Hi Jim, I'm not totally sure what you mean by "turning their LAN interfaces on and off as they switch" but, it sounds like the following bug:
https://bugzilla.vyatta.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2350 - bug 2350 See comment number 4 which basically tells you to disable the vmac: set interfaces ethernet eth0 vrrp disable-vmac true Thank you, Robyn Jim K wrote: > I'm been trying to configure a backup router using VRRP, but after retrying > all the obvious, I've run out of options. > > After configuring both the MASTER and SLAVE as below, both switch from MASTER > to SLAVE mode, and subsequently are turning their LAN interfaces on and off > as they switch from either mode. > > Neither router seems to detect the others multicast VRRP broadcast, even > though they are both connected to the same VLAN on the same switch (Catalyst > 2960). > > Configuration below > > > ----------------------------- > > MASTER router > > } > ethernet eth0 > hw-id: 00:1c:32:ce:7b:50 > address xxx.xxx.204.253 > prefix-length:24 > } > vrrp { > vrrp-group: 204 > virtual-address: xxx.xxx.204.1 > priority: 150 > } > } > > ethernet eth1 > hw-id: 00:1c:32:ce:7b:A1 > address xxx.xxx.102.59 > prefix-length:24 > } > vrrp { > vrrp-group: 102 > virtual-address: xxx.xxx.102.2 > priority: 150 > } > } > > > SLAVE router > > } > ethernet eth0 > hw-id: 00:1c:32:ce:7b:64 > address xxx.xxx.204.254 > prefix-length:24 > } > vrrp { > vrrp-group: 204 > virtual-address: xxx.xxx.204.1 > priority: 10 > } > } > > ethernet eth1 > hw-id: 00:1c:32:ce:7b:77 > address xxx.xxx.102.60 > prefix-length:24 > } > vrrp { > vrrp-group: 102 > virtual-address: xxx.xxx.102.2 > priority: 10 > } > } > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > _______________________________________________ > Vyatta-users mailing list > Vyatta-users@mailman.vyatta.com > http://mailman.vyatta.com/mailman/listinfo/vyatta-users > _______________________________________________ Vyatta-users mailing list Vyatta-users@mailman.vyatta.com http://mailman.vyatta.com/mailman/listinfo/vyatta-users