The present disclosure facilitates to connect network elements through internetwork communication links that enable routing with active and standby instances. For both the ingress/egress active-active routing, when a request to route traffic is obtained, it is determined whether any/at least one of an endpoint are active. If all the end points are found to be active, then the traffic may be equally divided amongst the nodes present within the active cluster. However, if some of the end points are found to be active, while others are found to be not active, then the traffic is equally divided amongst the active nodes present within the active cluster.