Juniper Networks, Inc.
Facilitating communication between network devices of a virtual router redundancy protocol (VRRP) group

Abstract:

A network device may determine to assume a master status of a virtual network device group. The virtual network device group may include a plurality of network devices of a network. The virtual network device group may be associated with a virtual network address and a virtual hardware address. The network device may transmit, based on determining to assume the master status, a control message indicating that the network device has ownership of the master status of the virtual network device group. The control message may identify a hardware address of the network device as a source of the control message. The network device may transmit, based on determining to assume the master status, an address resolution message. The address resolution message may associate the virtual network address of the virtual network device group with the virtual hardware address of the virtual network device group.