Field Description
based, if a new virtual interface is created. The name of the vir-
tual interface is assigned automatically when it is created.
Shows the name of the virtual interface, if a virtual interface that
has already been created is edited.
Virtual Router IP Ad-
dress
Enter the IP address and the netmask of the virtual router. Here
enter the IP address that you want to use in the local network as
the actual gateway IP address.
Note
To avoid problems in the LAN, the IP Address for advert-
isements and the Virtual Router IP Address cannot origin-
ate from the same subnet.
Virtual Router ID Select the ID of the virtual router.
This ID identifies the “virtual router” in the LAN and is part of
every BRRP advertisement packet that is sent by the current
master.
Possible values are whole numbers between and .
Virtual Interface Prior-
ity
Define the transmitted BRRP priority of the interface for the vir-
tual router. Higher priorities determine the master interfaces
during the initialization pahse as well as with active Pre-
Empt-Mode.Possible values are between and . The higher
the value, the higher the priority. The value defines that this
virtual router always functions as master as soon as it is active.
The default value is .
A priority of 255 is used for routers the IP address of which is
idential with the IP address of the virtual router.
In the Advanced Settings menu you must configure all of the parameters for all virtual
routers identically on all devices in the group. We recommend leaving the preset values.
The menu Advanced Settings consists of the following fields:
Fields in the Advanced Settings menu.
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