A router providing router redundancy and fail-over protection for Internet Protocol (IP) and at least one other network layer protocol. The router Includes means for determining if the router has Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) enabled, means for determining if the router is a master virtual router for IP traffic, means for configuring the router with a VRRP based Media Access Control (MAC) address that overrides a physical MAC address assigned to a port at which VRRP is enabled, and means for transmitting the VRRP based MAC address in a Routing Information Protocol (RIP) update packet.

Um router que fornece a redundância do router e falh-sobre a proteção para o Internet Protocol (IP) e ao menos outro o um protocolo de camada da rede. O router inclui os meios para determinar se o router tiver o protocolo virtual da redundância do router (VRRP) permitido, meios para determinar se o router for um router virtual mestre para o tráfego do IP, meios para configurarar o router com um endereço baseado VRRP do Media Access Control (MAC) que cancele um MAC address físico atribuído a um porto em que VRRP é permitido, e o signifique transmitindo o MAC address baseado VRRP em um pacote do update do Routing Information Protocol (RASGO).

 
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