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Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP)

Chapter Description

In this sample chapter from CCNP Enterprise Advanced Routing ENARSI 300-410 Official Cert Guide, 2nd Edition, you will learn the underlying mechanics of the EIGRP routing protocol and the path metric calculations, and how to configure EIGRP on a router for IPv4 and IPv6. This book covers topics from the Cisco Enterprise Advanced Routing v1.1 (ENARSI 300-410) exam.

Review All Key Topics

Review the most important topics in this chapter, noted with the Key Topic icon in the outer margin of the page. Table 2-8 lists these key topics and the page number on which each is found.

Table 2-8 Key Topics

Key Topic Element

Description

Page Number

Paragraph

EIGRP terminology

76

Paragraph

Topology table

76

Table 2-3

EIGRP packet types

78

Paragraph

Forming EIGRP neighbors

79

Paragraph

Classic configuration mode

80

Paragraph

EIGRP named mode

80

Paragraph

Passive interfaces

88

Paragraph

Authentication

91

Paragraph

Path metric calculation

94

Paragraph

EIGRP attribute propagation

94

Figure 2-11

EIGRP wide metrics formula

97

Paragraph

Custom K values

100

Paragraph

Unequal-cost load balancing

100

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