Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP)

EIGRP is a classless, enhanced distance vector Cisco proprietary protocol.

It includes the subnet mask in its route updates.

Only EIGRP provides routing support for IP, IPX and Appletalk.

EIGRP is a hybrid routing protocol as it characteristics of both distance vector and link state.
It doesn’t send link state updates like OSPF but sends distance vector updates with info about
networks and the cost of reaching them. But like link state it synchronises routing tables between
neighbors at startup and when the topology changes.
EIGRP has a max hop count of 255 (default 100) EIGRP multicasts to 224.0.0.10
EIGRP metrics; Delay, Bandwidth, Reliability and Load.

Neighbor Discovery

Before EIGRP routers are willing to exchange routes with each other they must become
neighbors 3 conditions for neighborship are

1. Hello or ACK received

 2. AS numbers match
3. Identical metrics (K values)

Link state protocols tend to use Hello messages to establish neighborship because they don’t
send out periodic updates. To maintain the neighbors EIGRP routers must also continue
receiving Hellos. EIGRP routers that belong to different autonomous systems (ASes) don’t
automatically share routing information and become neighbours.

The only time EIGRP advertises its entire routing table is when it discovers a new neighbor and
forms an adjacency when this happens both neighbors advertise their entire routing table to each
other, after each has learned each others routes only changes to the route are then propergated.

Question
How often are hello messages sent by EIGRP on Ethernet media by default?

A. Every 2 seconds

B. Every 5 seconds

C. Every 30 seconds

D. Every 60 seconds

Answer B

Every 5 seconds

On a LAN or point-to-point links, these message are sent out as multicasts every 5 seconds. On a multipoint
network like Frame Relay with speeds lower than T1, these packets are unicast every 60 seconds

Using EIGRP to Support Large Networks

Multiple ASes

EIGRP uses autonomous system numbers, only routers that have the same as numbers share
routes. In large networks this can slow convergence, so the network is divided into multiple ASes.
Each AS is populated by a contiguous series of routers and route information is shared among
the different ASes via redistribution.

Redistribution within EIGRP

Normally the AD of an EIGRP route is 90, but this is true only for an internal EIGRP route.
These are routes originated within a specific AS by EIGRP routers that are members of the same
AS.

The other route is external EIGRP and has an AD of 170, theses routes come from manual or
automatic redistribution and are networks that originated outside the EIGRP AS. It doesn’t matter
if they came from EIGRP or and protocol such as OSPF they’re all considered to be external
routes when redistributed within EIGRP.
Configuring EIGRP

You can enter EIGRP commands from two modes

router configuration mode enables the protocol, determines which networks will run EIGRP,
and sets global characteristics.

Interface configuration mode covers customisation of metrics, timers etc.

To start an EIGRP session use the router eigrp command then the AS number which can be
any number 1 to 65535, the network numbers connected to the router using the network
command followed by the network number. Let’s look at enabling EIGRP for AS 20 on a router
connected to two networks with the network 10.3.1.0/24 and 172.16.10.0/24

Router#config t
Router(config)#router eigrp 20
Router(config-router)#network 172.16.0.0
Router(config-router)#network 10.0.0.0

With EIGRP you use classful network address, which has subnet and host bits turned off.

To stop EIGRP from working on a specific interface such as a BRI interface or a serial connection
to the internet, we need to flag the interface as passive.
For example to make serial 0/1 passive.

passive-interface <interface>
Router(config)#router eigrp 20
Router(config-router)#passive-interface serial 0/1

Doing this stops the interface from sending or receiving hello packets it won’t send or
receive route information on this interface and stop adjacencies forming.

The impact of the passive-interface command depends upon the routing protocol e.g. on an
interface running RIP the passive-interface command prohibits the sending of route
updates but allows their receipt. Thus a RIP router with a passive interface will still learn about
networks advertised by other routers. This is different from EIGRP where a passive interface
will neither send nor receive updates.

