two routes to network, gateway in workstation should be?

[Antelope]

Really a VRRP question:

If I have two routes to one network using OSPF and the faster link goes down, and this router address is the gateway in all hosts, it will forward that traffic to the other router based on the OSPF algorithm. BUT, if that whole router goes down, my hosts lose their gateway and cannot find another route to that network.

Maybe ideally, another router should be the gateway.....but what if I use VRRP. Can I make the gateway a VRRP address and if the faster link router goes down, the VRRP will send traffic to the lower speed router??

 

[plshlpme]

in any setup if your gateway goes down you will lose your network...
if you wanted to provide redundency there you will need a second router and run HSRP between them..
pointing all your hosts to the virtual ip as their gateway

 

[Antelope]

Yes, that is what I meant. I have four routers total. Two at site A and two at site B, each has its own link to the other site (One if SX and one is T1). The gateway address would be the virtual IP between the routers.

You mentioned HSRP but I was thinking of using VRRP. What are the advantages/disadvantages to these two options.

 

[lambent]

If you're running non-Cisco devices, then you may want to use VRRP. If you're mainly using Cisco, then you can use HSRP or even the enhanced version called GLBP which can load-share the traffic with just 1 VIP instead of multiple standby groups in HSRP.