What is EIGRP?
Enhanced IGRP - Routing protocol that combines features of link state routing and distance vector routing.
Drawbacks
- Cisco Proprietary - Compatibility with other Vendors may not be supported.
Benefits
- Low overhead for Network Resources
- Supports Manual Route Summarization
- Fast Convergence
- Supports Multiple Protocols
Basic Cisco IOS Setup Commands
- router eigrp 100
- network 172.16.2 0.0.0.0 (The second ip octet designation is the wildcard mask and is optional - but it will default to Classful network boundries if not specified (class A,B,or, C))
- network 172.16.3 0.0.0.255
Manage / Monitor EIGRP