Lets configure the same network configured in the last section it doesn’t matter that RIP and
IGRP are already running unless your worried about bandwidth EIGRP has an administrative
distance of 90. (IGRP is 100 RIP is 120) so only EIGRP routes will populate the routing tables
even if all 3 routing protocols are enabled.
Its easy to add EIGRP to the internetwork it’s the same as configuring IGRP but with EIGRP

RouterA#config t
RouterA(config)#router eigrp 10
RouterA(config-router)#network 192.168.10.0
RouterA(config-router)#network 192.168.20.0
RouterA(config-router)# ˆZ
RouterA#

The router eigrp [as] commands turns EIGRP routing on in the router. As with RIP and IGRP you
still need to add the classful network numbers you want to advertise even thou EIGRP uses
classless routing (which means subnet mask information is sent along with routing protocol
updates)

RouterB#config t
RouterB(config)#router eigrp 10
RouterB(config-router)#network 192.168.20.0
RouterB(config-router)#network 192.168.30.0
RouterB(config-router)#network 192.168.40.0
RouterB(config-router)# ˆZ
RouterB#

RouterC#config t
RouterC(config)#router eigrp 10
RouterC(config-router)#network 192.168.40.0
RouterC(config-router)#network 192.168.50.0
RouterC(config-router)# ˆZ
RouterC#
VLSM Support and Summarisation

As one of the more sophisticated classless routing protocols, EIGRP supports the use of Variable
Length Subnet Masks. This is really important as it allows the conservation of address space
through the use of subnet masks. As the subnet mask is propagated with every route update,

EIGRP also supports the use of discontiguous subnets

(something that gives us a lot more flexibility when designing the network’s IP address plan).

What’s a discontiguous network? It’s one that has two or subnetworks of a classful network
connected together by different classful networks. Discontiguous networks don’t work with RIPv1
or IGRP at all, and not by default with RIPv2 or EIGRP.
Discontiguous subnets work with OSPF by default because OSPF does not auto-
summarise like EIGRP.

A Discontiguous Network

Here the subnets 172.16.10.0 and 172.16.20.0 are connected together with a 10.3.1.0 network.
By default each router thinks it has the only 172.16.0.0 classful network.
This shows how EIGRP automatically summarises networks at their classful boundaries.

Obviously this would never work note RIPv1, RIPv2, IGRP and EIGRP do this by default OSPF
doesn’t.
Configuring Discontiguous Networks

By default routers running EIGRP will automatically summarise the classful boundaries and
routing will not work. Here’s how to turn auto summarisation off.

RouterA#config t
RouterA(config)#router eigrp 100
RouterA(config-router)#network 172.16.0.0
RouterA(config-router)#network 10.0.0.0
RouterA(config-router)#no auto-summary

RouterB#config t
RouterB(config)#router eigrp 100
RouterB(config-router)#network 172.16.0.0
RouterB(config-router)#network 10.0.0.0
RouterB(config-router)#no auto-summary

By using the no auto-summary command EIGRP will advertise all the subnets between the two
routers. If the networks were larger we could provide manual summarisation.

Manual Summarisation
We can use following command to summarise EIGRP routes. Under interface config mode, issue
following command

ip summary address eigrp x.x.x.x subnet-mask.

Route Discovery and Maintenance

Like link-state protocols EIGRP supports neighbor discovery via Hellos and link distance vector
EIGRP enables it to hear about routes from its neighbors who heard it from their neighbor (routing
by rumour) EIGRP stores this info in tables.

Neighborship table
Records information about routers that have formed neighbour relations

Topology table
Stores route advertisements about every route in the internetwork received from each neighbor

Route table
Stores the routes that are currently used to make routing decisions there would be separate
copies of each of these tables for each protocol that is actively being supported by EIGRP
whether its IP or IPv6.

EIGRP Metrics

1. Bandwidth
2. Delay
3. Load
4. Reliability

EIGRP uses only bandwidth and delay to determine best path by default
Changing Metrics

Maximum Paths and Hop Count

By default EIGRP provides equal-cost load balancing of up to 4 links (as do all routing protocols)
However EIGRP can load-balance across up to 6 links equal or unequal using
the maximum-paths command

maximum-paths
R1(config)#router eigrp 10
R1(config-router)#maximum-paths ?

<1-6> Number of paths

EIGRP has a maximum hop count of 100, but it can be set up to 255.

Metric maximum-hops
R1(config)#router eigrp 10
R1(config-router)#metric maximum-hops ?

