Chapter 10. Enhanced Interior Gateway Protocol (EIGRP)

This chapter covers the following key topics:

  • EIGRP fundamentals

  • Lab objective: configuring EIGRP

This chapter introduces the features, concepts, and configurations associated with Enhanced Interior Gateway Protocol (EIGRP). You will learn how to configure EIGRP between R2, R3, and R4. The chapter also provides some useful commands to verify and troubleshoot your EIGRP configuration.

EIGRP Fundamentals

Enhanced Interior Gateway Protocol (EIGRP) is a proprietary hybrid routing protocol developed by Cisco Systems. EIGRP uses the same distance vector algorithm and distance information as IGRP. However, as its name implies, EIGRP has been enhanced in convergence properties and operating efficiency ...

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