Route Filtering

ImageLesson 5: EIGRP Route Filtering

Does a router in a branch office need to be able to forward packets to hosts in another branch office? Does a router in the sales division need to be able to forward packets to hosts in the manufacturing division? These questions are just a sampling of design questions for which route filtering can be part of the solution.

Route filtering allows the engineer to filter which routes are advertised in an EIGRP update. If routers in a branch do not need to learn routes about subnets in other branches, routers can filter that routing information. This filtering reduces the size of routing tables, saving ...

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