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HSRP stands for Hot Standy Routing Protocol which provides Automatic Router backup when an active router in the group fails. HSRP allows building resiliency in the network gateways wherein should an Active Router fail in a HSRP group, the standby router assumes the role of the active router and continue routing packets. HSRP works by sending multicast "Hello" messages (default: every 3 secs). If the Standby router do not receive any Hello packets from the active router for a preset time (default 10secs) then it assumes the active router is down and becomes the active router. Also, if we are tracking an interface and ifRead More →