Dear all,
I have a simple configuration on PacketTracer 6.0.1 (an old version indeed) where I was playing with HSRP priorities but it does not seem to be working as expected.
I have 3 routers configured with IP addresses R1= 192.168.1.1, R2 = 192.168.1.2 and R3 = 192.168.1.3. The priorities are set to R1 = 110, R2 = 80 and R3 = 120. Preempting is configured in all 3 routers.
When starting the network I get R3 as the active router, which is what I would expect due to R3's priority but when I switch R3 off, R2 is the router to become active despite having the lower priority.
I checked HSRP's message contents and surprisingly all messages (from all routers) show priority 100 even though the configuration shows the priority is properly set with command standby priority. See, for example, the configuration of R1:
interface FastEthernet0/0
ip address 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0
duplex auto
speed auto
standby version 2
standby 10 ip 192.168.1.254
standby priority 110
standby preempt
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Is this a known issue in old PT versions or is it me doing someyhing wrong.
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Edit: I have tried a different configuration and priorities seem to be exchanged properly in HSRP messages. So I am really confused... I will give more details on the configuration that is not working in case someone can figure out the reason for the routers not exchanging the priorities as they should.
The configuration is as follows:
I have configured Fa0/0 interfaces as well as Fa0/1 interfaces of inner routers to support HSRP. First, I tried to have all interfaces in a single group, but for Fa0/0 they point to virtual IP 192.168.2.254 and Fa0/1 to 192.168.1.254. Now I have two different groups but still not working.
Any help is really appreaciated.
Thanks