<1-255> Hop Count

EIGRP Topology Table

Once a neighbour relationship has been formed, called an Adjacency, the routers exchange
routing update information and each router builds its own topology table. The Updates contain all
the routes known by the sender. For each route, the receiving router calculates a distance for that
route based on the distance and the cost to the neighbour that advertised the route. If the
receiving router sees several routes to a particular network with different metrics, then the
route with the lowest metric becomes the Feasible Distance (FD) to that network. The
Feasible Distance is the metric of a network advertised by the connected neighbour plus the cost
of reaching that neighbour. This path with the best metric is entered into the routing table
because this is the quickest way to get to that network.

With the other possible routes to a particular network with larger metrics, the receiving
router also receives the Reported Distance (RD) to this network via other routers. The
Reported Distance being the total metric along a path to a destination network as advertised by a
neighbour. The Reported Distance for a particular route is compared with the Feasible Distance
that it already has for that route. If the Reported Distance is larger than the Feasible Distance
then this route is not entered into the Topology Table as a Feasible Successor. This prevents
loops from occurring. If the Reported Distance is smaller than the Feasible Distance, then this
path is considered to be a Feasible Successor and is entered into the Topology table. The
Successor for a particular route is the neighbour/peer with the lowest metric/distance to that
network.
What is the topology table?
Essentially, the topology table is the EIGRP database of available routes received from
neighbors. It shows the metric for these routes as well as the feasible distance to these networks.
The topology table contains a lot of information about successors, feasible successors, and
feasible distance.

What is a successor?
A successor is the neighbor with the best path to a destination.

What is a feasible successor?

A feasible successor is the neighbor or neighbors that have other loop-free paths to a destination
that aren't a preferred as the successor's path.

What is the feasible distance?

The feasible distance is the metric of a network advertised by the connected neighbor plus the
cost to get there. (The lowest calculated metric to each destination.)

What is an adjacency?
An adjacency is when two neighbors form a relationship and are exchanging routes.

What is feasibility condition?

A condition that is met if a neighbor’s advertised distance to a destination is lower that the router’s
Feasible Distance to that same destination.

The feasible condition is met when the receiving router has a feasible distance (FD) to a
particular network and it receives an update from a neighbor with a lower advertised or Reported
Distance (RD) to that network. The neighbor then becomes a feasible successor (FS) for that
route because it is one hop closer to the destination network.

Question
What is the EIGRP term for a backup route?
A. backup route
B. default route
C. feasible successor route
D. gateway
E. secondary route
F. successor route

Answer C

feasible successor route

Example
Lets configure EIGRP using the following Networks Addresses
Using the SDM to configure EIGRP on R3
Enable EIGRP by adding AS 10 and setting our passive interfaces
Now we can see EIGRP is running with AS 10

Now to configure 871W which doesn’t support EIGRP it has RIPv2 running so were going to need
redistribution (translation) configured from R3 to 871W.

Redistributing to 871W Router from R3

From the R3 router we need to add the redistribution commands under EIGRP and RIP

R3(config-router)#do show run ¦ begin router eigrp 10

router eigrp 10
redistribute rip metric 10000000 20000 255 11500
passive-interface FastEthernet0/0
passive-interface Serial0/0/0
network 10.0.0.0
no auto-summary!

Here we changed RIP’s metric hop count to match EIGRP’s bandwith, delay, reliability load and
MTU. R3 can now speak in both RIP and EIGRP.

Now to configure redistribution from EIGRP to RIP (mutual redistribution) as the 871W router only
speaks RIP this will enable it to receive EIGRP routes.
R3(config)#router rip
R3(config-router)#redistribute eigrp 10 metric ?
<0-16> hop count
R3(config-router)#redistribute eigrp 10 metric 1

This shows that we are redistributing EIGRP into RIP and changing the metric to hop count.

Question
You are using a route map to assist in the redistribution of RIP into OSPF in your network. You
are using the following set command

set metric 10

What is the meaning of this command?

A. Set the cost value of 10 for all routes redistributed into OSPF.

B. Set a hop count value of 10 for all routes redistributed into RIP.

C. Add 10 to the hop count for RIP routes.

D. Add 10 to the cost value for OSPF routes.

Answer B

This shows that we are redistributing OSPF into RIP and changing the metric to hop count.

