First Hop Redundancy Cheat Sheet

Question 1

Attributes of HSRP (Hot Standby Router Protocol)

Cisco Proprietary:
Load Balancing:
IPv6 Support:
Port:
Default Priority: 
Default Hello:
Multicast Group:

Answer 1

Cisco Proprietary: Yes
Load Balancing: No
IPv6 Support: Yes
Port: 1985
Default Priority: 100
Default Hello: 3 sec
Multicast Group: 224.0.0.2

Question 2

Attributes of VRRP (Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol)

Cisco Proprietary:
Load Balancing:
IPv6 Support:
Port:
Default Priority: 
Default Hello:
Multicast Group:

Answer 2

Cisco Proprietary: No
Load Balancing: No
IPv6 Support: No
Port: 112
Default Priority: 100
Default Hello: 1 sec
Multicast Group: 224.0.0.18

Question 3

Attributes of GLBP (Gateway Load Balancing Protocol)

Cisco Proprietary:
Load Balancing:
IPv6 Support:
Port:
Default Priority: 
Default Hello:
Multicast Group:

Answer 3

Cisco Proprietary: Yes
Load Balancing: Yes
IPv6 Support: Yes
Port: 3222
Default Priority: 100
Default Hello: 3 sec
Multicast Group: 224.0.0.102

Question 4

Differences in states for VRRP and HSRP/GLBP

Answer 4

VRRP uses ‘Master and Backup’. The other uses listen, standby, active, etc.