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What is GLBP? Explain the configuration of Gateway Load Balancing Protocol.

Gateway Load Balancing Protocol (GLBP) is a Cisco proprietary protocol that attempts to overcome the limitations of existing redundant router protocols by adding basic load balancing functionality. In addition to being able to set priorities on different gateway routers, GLBP allows a weighting parameter to be set. Gateway Load Balancing Protocol Gateway Load Balancing Protocol (GLBP) is one of First Hop Redundancy Protocol (FHRP) which provides redundancy like other First Hop Redundancy Protocol, also provides load Balancing. It is a Cisco proprietary protocol which can perform both functions. It provides load Balancing over multiple routers using single virtual IP address and multiple virtual Mac address. GLBP allow automatic selection and simultaneous recovery from first hop router failures. GLBP provides load balancing over multiple (router) gateways using a single virtual IP address and multiple virtual MAC addresses. The bandwidth/traffic load is shared between multiple ro...