Verifying EIGRP
Question
Which command will display only the current EIGRP routing table entries?

A. Router# show ip route

B. Router# show ip route eigrp
C. Router# show eigrp route
D. Router# show eigrp protocol

Answer B

Router# show ip route eigrp

Troubleshooting EIGRP

show ip eigrp neighbor

RouterC#show ip eigrp neighbor
H Address Interface Hold Uptime SRTT RTO Q Seq Type
(sec) (ms) Cnt Num
0 192.168.40.1 Se0 12 00:13:24 26 200 0 7

H indicates the order in which the neighbours were discovered

The Hold time indicates how long this router will wait for a hello packet to arrive from a specific
neighbour.
Uptime indicates how long the neighbourship has been established.
SRTT Smooth round trip timer, the time a round trip takes from this router to its neighbour and
back. You use this value to determine how long to wait after a multicast for a reply from this
neighbour. If a reply isn’t received in time the router switches to using unicasts in an attempt to
complete the communication. The time between multicast attempts is specified by the RTO field.
The RTO stands for Retransmission Time Out.
The Q value indicates whether there are any outstanding messages in the queue- large values
would indicate a problem.
The Seq field indicates the sequence number of the last update from that neighbour

show ip eigrp topology

RouterC#show ip eigrp topology
Codes: P – Passive, A – Active, U – Update, Q – Query, R – Reply,
r – reply Status, s – sia Status

P 192.168.40.0/24, 1 successors, FD is 2169856 via Connected, Serial0

P 192.168.50.0/24, 1 successors, FD is 281600 via Connected, Serial0
P 192.168.10.0/24, 1 successors, FD is 2707456 via 192.168.40.1
(2707456/2195456), Serial0/0
P 192.168.30.0/24, 1 successors, FD is 2172416 via 192.168.40.1
(2172416/28160), Serial0/0
P 192.168.20.0/24, 1 successors, FD is 2681856 via 192.168.40.1
(2681856/2169856), Serial0/0
RouterC#

P means the route is in the passive state which is good. Routes in the active state (A) indicate
that the router has lost its path to this network and is searching for a replacement. Each entry
also indicates the feasible distance or FD to each remote network plus the next-hop neighbour
through which packets will travel to this destination. (2681856/2169856)The first number indicates
the feasible distance the second the advertised distance to a remote network.

Question
If an EIGRP route goes down and a feasible successor is not found in the topology table, how
does DUAL flag the route that has failed?

A. recomputed
B. passive
C. active
D. down
E. unreachable
F. successor

Answer C

Active

show ip route
EIGRP routes are indicated by D (DUAL) AD default is 90
Smooth Round Trip Time (SRTT) - the average time in milliseconds between the transmission
of a packet to a neighbour and the receipt of an acknowledgement.

Retransmission Timeout (RTO) - if a multicast has failed, then a unicast is sent to that particular
router, the RTO is the time in milliseconds that the router waits for an acknowledgement.

Queue (Q) - shows the number of queued packets.

Question
Which of the following are found in the EIGRP neighbor table? (Choose two.)
A. routes installed by DUAL
B. lowest calculated metric to each destination
C. network layer address of the neighbor routers
D. number of EIGRP packets waiting to be sent
E. feasible distance to each neighbor

Answer C, D

network layer address of the neighbor routers and number of EIGRP packets waiting to be sent
Question
What information is maintained in the EIGRP topology database for a destination route?
(Choose three.)

A. the routing protocol

B. the feasible distance of the route
C. the highest cost of the route
D. the SRTT value for the route
E. the route cost as advertised by the neighboring router
F. the physical address of the gateway interface

Answer A, B, E

the routing protocol, the feasible distance of the route and the route cost as advertised by the
neighboring router

Question
What parameters must you specify when you enable EIGRP routing?

