Netgear 7000 Series 사용자 설명서

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When an end station is statically configured with the address of the router that will handle its 
routed traffic, a single point of failure is introduced into the network. If the router goes down, the 
end station is unable to communicate. Since static configuration is a convenient way to assign 
router addresses, Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) was developed to provide a backup 
mechanism.

VRRP eliminates the single point of failure associated with static default routes by enabling a 
backup router to take over from a “master” router without affecting the end stations using the 
route. The end stations will use a “virtual” IP address that will be recognized by the backup router 
if the master router fails. Participating routers use an election protocol to determine which router is 
the master router at any given time. A given port may appear as more than one virtual router to the 
network, also, more than one port on a 7000 Series Managed Switch may be configured as a virtual 
router. Either a physical port or a routed VLAN may participate.