More information on these BSDRP lab scripts available on How to build a BSDRP router lab.

Example with the qemu lab script:

[root@d630]P#./BSDRP-lab-qemu.sh -n 5 -l 2 -i /tmp/BSDRP_0.32_full_amd64_serial.img
BSD Router Project Qemu script
Id  Refs Name
307    1 kqemu
Id  Refs Name
294    1 aio
filename guest a x86-64 image
filename guests a serial image
Will use standard console as input/output
Starting qemu in lab mode...
With  BSDRP VM full meshed
Starting a lab with 5 routers:
- 2 LAN(s) between all routers
- Full mesh ethernet links between each routers
Router 1 network links matrix:
em0 connected to router 2.
em1 connected to router 3.
em2 connected to router 4.
em3 connected to router 5.
em4 connected to LAN 1.
em5 connected to LAN 2.
Router 2 network links matrix:
em0 connected to router 1.
em1 connected to router 3.
em2 connected to router 4.
em3 connected to router 5.
em4 connected to LAN 1.
em5 connected to LAN 2.
Router 3 network links matrix:
em0 connected to router 1.
em1 connected to router 2.
em2 connected to router 4.
em3 connected to router 5.
em4 connected to LAN 1.
em5 connected to LAN 2.
Router 4 network links matrix:
em0 connected to router 1.
em1 connected to router 2.
em2 connected to router 3.
em3 connected to router 5.
em4 connected to LAN 1.
em5 connected to LAN 2.
Router 5 network links matrix:
em0 connected to router 1.
em1 connected to router 2.
em2 connected to router 3.
em3 connected to router 5.
em4 connected to LAN 1.
em5 connected to LAN 2.
Connect to the router 1 by telneting to localhost on port 8001
Connect to the router 2 by telneting to localhost on port 8002
Connect to the router 3 by telneting to localhost on port 8003
Connect to the router 4 by telneting to localhost on port 8004
Connect to the router 4 by telneting to localhost on port 8005

/etc/rc.conf

hostname="R1"
# Don't need IPv6 for this lab:
ipv6_enable="NO"
# Polling not supported under Qemu:
polling_enable="NO"
# Configure IP addresses
ifconfig_em4="inet 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0"
ifconfig_em5="inet 192.168.2.1 netmask 255.255.255.0"
# Don't need Quagga for this lab:
quagga_enable="NO"
# Enable VRRP:
freevrrpd_enable="YES"

/usr/local/etc/freevrrpd.conf

[VRID]
serverid = 1
interface = em4
# We want that this router is the master
priority = 101
addr = 192.168.1.254/24
# We want that this state is dependant with the state of vrid 2
vridsdep = 2
password = vrid1

[VRID]
serverid = 2
interface = em5
# We want that this router is the master
priority = 101
addr = 192.168.2.254/24
password = vrid2
# We want that this state is dependant with the state of vrid 1
vridsdep = 1

FreeVRRPd needs some netgraph module to be loaded:

mount -uw /
echo 'ng_ether_load="YES"' >> /boot/loader.conf
echo 'ng_bridge_load="YES"' >> /boot/loader.conf
echo 'ng_eiface_load="YES"' >> /boot/loader.conf
mount -ur /
kldload ng_ether
kldload ng_bridge
kldload ng_eiface
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/freevrrpd start

/etc/rc.conf

hostname="R2"
# Don't need IPv6 for this lab:
ipv6_enable="NO"
# Polling not supported under Qemu:
polling_enable="NO"
# Configure IP addresses
ifconfig_em4="inet 192.168.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0"
ifconfig_em5="inet 192.168.2.2 netmask 255.255.255.0"
# Don't need Quagga for this lab:
quagga_enable="NO"
# Enable VRRP:
freevrrpd_enable="YES"

/usr/local/etc/freevrrpd.conf

[VRID]
serverid = 1
interface = em4
# We want that this router is the backup
priority = 100
addr = 192.168.1.254/24
# We want that this state is dependant with the state of vrid 2
vridsdep = 2
password = vrid1

