advertisement-interval (VRRP)

To specify the time interval between the advertisement packets that are being sent to other Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) routers in the same group, use the advertisement-interval command. To return to the default interval value of 1 second, use the no form of this command.

advertisement-interval seconds

no advertisement-interval [ seconds ]

Syntax Description

seconds
Number of seconds between advertisement frames being sent. For IPv4, the range is from 1 to 255 seconds.

Command Default

1 second

Command Modes

VRRP configuration mode

Command History

Release
Modified
5.0(3)N1(1)
This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

VRRP advertisements communicate the priority and state of the virtual router master. The advertisements are encapsulated in IP packets and are sent to the IPv4 multicast address that is assigned to the VRRP group.

VRRP uses a dedicated Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) standard multicast address (224.0.0.18) for VRRP advertisements. This addressing scheme minimizes the number of routers that must service the multicasts and allows test equipment to accurately identify VRRP packets on a segment. The IANA-assigned VRRP IP protocol number is 112.

Examples

This example shows how to specify an advertisement interval of 200 seconds for VRRP group 250:

switch(config)# interface ethernet 2/1
switch(config-if)# no switchport
switch(config-if)# vrrp 250
switch(config-if-vrrp)# advertisement-interval 200
switch(config-if-vrrp)#
 

Related Commands

Command
Description
clear vrrp
Clears all the software counters for the specified virtual router.
show vrrp
Displays VRRP configuration information.
vrrp
Configures a VRRP group.