ip vrrp auth-key

Last Updated : Nov 06, 2012 |

Sets the virtual router simple password authentication for the virtual router ID. Use no ip vrrp auth-key to disable simple password authentication for the virtual router instance.

Syntax

[no] ip vrrp vr_id auth-key key_string

Parameters

Parameter

Description

Possible Values

Default Value

vr_id

The virtual router ID

1-255

key_string

The password string

User level

read-write

Context

interface:FastEthernet (L2-L3, L2), VLAN (L2-L3, L2)

Example

To specify the password authentication for virtual router 1 as sec01:

Gxxx-001(if:Vlan 2)# ip vrrp 1 auth-key sec01