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Protocol Header Attributes

8 16 24 32 Type Hybrid
Version Opcode Checksum Algorithm DUAL
Flags Metric Bandwidth, delay,
reliability, load
Sequence Number
AD 90 / 170
Acknowledgement number
Standard Cisco proprietary
Autonomous System number
Protocols IP, IPX, Appletalk
Type Length
Transport IP 88
Value
Authentication MD5
Additional TLV's ... Multicast IP 224.0.0.10
Metric Formula Hello Timer 5 / 60

K2 * bandwidth K5 Hold Timer 15 / 180

256 * (K1 * bandwidth + + K3 * delay) *
256 - load reliability + K4 K Defaults Packet Types

Configuration Example K1 1 1 Update

K2 0 3 Query
K3 1 4 Reply
K4 0 5 Hello
K5 0 8 Acknowledge

Terminology
Advertised Distance · The metric for a
route advertised by a neighbor

Feasible Distance · The advertised

distance plus the cost to get to the
originating neighbor
RouterA
Stuck In Active (SIA) · The condition when
interface Serial0/0
description WAN A
a route becomes unreachable and no
ip address 10.0.0.1 255.255.255.252 neighbors respond to a query
ip summary-address eigrp 123 192.168.0.0 255.255.254.0
!
Passive Interface · An interface which
interface Serial0/1 does not participate in EIGRP but whose
description WAN B network is advertised
ip address 10.0.0.5 255.255.255.252
ip summary-address eigrp 123 192.168.0.0 255.255.254.0 Stub Router · A router with only one
! neighbor, and thus only one path to all
interface Vlan10 networks not directly connected
description LAN Subnet A
ip address 192.168.0.0 255.255.255.0
Troubleshooting
!
interface Vlan20 show ip eigrp interfaces
description LAN Subnet B
ip address 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 show ip eigrp neighbors
!
router eigrp 123 show ip eigrp topology
passive-interface Vlan10
passive-interface Vlan20 debug ip eigrp
network 10.0.0.0 0.0.0.3
debug ip eigrp packet
network 192.168.0.0 0.0.1.255
no auto-summary debug ip eigrp neighbors

by Jeremy Stretch v1.0