mirable dictu! secret is in the standby track command. lost 9 pings and then picked up just like nothing happened. can pull any of the 4 links now an it works just like in the movies.
thanks all. ----- Original Message ----- From: garrett allen Date: Friday, March 7, 2003 6:57 am Subject: Re: RE: it started out as a really good idea ... [7:64638] > must ... find... coffee .... > > just catching back up as dc awakens. the default gateways used by > the > pc's are the virtual router addresses, a different one for each > (i.e. > pc1 uses virtual router 1 and pc2 uses virtual router 2). the pc > arp > caches correctly reflect the virtual mac address (cisco generated > 00000c...)which are different than the router interfaces bia's. > the > virtual macs do move and the different interfaces do seem to stop > and > start their role as the active interface. > > looking over the traces last nite didn't yield much more. i have > a > couple things to try and i did find a tac article that holds some > hope > using standby use-bia. we'll see. > > thanks for all your thoughts and help. i'll get this to work or > i'll > revert to plan b, 2 tin cans and ... > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Priscilla Oppenheimer > Date: Thursday, March 6, 2003 5:14 pm > Subject: RE: it started out as a really good idea ... [7:64638] > > > What did you use a default gateway on the PCs?? > > > > Priscilla > > > > garrett allen wrote: > > > > > > i have a need for a high availability solution for a default > > > gateway > > > configuration. just finished the ccdp and thought it might be > > > interesting to try hsrp on a pair of 2514's. put some of that > > > theory > > > to work. instead of highly resiliant i've managed to configure > > > it for > > > mass failure. arg.., not exactly what i had in mind. now, any > > > time i > > > take down 1 of the 4 links, the connect between 2 remote hosts > > > dies. > > > this is in a lab (production is not a lab, production is not a > > > lab...) > > > so it is a mystery i would like to solve, but it is not > > > critical. > > > > > > here is the basic config (hope it makes it): > > > > > > pc host 1 -----+----- e0 router 1, e1 ----+--------- pc host 2 > > > | | > > > |----- e0 router 2, e1 ----| > > > > > > the routers act as a default gateway between the internal > > > network > > > (represented by pc host 1) and the external world (represented > > > by pc > > > host 2). i have used 10.3 and 10.4 /16 as the addresses for > > > each side > > > of the divide. i want to run hsrp on both sets of router > > > interfaces so > > > that in the event a router or an interface fails, the traffic > > > impact is > > > minimized. in the real world pc host 2 will be a firewall and > > > there > > > will be other hosts off that segment as well > > > > > > looks easy. sounds plausible. read the cisco docs. looks > > > like it > > > should work. minimal incantations before tickling the > > > keyboard. key > > > in the configs and it fires up nicely. do the show standby > > > thingee and > > > all looks cool. can ping the 2 stations end to end. most > > > excellent. > > > put a router in debug mode. when i pull one of the 4 router > > > cables the > > > router goes through a state change but no bits make it to the > > > far end. > > > not even the shiney ones. bitstream courtesy of ping. > > > > > > maybe i misunderstood what hsrp was suppose to do. the configs > > > are > > > below, along with the show standby results. both are 2514's (2 > > > aui's) > > > and both are running 12.2(1d). probably forgot to put the > > > interface in > > > mumble mode or something equally easy. no laughter, please. > > > > > > thanks in advance. > > > > > > router 1 > > > interface Ethernet0 > > > ip address 10.3.255.2 255.255.0.0 > > > no ip route-cache > > > no ip mroute-cache > > > standby 1 priority 200 preempt > > > standby 1 ip 10.3.0.2 > > > ! > > > interface Ethernet1 > > > ip address 10.4.254.2 255.255.0.0 > > > no ip route-cache > > > no ip mroute-cache > > > standby 2 priority 200 preempt > > > standby 2 ip 10.4.254.10 > > > > > > > > > router 2 > > > interface Ethernet0 > > > ip address 10.3.255.1 255.255.0.0 > > > no ip route-cache > > > no ip mroute-cache > > > standby 1 priority 225 preempt > > > standby 1 ip 10.3.0.2 > > > ! > > > interface Ethernet1 > > > ip address 10.4.254.1 255.255.0.0 > > > no ip route-cache > > > no ip mroute-cache > > > standby 2 priority 150 preempt > > > standby 2 ip 10.4.254.10 > > > > > > results of show standby > > > Router1#show standby > > > Ethernet0 - Group 1 > > > Local state is Standby, priority 200, may preempt > > > Hellotime 3 holdtime 10 > > > Next hello sent in 00:00:00.940 > > > Hot standby IP address is 10.3.0.2 configured > > > Active router is 10.3.255.1 expires in 00:00:09, priority 225 > > > Standby router is local > > > 20 state changes, last state change 00:22:34 > > > Ethernet1 - Group 2 > > > Local state is Active, priority 200, may preempt > > > Hellotime 3 holdtime 10 > > > Next hello sent in 00:00:01.676 > > > Hot standby IP address is 10.4.254.10 configured > > > Active router is local > > > Standby router is 10.4.254.1 expires in 00:00:08 > > > Standby virtual mac address is 0000.0c07.ac02 > > > 17 state changes, last state change 00:23:26 > > > Router1# > > > > > > Router2#show standby > > > Ethernet0 - Group 1 > > > Local state is Active, priority 225, may preempt > > > Hellotime 3 holdtime 10 > > > Next hello sent in 00:00:01.010 > > > Hot standby IP address is 10.3.0.2 configured > > > Active router is local > > > Standby router is 10.3.255.2 expires in 00:00:09 > > > Standby virtual mac address is 0000.0c07.ac01 > > > 24 state changes, last state change 00:22:04 > > > Ethernet1 - Group 2 > > > Local state is Standby, priority 150, may preempt > > > Hellotime 3 holdtime 10 > > > Next hello sent in 00:00:01.272 > > > Hot standby IP address is 10.4.254.10 configured > > > Active router is 10.4.254.2 expires in 00:00:09, priority 200 > > > Standby router is local > > > 32 state changes, last state change 00:22:25 > > > Router2# > > Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=64722&t=64638 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]