"Priscilla Oppenheimer" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > At 12:17 AM 6/22/02, Tim Potier wrote: > >Lets say I have HSRP configured on a series of routers... I know clients are > >sending packets to the MAC/IP of the well known "virtual MAC" with Cisco > >equipment. Assume the receiving station recieves the packet directly from > >the router participating in HSRP with the highest priority... what is the > >source MAC the receiving station sees? > > The reply will come from the actual MAC address of the router interface. At > this point, the router is just forwarding packets. It doesn't care that > HSRP is configured
I was thinking the same thing. Sure, a client that sends to the Virtual IP for the HSRP gateway uses the virtual MAC to send to, but as far as return traffic, it seems the router would just receive the packet, lookup which interface it should go out, then rewrite the source/dest MACs in the frame and send it out.... no HSRP involved.... Mike W. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=47213&t=47177 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
