What is HSRP v2?

What is HSRP v2?

HSRP version 2 includes the addition of an identifier field (which contains the physical MAC address of the source) within the HSRP packet that allows the ability to easily track which device sent an HSRP packet (this is because the active HSRP router will send traffic using the virtual MAC address).

What is the multicast and port number for HSRP version 2?

Multicast Address 0.2. HSRP version 2 uses multicast address 224.0. 0.102 for its communication.

What are HSRP version?

In computer networking, the Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) is a Cisco proprietary redundancy protocol for establishing a fault-tolerant default gateway. Version 1 of the protocol was described in RFC 2281 in 1998.

What is the disadvantage of HSRP?

HSRP does not provide load balancing with multiple active routers. HSRP does not function in a multivendor environment. HSRP does not have the capability to support IPv6 addresses. HSRP provides default gateway failover only when the active router fails.

Why is HSRP better than VRRP?

The primary difference between HSRP versus VRRP would be that HSRP is proprietary to Cisco and can only be used on Cisco devices. VRRP is a standards based protocol and is vendor independent allow some flexibility when choosing network devices.

Can VRRP work with HSRP?

Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) is a CISCO proprietary protocol used to provide redundancy in a network….Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) and Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)