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! > >Messenger. > >http://im.yahoo.com >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=21275&t=21044 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