A. The broadcast address and AS number

B. The network number and AS number
C. EIGRP routing, network number and passive interface
D. EIGRP routing, network number and AS

Answer D

Explanation
To enable EIGRP on your router, you must specify EIGRP routing, network number and AS
number
E.g. Router EIGRP 33
Network 10.0.0.0

Question
You issue the following command:

StudentA#show ip route

Codes: C - connected, S - static, I - IGRP, R - RIP, M - mobile, B –

BGP D - EIGRP, EX EIGRP external, O - OSPF, IA – OSPF inter area N1 -
OSPF NSSA external type 1, N2 - OSP NSSA external type 2 E1 - OSPF
external type 1, E2 - OSPF external type 2, E - EGP i IS-IS, L1 - IS-
IS level-1, L2 - IS-IS level-2, * - candidate default U - per-user
static route, o - ODR

Gateway of last resort is 172.31.0.1 to network 0.0.0.0

D 192.168.15.0/24 [90/2681856] via 10.0.0.2, 3w2d, Serial0/1
R 172.16.0.0/16 [120/1] via 172.31.0.1, 00:00:05, Serial0/0
172.31.0.0/16 is variably subnetted, 2 subnets, 2 masks
D 172.31.0.0/16 is a summary, 3w2d, Null0
C 172.31.0.0/24 is directly connected, Serial0/0
C 192.168.250.0/24 is directly connected, Serial0/1.1
C 10.0.0.0/8 is directly connected, Serial0/1
150.1.0.0/16 is variably subnetted, 2 subnets, 2 masks
C 150.1.3.0/24 is directly connected, Ethernet0/0
D 150.1.0.0/16 is a summary, 3w2d, Null0
S* 0.0.0.0/0 [1/0] via 172.31.0.1
What is the meaning of the [90/2681856] in the output following the command?

A. It's the port number and hop count of the RIP routing protocol.
B. It's the administrative distance and hop count of the EIGRP routing protocol.
C. It's the port number and metric of the EIGRP routing protocol.
D. It's the administrative distance and metric of the route learned through EIGRP.

Answer D

The show IP route command shows what routes are available for the router. In this case, the
information in the brackets is the administrative distance and metric (bandwidth and delay) of the
EIGRP route.
A is incorrect, as it is not the port number, but the administrative distance.
B is incorrect, as EIGRP does not use hops as its metric.
C is incorrect, as the first number is the AD of EIGRP, not port number.

Question
EIGRP functions at which layer of the OSI model?

A. Data Link

B. Network

C. Transport

D. Session

Answer B

As with all routing protocols it resides at the network layer of the OSI model

Question
You are troubleshooting your EIGRP-based network and you issue the show ip eigrp neighbors
command. What is the meaning of the SRTT value that appears in the output from this
command?

A. Displays the time in milliseconds that the router waits for an acknowledgement before it
retransmits the reliable packet.

B. Indicates the average time it takes to send and receive packets from a neighbor.

C. Specifies the time to wait without receiving anything from a neighbor before considering the
neighbor unavailable.

D. Indicates the number of packets waiting in the queue to be sent.

Answer B

SRTT Smooth Round Trip Time

The average time in milliseconds between the transmission of a packet to a neighbour and the
receipt of an acknowledgement.
Question
What class of routing protocol combines aspects of the link-state and distance-vector algorithms?

A. Mix
B. Hybrid
C. Link-distance
D. Distance-link

Answer B

EIGRP is considered a hybrid routing protocol, combining the best of the distance-vector and link-
state routing protocols.
A, C, and D are incorrect, as there are no such classes of routing protocols.

Question
You have configured the routers shown in the figure below using the EIGRP protocol. The
relevant configuration is

Washington Router

Wash(config)#router eigrp 100

Wash(config-router)#network 172.16.0.0
Wash(config-router)#network 192.168.5.0
Wash(config-router)#no auto-summary

Nevada Router

Nev(config)#router eigrp 100

Nev(config-router)#network 172.16.0.0
Nev(config-router)#network 192.168.5.0
Nev(config-router)#no auto-summary

New Mexico Router

NewM(config)#router eigrp 100

NewM(config-router)#network 172.16.0.0
NewM(config-router)#network 192.168.5.0
NewM(config-router)#no auto-summary

Users in Washington and New Mexico are complaining about connectivity issues; however, users
in Nevada seem to be working just fine. What is the most likely cause of the problem?

A. The EIGRP protocol is not to be used on frame relay networks. Cisco recommends using
either OSPF or RIP industry standard protocols in this style of configuration.

B. Because EIGRP is technically categorized as a distance-vector routing protocol, split-horizon

causes problems in this configuration.

