Subject: [VRRP] VRRP Questions

From: Nabendu <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 02:47:43 -0800 (PST)

HI all,
 
Plz help me to understand the following concerns...
 
1) " Master MUST NOT accept packets addressed to the IP address(es) associated
      with the virtual router if it is not the IP address owner."" --> as far as my understanding by sailing through the list is that this is done so that alarms will start ringing as ping will not work out ... and the desirable "data packet from a host will not be disrupted".........
Now my question is 
                       Will the IP packets from a host not be dropped if Master does not accept packets addressed to the IP address(es) associated with the virtual router ( if it is not the IP address owner ).

2) 7.2 Receiving VRRP packets states that "If the packet was not generated by the address owner (Priority does not equal 255 (decimal)), the receiver MUST drop the packet, otherwise continue processing."
 
--Why receiver MUST drop the packet...??? And if it is dropped, how advertisement will be received by other backup routers ???

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