EIGRP

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