01-03-2022 06:26 AM
hi team,
how much bandwith do i need to configure HSRP or VRRP between tow routers
thanks
01-03-2022 06:37 AM
Take a look at what is in an HSRP- or VRRP-packet:
https://packetlife.net/captures/protocol/hsrp/
https://packetlife.net/captures/protocol/vrrp/
It is nearly nothing that gets transmitted, you will likely not even notice it.
01-03-2022 07:10 AM
As @Karsten Iwen already noted, generally "nearly nothing"; for example, no problem even on 10Mbps half duplex Ethernet.
However, bandwidth consumption will increase if you decrease timers (and/or increase number of packet per announcement); although usually that doesn't cause a bandwidth issue either. More of a problem with decreasing timers is the increased CPU loading on the device. If available, later platforms support a "light weight", hardware assisted (or so I believer), function that you might optionally activate to decrease CPU impact using this feature (whose name I'm drawing a blank on, at the moment).
01-04-2022 07:53 AM
BTW, BFD was the feature I couldn't recall the name of. See BFD
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