Re: HSRP vs VRRP for IPv6 on IOS-XE - rekindling an old flame

[Randy <randy_94108 () yahoo com>]

--- On Mon, 8/20/12, Owen DeLong <owen () delong com> wrote:

> From: Owen DeLong <owen () delong com>
> Subject: Re: HSRP vs VRRP for IPv6 on IOS-XE - rekindling an old flame
> To: sthaug () nethelp no
> Cc: nanog () nanog org
> Date: Monday, August 20, 2012, 1:31 PM
> VRRP is to HSRP what 802.1q is to
> ISL...
>
> I highly recommend using VRRP instead of HSRP because:
>
> 1.    It is a more robust protocol
> 2.    It is vendor agnostic
> 3.    Being vendor agnostic it is more likely
> to have a continuing future.
>
> Does anyone still use ISL?
>
> Owen

...rhetorical question perhaps; historically, interesting:

ISL: I last used in 2005
CET: ....2000

./Randy