VRRP IP assignment question

RouterOS General
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What’s the norm for configuring VRRP and assigning IP addresses to interfaces.

For instance Do you just setup VRRP IP and assign to and interface and not assign a static IP to the interface itself.

Primary Eth0 – 192.168.1.2
Secondary Eth0 – 192.168.1.3
VRRP for Eth0 on both MTs – 192.168.1.1
So when I ping 192.168.1.1 or .2 I get the primary MT. I can still use .3 to get to the secondary. If the primary fails I can use .1 or .3 to get to secondary as VRRP will have taken over on the secondary.


Is it OK that I have assigned an IP to the interface itself? What is the best practice?

thanks.

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VRRP won’t work if you have no IP set to interface.
It is correct in your case. You should use 192.168.1.1 as gateway and avoid using .2 and .3

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Thanks.

I was just curious if there was a way for me to conserve IP usage.