Ch7 EIGRP Flashcards
Five Features of EIGRP
- Diffusing Update Algorithm (DUAL)
- Establishes Neighbor Adjacencies
- Reliable Transport Protocol (RTP)
- Partial and Bounded Updates
- Equal and Unequal Cost Load Balancing.
Difference between reliable and unreliable delivery of packets?
Reliable: Requires acknowledgement to be returned by the receiver to the sender.
Unreliable: Requires no acknowledgement.
What IPv4 Address Do EIGRP Packets Use?
224.0.0.10 Multicast Address
What IPv6 Address Do EIGRP Packets Use?
FF02::A Multicast Address
Partial and Bounded Updates Defined
Partial: Updates include information about route changes only.
Bounded: Partial Updates sent only to the routers that the changes affect.
Six Tasks Protocol Dependent Messages Are Responsible For
- Maintaining the neighbor and topology tables of EIGRP routers.
- Building and translating protocol-specific packets for DUAL
- Computing the metric and passing this information to DUAL
- Implementing filtering and access lists.
- Performing redistribution functions to and from other routing protocols.
- Redistribution routes that are learned by other routing protocols.
Five EIGRP Packet Types
- Hello
- Acknowledgement
- Update
- Query
- Reply
Hello Packet
Purpose, Delivery Method & Address Type.
- Used for neighbor discovery and to maintain neighbor adjacencies.
- Unreliable delivery.
- Multicast ( for most networks).
Update Packets
Purpose, Delivery Method & Address Type.
- Propagates routing information to EIGRP neighbors.
- Reliable Delivery.
- Unicast or multicast.
Acknowledgement Packets
Purpose, Delivery Method & Address Type.
- Used to acknowledge receipt of reliable EIGRP messages.
- Unreliable delivery.
- Unicast
Query Packets
Purpose, Delivery Method & Address Type.
- Used to query routes from neighbors.
- Reliable Delivery.
- Unicast or multicast.
Reply Packets
Purpose, Delivery Method & Address Type.
- Sent in repsonse to EIGRP query.
- Reliable delivery.
- Unicast.
Default Hello Interval (3)
(Definition / Values)
- Time in seconds between each Hello Packet being sent.
- 5 seconds for T1/Ethernet (>1.544 Mb/s)
- 60 seconds for Multipoint Frame Relay (<1.544 Mb/s)
Default Hold Timer (3)
(Definition / Times)
- Time in seconds a router will wait before declaring a neighbor router unreachable.
- 15 seconds for T1/ Ethernet (>1.544 Mb/s)
- 180 seconds for Multipoint Frame Relay (<1.544 Mb/s)
TLV Field
- Data field that contains EIGRP Parameters, IP Internal Routes, and IP External Routes information.
Two Important Fields Within EIGRP Header
- Opcode - specifies the packet type as Update, Query, Reply, or Hello
- Autonomous System Number - identifies which instance of EIGRP this packet belongs to.
Opcode Values
(1) Update
(3) Query
(4) Reply
(5) Hello
Three Important Fields within EIGRP Parameters TLV
- Bandwidth Metric - weighted equally
- Delay Metric - weighted equally
- Hold Time
Four Important Fields within IP Internal Routes TLV
- Delay
- Bandwidth
- Prefix Length
- Destination - destination network address : field is variable / 24bit min.
Autonomous System Number (2)
16 bit number used to represent the EIGRP process, much like the process-id in OSPF.
All routers must hvae the same AS in order to form neighbor adjacencies.
Command Used to Start Configuring Router for EIGRP
router eigrp autonomous_system_number
Router Command Used to Create Router ID in EIGRP
eigrp router-id router_id
Router Command Used to Enable Interfaces in EIGRP
network classful_IPv4_network_address
Router Configuration Mode Command That is Enabled By Default in EIGRP
eigrp log-neighbor-changes
Router Command Used to Enable EIGRP for Specific Subnet
network network_address wildcard_mask
Router Command Used to Create Passive Interfaces
passive-interface interface_id