Is HSRP a Layer 2?
Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) is a Cisco proprietary protocol that allows several routers or multilayer switches to appear as a single gateway IP address. It provides redundancy for the layer 3 functions in our networks. They use ARP to acquire the layer 2 address of the default gateway.
Which is better HSRP or VRRP?
As you can see there sin’t a big difference between the two protocols. The primary difference between HSRP versus VRRP would be that HSRP is proprietary to Cisco and can only be used on Cisco devices. VRRP is a standards based protocol and is vendor independent allow some flexibility when choosing network devices.
Does HSRP provide load balancing?
Only one active and one standby router are allowed per HSRP group. Thus, HSRP provides Layer-3 redundancy, but no inherent load balancing.
When would you use VRRP?
VRRP enables hosts on a LAN to make use of redundant routing platforms on that LAN without requiring more than the static configuration of a single default route on the hosts. The VRRP routing platforms share the IP address corresponding to the default route configured on the hosts.