EdgeRouter VRRP (Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol) Basic Setup - High Availability

VRRP (Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol) allows you to use two routers in high availability. In the event that one router dies the other takes over. This basic config will get you up and going. Come back for more VRRP goodness!

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[UnkyjoesPlayhouse]

Very nice :) I learn something new each time I watch one of your videos.. Thanks

[DJDevon]

I'm just getting into VRRP. Would like to see you do a new video expanding on different options. I don't think you ever revisited the topic. Thank you for the informative video.

[mrrosslwilliams]

Thanks for the video Willie, informative as always. All the best for 2019!

[roy]

Thanks for this great video! But now you have HA on 2 routers with a single switchs as spof?

[g.k.]

Finally the video I was looking for. THX

[Orinthical]

Great informative video as usual, thank you! Had no idea the much beloved EdgeRouter had VRRP. But wouldn't it be cleaner to use .2 on router #1, .3 on router #2 and then use .1 as the virtual IP?

[AmosHayes]

How do the routers authenticate each other in their VRRP partnership?

[darrenoleary]

The VRRP setup works great for the LAN side of things when the primary router is down, but what about the WAN side when the ISP connection is down?
How would i configure the primary router to monitor an external IP for connectivity and if that is lost, it redirects traffic to the secondary router, then returns as the primary when it detects connectivity?

[rodneyaltamera]

Hi Willie I really like your tech videos. I am learning a lot from Ubiquiti especially EdgeMax products. Can you do a more in depth VRRP with multiple vlans. Is it possisble using the Layer 3 Edgeswitch? Thanks again!

[CapitaineWEB-FR]

Thanks for the tutorials!! This could save our lives in a near future as we still need to walk to both ER-8 and switch manually 4 x cat6 cables when a router fails!

For switch we use 2 x Cisco 3750x (stackpower failover) and LAG at this time but we need to fix our router issue (Ubnt ER-8) and you showed us something really interseting here. Again Thank you :) Just missing dual power supply on ubnt..

[FamilyFuntimevideo]

I have multiple WAN IP address using on same interface and which are NAT to internal computers/server, But now I am planing to add another router to prevent hardware failure, can I add all the WAN ip to VRRP in both Edge Router infinity as well as the LAN with VRRP?.

[noormuhammedjooma]

@Willie Howe Did you do a video of the dual wan (failover/load balanced) scenario?

[forex-chart-analysis-daily]

this protocol can work un managed switch? no face problem loop and broadcasting?

[undergod]

i know this may be a dumb question but is their any way of doing this with a Public static IP.. my only thought is most businesses that has this type of Need for a redundant Link will also probably need a static IP address.

[giahoang]

Hi Willie, How to do interface tracking on these routes?

[JD-uxfk]

Does the USG-Pro have this VRRP Option?

[funkiam]

after so long time Ubiquiti have something more than ospf :D does si support GRE tunnels, vpls, mpls?

[wooootz]

Great turorials, Is this also possible with EdgeSwitch Layer 3

[forex-chart-analysis-daily]

vrrp disadvantage if i have 2 diffrent isp ?

[cpanic]

Can you do this with a UDM-Pro and an Edgerouter?