C. The EIGRP autonomous system 100 is reserved for loopback routing protocol communication.

D. The no auto-summary command causes routing issues in this environment because the
configuration is using class C subnet masks for the 172.16.0.0 network.

Answer B

EIGRP is a hybrid routing protocol others call it an advanced distance-vector protocol.

Technically, it falls under the distance-vector protocols, which causes all the distance-vector loop
prevention mechanisms. One of these is split-horizon this prevents a router from sending an
update back in the same direction from which it was received. From the diagram, the Nevada
router receives updates on its Serial 0/0 interface from Washington and New Mexico. It does not
send those updates back out, keeping the Washington and New Mexico routers from learning
about each other.
A is incorrect because EIGRP works just fine on frame relay networks.
C is incorrect because there are no reserved EIGRP AS numbers.
D is incorrect because the no auto-summary command enables VLSM support for EIGRP.

Question
This dynamic routing protocol is actually a distance-vector routing protocol, but it acts like a link-
state routing protocol in many ways. What is it?

A. OSPF
B. IGRP
C. EIGRP
D. RIP version 1
E. BGP
F. IS-IS
G. RIP version 2

Answer C

EIGRP is a distance-vector routing protocol that uses link-state attributes.

A is incorrect, as OSPF is a link-state routing protocol, not a distance-vector routing protocol. B is
incorrect, as IGRP is only a distance-vector routing protocol.
D is incorrect, as RIPv1 is only a distance-vector routing protocol.
E is incorrect, as BGP is a path-vector routing protocol that works between autonomous systems.
F is incorrect, as IS-IS is a pure link-state routing protocol.
G is incorrect, as RIPv2 is still a distance-vector routing protocol, although it does support VLSM.

Question
Which of the following commands shows the routing table of EIGRP?

A. Show ip route
B. Show ip route classless
C. Show ip eigrp neighbors
D. Show ip route eigrp

Answer D

To show the specific routes of EIGRP, you must specify them with the show ip route EIGRP
command.
A is incorrect; although it shows EIGRP routes, it also shows any other routes learned or known
by the router, and the question specifically asks for EIGRP routing table information.
B is a nonexistent command.
C is incorrect, as this command shows you all of the EIGRP neighbors for which the router
exchanges information.

Question
You have four dynamic routing protocols running in your environment. A router receives an
advertisement for a particular route from all four protocols. When you type the show ip route
command on this router, what routing protocol does the router prefer?

A. RIP
B. IGRP
C. OSPF
D. EIGRP

Answer D

EIGRP has a default administrative distance of 90, which is the lowest of all of these protocols. A
is incorrect, as RIP has an administrative distance of 120, which is the highest of all the protocols.
B is incorrect, as IGRP has an administrative distance of 100. C is incorrect, as OSPF has an
administrative distance of 110.

Question
Which one of the following commands below is an example of a hybrid routing protocol?

A. Router rip
B. Router igrp 100
C. Router ospf 1
D. Router eigrp 100

Answer D

Explanation
EIGRP is a hybrid routing protocol. This means it uses both distance vector and link-state routing
mechanisms.

Incorrect Answers
A. RIP is a distance vector routing protocol.
B. IGRP is a distance vector routing protocol.
C. OSPF is a link state routing protocol.
Question
A network administrator is designing a Cisco network for a large company. The network must be
able to use minimal bandwidth for routing updates, converge quickly, and support VLSM, CIDR,
IP and IPX. Which routing protocol will best fit the requirements of this network?

A. RIP v1
B. RIP v2
C. IGRP
D. OSPF
E. EIGRP

Answer E

Explanation: Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP) is a Cisco-proprietary routing

protocol based on IGRP. Unlike IGRP, which is a classful routing protocol, EIGRP supports
CIDR, allowing network designers to maximize address space by using CIDR and VLSM.
Compared to IGRP, EIGRP boasts faster convergence times, improved scalability, and superior
handling of routing loops as well as EIGRP supports IP, IPX protocols also.

Question
What parameters must you specify when you enable EIGRP routing?

A. The broadcast address, and AS number

B. The network number and AS number
C. EIGRP routing, network number and passive interface
D. EIGRP routing, network number, and AS

Answer D

Explanation: To enable EIGRP on your router, you must specify EIGRP routing, the network
number, and the AS system number. Example: Router EIGRP 33 Network 10.0.0.0 In the case
above the AS process number is 33.