[VRID]
serverid = 2
interface = em5
# We want that this router is the backup
priority = 100
addr = 192.168.2.254/24
password = vrid2
# We want that this state is dependant with the state of vrid 1
vridsdep = 1

FreeVRRPd needs some netgraph module to be loaded before be started

mount -uw /
echo 'ng_ether_load="YES"' >> /boot/loader.conf
echo 'ng_bridge_load="YES"' >> /boot/loader.conf
echo 'ng_eiface_load="YES"' >> /boot/loader.conf
mount -ur /
kldload ng_ether
kldload ng_bridge
kldload ng_eiface
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/freevrrpd start

/etc/rc.conf

hostname="R3"
# R3 doesn't need to be a router for this lab:
gateway_enable="NO"
# Don't need IPv6 for this lab:
ipv6_enable="NO"
defaultrouter="192.168.1.254"
# Polling not supported under Qemu:
polling_enable="NO"
# Configure IP addresses
ifconfig_em4="inet 192.168.1.10 netmask 255.255.255.0"
# Don't need Quagga for this lab:
quagga_enable="NO"

/etc/rc.conf

hostname="R4"
# R4 doesn't need to be a router for this lab:
gateway_enable="NO"
# Don't need IPv6 for this lab:
ipv6_enable="NO"
defaultrouter="192.168.2.254"
# Polling not supported under Qemu:
polling_enable="NO"
# Configure IP addresses
ifconfig_em5="inet 192.168.2.10 netmask 255.255.255.0"
# Don't need Quagga for this lab:
quagga_enable="NO"

On R1:

[root@R1]~#cat /var/log/messages | grep vrrp
Sep 15 14:24:45 R1 freevrrpd[1214]: server state vrid 1: backup
Sep 15 14:25:24 R1 freevrrpd[1214]: server state vrid 2: backup
Sep 15 14:27:24 R1 freevrrpd[1214]: server state vrid 1: master
Sep 15 14:28:04 R1 freevrrpd[1214]: server state vrid 2: master

R1 is the VRRP master for vrid 1 and 2.

On R2:

[root@R2]~#cat /var/log/messages | grep vrrp
Sep 15 14:30:06 R2 freevrrpd[1228]: server state vrid 1: backup
Sep 15 14:30:33 R2 freevrrpd[1228]: server state vrid 2: backup

R2 is the VRRP backup for vrid 1 and 2.

Pinging R4 from R3:

[root@R3]~#ping 192.168.2.10
PING 192.168.2.10 (192.168.2.10): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.168.2.10: icmp_seq=0 ttl=63 time=2.932 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.2.10: icmp_seq=1 ttl=63 time=2.360 ms

And checking ARP cache:

[root@R3]~#arp -a | grep 192.168.1.254
? (192.168.1.254) at 00:00:5e:00:01:01 on em4 [ethernet]

Disable one interface on R1 for changing the VRRP states:

[root@R1]~#ifconfig em4 down
[root@R1]~#Sep 15 15:08:33 R1 freevrrpd[1214]: can't write to socket: Network is down
Sep 15 15:08:33 R1 freevrrpd[1214]: There is a big problem here !
Sep 15 15:08:35 R1 freevrrpd[1214]: interface em4 is faulty, deactivated from VRRP VRIDs
Sep 15 15:08:35 R1 freevrrpd[1214]: VRID 2 (interface em5) has been deactivated due to dependance

And check that R2 became the master:

[root@R2]~#tail -f /var/log/messages
Sep 15 15:09:58 R2 kernel: in_scrubprefix: deletion failed
Sep 15 15:10:33 R2 freevrrpd[1228]: server state vrid 1: master
Sep 15 15:10:38 R2 kernel: in_scrubprefix: deletion failed
Sep 15 15:11:13 R2 freevrrpd[1228]: server state vrid 2: master

And check that R3 still can reach R4:

[root@R3]~#ping 192.168.2.10
PING 192.168.2.10 (192.168.2.10): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.168.2.10: icmp_seq=0 ttl=63 time=9.536 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.2.10: icmp_seq=1 ttl=63 time=3.579 ms