What's the norm for configuring VRRP and assigning IP addresses to interfaces.

For instance Do you just setup VRRP IP and assign to and interface and not assign a static IP to the interface itself.

Primary Eth0 -- 192.168.1.2
Secondary Eth0 -- 192.168.1.3
VRRP for Eth0 on both MTs -- 192.168.1.1
So when I ping 192.168.1.1 or .2 I get the primary MT. I can still use .3 to get to the secondary. If the primary fails I can use .1 or .3 to get to secondary as VRRP will have taken over on the secondary.


Is it OK that I have assigned an IP to the interface itself? What is the best practice?

thanks.

VRRP won't work if you have no IP set to interface.
It is correct in your case. You should use 192.168.1.1 as gateway and avoid using .2 and .3

Thanks.

I was just curious if there was a way for me to conserve IP usage.