Question
In EIGRP, what kind of route information is stored in the RAM of the router and maintained by
way of hello packets and update packets? (Select two answer choices)

A. Neighbor Table
B. SRF Table
C. RTP Table
D. Topology Table
E. Query Table
F. Dual Table

Answer A, D

Explanation
In EIGRP the only two tables of significance are the neighbor table and the topology table.

Incorrect Answers
B, C, E, F. These are not tables used by EIGRP.
Question
The router has been configured for EIGRP. Information relating to the configuration is displayed
in the output shown below

The EIGRP configuration in the router used a single network statement. From the output shown in
the graphic, which network statement was used to advertise these networks in EIGRP?

A. network 172.26.168.128 0.0.0.127

B. network 172.26.168.128 area 478
C. network 172.26.0.0
D. network 172.26.168.0 area 478

Answer C

Explanation: The correct configuration statements used in the above were:

Router eigrp 478 Network 172.26.0.0

Incorrect Answers: A. A wildcard mask is not required at the end of the network statement in
order to configure EIGRP. It is only required for an OSPF configuration. B, D: In EIGRP, the
concept of an area does not exist. This is only used by OSPF.

Question

CK uses EIGRP as the routing protocol. Based on the info shown above, what path will packets
take from a host on the 192.168.10.192/26 network to a host on the LAN attached to routerCK1?
A. The path of the packets will be CK3 to CK2 to CK1
B. The path of the packets will be CK3 to CK1 to CK2
C. The path of the packets will be both CK3 to CK2 to CK1 AND CK3 to CK1
D. The path of the packets will be CK3 to CK1

Answer D

Explanation: Based on the routing table of CK3, the best path to the CK1 LAN is shown on the
first routing entry (192.168.10.64). CK 3 will use the Serial 0/0 interface to route traffic to this
destination, with the next hop IP address of 192.168.10.9, which is the network used between
CK3 and CK1, making choice D correct. Note that there is only one routing entry for this
destination. If traffic were load balancing over both paths, then both would be displayed in the
routing table.

Question
Which one of the following EIGRP commands can check the IP addresses of the adjacent
neighbors, as well as verifying the EIGRP retransmit intervals and queue counts?

A. R1#show ip eigrp adjacency

B. R1#show ip eigrp topology
C. R1#show ip eigrp interfaces
D. R1#show ip eigrp neighbors
E. None of the above

Answer D

Explanation: The topology database contains information from all of the LSA packets that have
been received for an area. The topology database is updated by the LSAs. Each router within the
area has exactly the same topology database. All routers must have the same vision of the
networks; otherwise, confusion, routing loops, and loss of connectivity will result. Note: The
topology database is the router's view of the network within the area. It includes every OSPF
router within the area and all the connected networks. This database is indeed a routing table, but
a routing table for which no path decisions have been made; it is at present a topology database.

Question
Which Layer 4 protocol does EIGRP use to provide reliability for the transmission of routing
information?

A. DUAL
B. IP
C. PDM
D. RTP
E. TCP
F. UDP

Answer D

RTP
EIGRP packet delivery is handled using Reliable Transport Protocol (RTP) which ensures
delivery in order using Reliable Multicast on the multicast address 224.0.0.10

Question
Which of the following statements describes the bounded updates used by EIGRP?

A. Bounded updates are sent to all routers within an autonomous system.

B. Partial updates are sent only to routers that need the information.
C. The updates are sent to all routers in the routing table.
D. Updates are bounded by the routers in the topology table.

Answer B

Partial updates are sent only to routers that need the information.

Question
Why would it be necessary to configure the bandwidth setting on an EIGRP interface rather than
leaving it at the default setting? (Choose two.)

A. A suboptimal route may be chosen as the best path to a destination if the bandwidth setting is
higher than the actual bandwidth of the link.

