Both nodes try to become master with VRRP

RouterOS General
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I have VRRP setup on two routers, an RB1000 (primary) and an RB450G (secondary) both running 4.6. The primary has a priority of 254 and the secondary 100. The IP addresses are setup correctly and traffic passes on the primary. When I bring the secondary online, it switches to master after a few seconds and then both nodes are master. I’m guessing the secondary isn’t getting the advertisements from the primary and assumes it’s the only node. Has anyone else had similar issues or success with VRRP on 4.6?

Primary:

# mar/20/2010 10:28:03 by RouterOS 4.6
# software id = LLDD-T1RN
#
/interface vrrp
add arp=enabled authentication=ah comment="" disabled=no interface=bonding1 \
    interval=1 mtu=1500 name=vrrp1 on-backup="" on-master="" password=\
    password preemption-mode=no priority=254 vrid=1

Secondary:

# mar/20/2010 17:24:55 by RouterOS 4.6
# software id = B86B-NECF
#
/interface vrrp
add arp=enabled authentication=ah comment="" disabled=yes interface=bonding1 \
    interval=1 mtu=1500 name=vrrp1 on-backup="" on-master="" password=\
    password preemption-mode=no priority=100 vrid=1
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I’m guessing the secondary isn’t getting the advertisements from the primary

Yes that is exactly the reason. Post your ip address configuration, and also verify if both routers are able to communicate with each other.

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Primary:

# mar/24/2010 21:20:05 by RouterOS 4.6
# software id = LLDD-T1RN
#
/ip address
add address=216.57.201.114/32 broadcast=216.57.201.114 comment="" disabled=no \
    interface=vrrp1 network=216.57.201.114
add address=216.57.201.115/29 broadcast=216.57.201.119 comment="" disabled=no \
    interface=bonding1 network=216.57.201.112

Secondary:

# mar/24/2010 21:18:01 by RouterOS 4.6
# software id = B86B-NECF
#
/ip address
add address=216.57.201.114/32 broadcast=216.57.201.114 comment="" disabled=\
    yes interface=vrrp1 network=216.57.201.114
add address=216.57.201.116/29 broadcast=216.57.201.119 comment="" disabled=no \
    interface=bonding1 network=216.57.201.112

I have the address disabled on the secondary now because of the problems, but it was enabled before. Both routers can ping each other. Both show each other in /ip neighbor.