Remember EIGRP
Full name: Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
Memory aid: Enhanced Interior routes are Guided by a Protocol.
Protocol support and configuration compatibility need checking across platforms.
Study area: Protocols & logical ports · Batch 6
Relevant study for: CompTIA Network+ N10-009 · Cisco CCNA 200-301 · CompTIA A+ Core 1 220-1201 · CompTIA Security+ SY0-701 · ISC2 CISSP 2024 outline
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EIGRP — Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
Provides interior routing using a distance-vector-based design and DUAL.
Why learn EIGRP — Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol?
Provides interior routing using a distance-vector-based design and DUAL.
Where it came from
Protocol support and configuration compatibility need checking across platforms.
- Memory aid (a learning cue, not the expansion): Enhanced Interior routes are Guided by a Protocol.
Build your understanding
Work through these exercises in order. Try the task before opening a reference.
- Without looking, expand EIGRP: Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol.
- Recall this memory aid: Enhanced Interior routes are Guided by a Protocol.
- Explain the practical use: Provides interior routing using a distance-vector-based design and DUAL.
- Explain this distinction: Protocol support and configuration compatibility need checking across platforms.
- Identify EIGRP in a device specification, architecture diagram, or system inventory.
Documentation and sources
- IETF RFC 7868 (www.rfc-editor.org)