Title: Chapter 7: EIGRP
Course: RITA MC - CISCO III > Section: Course Outline and Objectives

Overview, Objectives and Outline

Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP) is an advanced distance vector routing protocol developed by Cisco Systems. As the name suggests, EIGRP is an enhancement of another Cisco routing protocol IGRP (Interior Gateway Routing Protocol). IGRP is an older classful, distance vector routing protocol, now obsolete since IOS 12.3.

EIGRP is a distance vector routing protocol that includes features found in link-state routing protocols. EIGRP is suited for many different topologies and media. In a well-designed network, EIGRP can scale to include multiple topologies and can provide extremely quick convergence times with minimal network traffic.

This chapter introduces EIGRP and provides basic configuration commands to enable it on a Cisco IOS router. It also explores the operation of the routing protocol and provides more detail on how EIGRP determines best path.

Learning Objectives for Chapter 7

- Describe the basic features of EIGRP.
- Describe the types of packets used to establish and maintain an EIGRP neighbor adjacency
- Describe the encapsulation of EIGRP messages
- Configure EIGRP for IPv4 in a small routed network
- Verify an EIGRP for IPv4 implementation in a small routed network
- Explain how neighbor adjancancies are formed using EIGRP
- Explain the purpose of the metrics used by EIGRP
- Compare characteristics and operation of EIGRP for IPv4 to EIGRP for IPv6
- Configure EIGRP for IPv6 in a small routed network
- Verify EIGRP for IPv6 implementation in a small to medium sized network

Perform the following tasks in order to complete this chapter:
- Launch the Chapter 7 learning module
- Complete the Learning Module Activities
- Complete the Chapter 7 Quiz
- Complete the Chapter 7 Exam

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