Question

Two routers, R1 (VRRP priority 120) and R2 (VRRP priority 100), share VRRP group 10 on VLAN 20. R1 was originally the master. During a maintenance window, R1 was rebooted, and R2 took over as master. After R1 came back online, R1 remained in the backup state even though it has the higher priority. What is the most likely reason R1 did not reclaim the master role?

Accepted Answer

Preemption is disabled on R1, so it will not take over from an existing master despite its higher priority

Answer

VRRP does not support preemption; the first router to become master keeps the role until it fails

Answer

R1's priority must be at least 255 to override an active master in VRRP

Answer

The virtual IP address is owned by R2, forcing it to remain master permanently