HSRP vs. SRST

Could someone clarify the major differences between HSRP and SRST? When would a person use one over the other? (I have my own notes, but I want to see what others say).

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AlanJames

they're completely different.

SRST is related to telephony, when the wan link goes does, calls are routed through the PSTN

HSRP, relates to having a backup gateway. So if a gateway goes down the secondary kicks in, and the end user see's no outage (assuming you configure it correctly)

Crunchyhippo

AlanJames wrote: »

they're completely different.

SRST is related to telephony, when the wan link goes does, calls are routed through the PSTN

HSRP, relates to having a backup gateway. So if a gateway goes down the secondary kicks in, and the end user see's no outage (assuming you configure it correctly)

Thanks for the clarification.