Hi,
Wonder someone can clarify some things for me. I am wanting to setup a H/W failure between 2 Mikrotik.

My setup is as below:

Mikrotik 1
DHCP enabled
Port 5: LAN : Range 192.168.41.15 - 192.168.41.30
IP: 192.168.41.1/24

Port1 - WAN >>> This goes to a switch which is connected to a gateway for internet. IP 10.4.0.1/32

(Can browse internet when single plugged in)

Mikrotik 2

DHCP enabled
Port 5: LAN : Range 192.168.41.15 - 192.168.41.30
IP: 192.168.41.2/24

Port1 - WAN >>> This goes to a switch which is connected to a gateway for internet. IP 10.4.0.1/32

(Can browse internet when single plugged in)


What I am wanting to achieve is for network to have no downtime, in case of any of those router above fail.

What I am struggling to get my head around is how do I configure relevant IPs around both and to which Interface i need to setup VRRP. and what to do with DHCP which runs on both primary and secondary.

A diagram of network is as below


Mikrotik1(192.168.41.1/24 on PORT5 Mikrotik2 (192.168.41.2/24) on PORT5
! Port1(WAN) (10.4.0.1/32) ! Port1 (WAN) (10.4.0.1/32)
! !
---------------------SWITCH--------------------------------------
!
!
INTERNET (10.4.0.0)

Read and test examples from this: http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:VRRP-examples

tried that, doesn't give answers to my specific question about what IPs to assign on what interfaces

or If I rephrase the question. Do I need to assign VRRP to WAN or LAN interface?

all sorted, not to worry