As you can see there isn't a big difference between the two protocols. The primary difference between HSRP versus VRRP would be that HSRP is proprietary to Cisco and can only be used on Cisco devices. VRRP is a standards based protocol and is vendor independent allow some flexibility when choosing network devices.
Comparison between HSRP and VRRP parameters
|
Parameter |
HSRP |
VRRP |
|
Standards compliance |
Cisco proprietary protocol with low protocol compliance |
Standard protocol with high protocol compliance |
|
Destination MAC address of protocol packets |
00-00-0c-07-ac-Group_ID |
00-00-5e-00-01-VRID |
|
Destination IP address of protocol packets |
224.0.0.2 |
224.0.0.18 |
|
TTL |
1 |
255 |
|
Encapsulation mode |
Encapsulated in UDP packets, port number 1985 |
Encapsulated in IP packets |
|
Default interval for sending Hello messages |
Sending interval: 3s, timeout interval: 9s |
Sending interval: 1s, timeout interval: 3s |
|
Association with an interface |
Supported |
Supported |
|
Protocol state machine |
Initial, Learn, Listen, Speak, Standby, Active |
Initialize, Master, Backup |
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