B. The network may be unable to converge if the bandwidth setting does not match the actual
bandwidth of the link.

C. Routing updates might arrive too fast for the interface to handle and be discarded because of
buffer overflow.

D. The configured bandwidth must match the actual speed of the link so the link will operate
properly.

E. Setting the bandwidth to a higher rate will optimize the effective throughput of the link.

Answer A, B

A suboptimal route may be chosen as the best path to a destination if the bandwidth setting is
higher than the actual bandwidth of the link.
The network may be unable to converge if the bandwidth setting does not match the actual
bandwidth of the link.
Question

Host 192.168.1.66 in the network illustrated is unable to ping host 192.168.1.130. How must
EIGRP be configured to enable connectivity between the two hosts? (Choose two.)

A. R1(config-router)# network 192.168.1.128

B. R1(config-router)# auto-summary
C. R1(config-router)# no auto-summary
D. R2(config-router)# no auto-summary
E. R2(config-router)# auto-summary
F. R2(config-router)# network 192.168.1.64

Answer C, D

R1(config-router)# no auto-summary
R2(config-router)# no auto-summary

Question
When should EIGRP automatic summarization be turned off?
A. when a router has not discovered a neighbor within three minutes
B. when a router has more than three active interfaces
C. when a router has discontiguous networks attached
D. when a router has less than five active interfaces

Answer C

when a router has discontiguous networks attached

Question
Router A and C are completely configured and the administrator needs to configure the routing
protocol on Router B so that communication occurs throughout the network. Which of the
following commands configures routing on Router B?
 A. B(config)# router eigrp 1
B(config)# network 192.168.10.0 0.0.0.3
B(config)# network 192.168.10.4 0.0.0.3
B(config)# network 192.168.10.128 0.0.0.192

B. B(config)# router eigrp 1

B(config)# network 192.168.10.0 0.0.0.3 area 0
B(config)# network 192.168.10.4 0.0.0.3 area 0
B(config)# network 192.168.10.128 0.0.0.192 area 0

C. B(config)# router eigrp 1

B(config)# network 192.168.10.0 0.0.0.3 no-summary
B(config)# network 192.168.10.4 0.0.0.3 no-summary
B(config)# network 192.168.10.128 0.0.0.192 no-summary

D. B(config)# router eigrp 1

B(config-router)# network 192.168.10.0

Answer D

Question
Refer to the exhibit. The network administrator wants router RTA to send only the summarized
route of 10.10.0.0/16 to RTC. Which configuration accomplishes this?

A.
RTA(config)# interface s0/0
RTA(config-if)# ip summary-address eigrp 101 10.10.0.0 255.255.0.0
RTA(config-if)# exit
RTA(config)# router eigrp 101
RTA(config-router)# no auto-summary

B.
RTA(config)# interface s0/1
RTA(config-if)# ip summary-address eigrp 101 10.10.0.0 255.255.0.0
RTA(config-if)# exit
RTA(config)# router eigrp 101
RTA(config-router)# no auto-summary

C.
RTA(config)# interface s0/0
RTA(config-if)# ip summary-address eigrp 101 10.10.0.0 255.255.0.0

D.
RTA(config)# interface s0/1
RTA(config-if)# ip summary-address eigrp 101 10.10.0.0 255.255.0.0

Answer B
RTA(config)# interface s0/1
RTA(config-if)# ip summary-address eigrp 101 10.10.0.0 255.255.0.0
RTA(config-if)# exit
RTA(config)# router eigrp 101
RTA(config-router)# no auto-summary

Question
Refer to the exhibit. Assuming that the default EIGRP configuration is running on both routers,
which statement is true about Router A reaching the 2.2.2.0/24 network?

A. The no auto-summary command needs to be issued to disable automatic summarization.

B. The network 2.2.2.0 command needs to be issued to ensure that Router A recognizes the
2.2.2.0 network.

C. EIGRP supports VLSM and automatically recognizes the 2.2.2.0 network.

D. EIGRP does not support VLSM; therefore it cannot be used with discontiguous networks.

Answer A
The no auto-summary command needs to be issued to disable automatic summarization.

Question
Which statements are true about EIGRP successor routes? (Choose two)

A. A successor route is used by EIGRP to forward traffic to a destination.

B. Successor routes are saved in the topology table to be used if the primary route fails.
C. Successor routes are flagged as active in the routing table.
D. A successor route may be backed up by a feasible successor route.
E. Successor routes are stored in the neighbor table following the discovery process.
F. Successors are not used in EIGRP.

Answer A, D