Chapter 7. Employing Enhanced IGRP

Terms you'll need to understand:

  • Diffusing update algorithm (DUAL)

  • Smooth round trip time (SRTT)

  • Retransmission timeout (RTO)

  • Successor

  • Feasible distance (FD)

  • Feasible successor (FS)

  • Stuck in active (SIA)

  • Holdtime

  • Uptime

  • Reliability

Techniques you'll need to master:

  • Learning how EIGRP discovers, chooses, and manages routes

  • Configuring EIGRP for VLSM and route summarization

  • Deploying EIGRP in several NBMA environments

  • Configuring and verifying EIGRP operations

Cisco improved its proprietary Interior Gateway Routing Protocol with EIGRP by delivering a hybrid protocol that uses elements of distance-vector and link-state characteristics. EIGRP stands for Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol. Although EIGRP can be used ...

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