What I've found works nicely though is to use VRRPv3 instead, with the V3 protocol set to IPv6 - then it uses the link local addresses to communicate on, and doesn't even want IP's on the parent interfaces. I then shove my /24's, /27's etc on the VRRP interfaces and they just work. :)
HTH --DG On Wed, 2 Sep 2020 at 12:23, Rhys Cuff (Speedweb Internet) < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Guys > > > > Has anyone had much experience with using Vrrp on a Mikrotik? > > It seemed pretty easy to setup but the manual said the floating IP must be > a /32 and to put an IP on the physical interface with a /24 > > This seemed wrong so I just put a /24 on the Vrrp interface and a > completely different subnet on the physical interface for the routers to > communicate. > > > > Thinking I was clever all was well till about 1am two days after I did > this, then it completely failed, switching back and forth from master to > backup, basically having two masters on and off. > > > > Is having a /32 on the vrrp really necessary, if so why? > > Why would it have been all good for two days? > > > > So my config that lasted two days > > Vrrp 192.168.1.1/24 (floating IP I care about) > > Physical 10.0.1.1/24 (to communicate with master/backup routers) > > > > How the manual says to do it > > Vrrp 192.168.1.1/32 > > Physical 192.168.1.2/24 > > > > Doing it the second way will mean a lot more IP’s/config as I want to have > around 20 floating IP’s > > > > Thanks again for any help. > > > > Rhys > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > AusNOG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog > -- Damien Gardner Jnr VK2TDG. Dip EE. GradIEAust [email protected] - http://www.rendrag.net/ -- We rode on the winds of the rising storm, We ran to the sounds of thunder. We danced among the lightning bolts, and tore the world asunder
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