Field Description
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 high-
er 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.
Field Description
Advertisement send in-
terval
Determine how often a BRRP advertisement packet is sent if
the virtual router is defined as master. Only the current master
sends via multicast BRRP advertisements, which also contain
the ID and the priority of the master.
Possible values are whole numbers between and . The
value is indicated in seconds and the default value is 1. .
An advertisement timer based on the sending interval for ad-
vertisements runs in the router and an advertisement packet is
sent when the timer expires.
Master down trials Define the number of BRRP advertisements that must be miss-
ing in one sequence before the backup router with the highest
priority value assumes that the master is inactive and takes over
the role of master.
A master down timer based on the Master down trials para-
meter runs in the router; when this timer expires, the backup as-
sumes that the master is not reachable if no advertisement has
been received.
The effective master down interval is the time calculated from
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