Unable to ping to External Internet

[Yoram10222621]

Hello, I am a student currently taking a networking course in school. 

This is the topology I have, where R1, R2 and R3 are DHCP servers for VLANs 10, 20 and 30 respectively. I have configured HSRP between R1 and R2 where R1 is the main router for VLAN10. Laptop1 has a DHCP address from R1. When R1 is connected to the switch below it (DLS1), Laptop1 can ping to the External Internet Server (10.10.10.1) on the top right. However, when I remove the connection from R1 and DLS1 I get the timed out message. HSRP only works when I completely remove the connections of R1 from DLS1 and R3.

I suspect this might be due to static routes I have configured. Here are the commands I used:

This is the addressing table:

VLAN Table:

Laptop 1 Config:

[Yoram10222621]

Just to further showcase the problem I am facing:

Ping does not reach 10.10.10.1 when R1 is disconnected from DLS1

But works when R1 is completely removed

[Georg Pauwen]

Hello,

post your zipped Packet Tracer project (.pkt) file...

[Yoram10222621]

As requested. Thank you.

[Georg Pauwen · Accepted solution]

Hello,

this is definitely due to the static routes you have configured. In the attached, revised file, I am using OSPF as a routing protocol, and the failover works perfectly. Are you required to use static routes ? If so, that is really tedious, since you have to use tracking and possibly IP SLAs to remove the static routes whenever an HSRP event occurs.

[Yoram10222621]

Ah yes, it is a requirement to use static routes. Although I suspect that it is a requirement as I was taught this during the current semester. And this is just an opportunity for me to show my lecturer that I am able to configure them. 

I also did noticed that I got the intended outcome when I simply shutdown down R1 manually. 

Thank you for clearing it up!