[c-nsp] HSRP Question

[Bruce Pinsky]

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Paul Stewart wrote:
> Hi there...
> 
> Just a question on HSRP to make sure I understand..:)
> 
> Router A
> --------
> 
> interface ethernet0
>  no shutdown
>  ip address 10.2.0.1 255.255.0.0
>  standby 1 ip 10.2.0.20
>  standby 1 priority 105
>  standby 1 preempt delay minimum 10
>  standby 1 timers 3 10
>  standby 1 track ethernet1 10
>  standby 1 track ethernet2 10
> 
> Router B
> --------
> 
> interface ethernet0
>  no shutdown
>  ip address 10.2.0.2 255.255.0.0
>  standby 1 ip 10.2.0.20
>  standby 1 priority 105
>  standby 1 preempt delay minimum 10
>  standby 1 timers 3 10
>  standby 1 track ethernet1 10
>  standby 1 track ethernet2 10
> 
> Can the standby IP address be *outside* of the subnet on the interfaces?
> Sorry, fairly new to HSRP....
> 
> We would like to move our BGP connections to HSRP basically and trying
> to find the best way.  We have a pair of 6509's feeding the layer2
> connectivity to a GSR and I'd like to setup 2 ports physically for every
> BGP connection.  The slight complication comes in the fact that most of
> these /30 connections for BGP are the upstream's IP space.  I don't want
> to redo all the connections, would rather use what we have now...
> 
> Thoughts? ;)
> 

Got a picture?

Seems like what you really want are etherchannels or peering to loopback
addresses.

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