problem resolved thanks to hak at routeviews. vrrp wants net.ipv4.conf.eno1.ignore_routes_with_linkdown=1 net.ipv6.conf.eno1.ignore_routes_with_linkdown=1 net.ipv6.conf.all.autoconf=0 net.ipv6.conf.vrrp4-2-6.autoconf=0 net.ipv6.conf.vrrp6-2-6.autoconf=0 i do not know where this should go in docs. randy