Digi IX14 User Manual

Routing Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
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addition to the basic VRRP device failover. For IX14 devices, SureLink is used to probe network
connections.
VRRP+ can be configured to probe a specified IP address by either sending an ICMP echo request
(ping) or attempting to open a TCP socket to the IP address.
Configure VRRP
This section describes how to configure VRRPon a IX14 device.
Required configuration items
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Enable VRRP.
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The interface used by VRRP.
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The Router ID that identifies the virtual router instance. The Router ID must be the same on all
VRRP devices that participate in the same VRRP device pool.
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The VRRP priority of this device.
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The shared virtual IP address for the VRRP virtual router. Devices connected to the LAN will use
this virtual IP address as their default gateway.
See Configure VRRP+ for information about configuring VRRP+, an extension to VRRP that uses
network probing to monitor connections through VRRP-enabled devices and dynamically change the
VRRP priorty of devices based on the status of their network connectivity.
WebUI
1. Log into the IX14 WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights.
2. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration.
The Configuration window is displayed.
3. Click Network > VRRP.

Digi IX14 Specifications

General

Brand	Digi
Model	IX14
Category	Network Router
Language	English