Wednesday, September 28, 2016

EIGRP Metric

 
What is the default metric used by eigrp router
Minimum bandwidth on the path and the total delay

How bandwidth and delay are determined
Determined from values configured on the interfaces of router in the path to the destination network
  
How many paths router one has to reach network A
It has two path
Through router four and through router three

What is the bandwidth and delay configured through router four
Minimum bandwidth 56
Total delay 2000

What is the minimum bandwidth and delay configured through router three
Minimum bandwidth 128
Total delay 1000

Which path will be chosen by router one
Path with lowest metric

Which formula used by eigrp to scale bandwidth
Bandwidth =  (10000000/bandwidth(i)) * 256
Where bandwidth(i) least bandwidth to destination and represented in kilobits

Which formula used by eigrp to scale delay
Delay = delay(i) * 256
Where delay(i) is the sum of the delays configured on the interfaces to destination and represented in ten microseconds

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How delay are represented in show ip eigrp topology or show interface command
In microseconds
We need divide delay by 10 before we use it on the formula

Which formula used by eigrp to scale total metric to destination network
Metric = ([K1 * bandwidth + (K2 * bandwidth) / (256 - load) + K3 * delay] * [K5 / (reliability + K4)]) * 256

What is the importance of using k value
Must be used carefully
Mismatch k values prevent neighbor relationship from being built and will not converge network

What would be the formula if k5 = 0
Metric = ([k1 * bandwidth + (k2 * bandwidth)/(256 - load) + k3 * delay]) * 256.

What is the default k values
The default values for K are:
K1 = 1
K2 = 0
K3 = 1
K4 = 0
K5 = 0

What would be the formula with default k values
Metric = bandwidth + delay

Does cisco routers uses floating point number
No
  
In the above network, what would be the total cost through router four
Minimum bandwidth = 56k
Total delay = 100 + 100 + 2000 = 2200
[(10000000/56) + 2200] x 256 = (178571 + 2200) x 256 = 180771 x 256 = 46277376 

What would be the total cost through router three
Minimum bandwidth = 128k
Total delay = 100 + 100 + 1000 = 1200
Bandwidth = [(10000000/128) + 1200] x 256 = (78125 + 1200) x 256 = 79325 x 256 = 20307200 
Metric = 20307200  + 1200
  
Which path will be chosen by router one to reach network A
Router one will choose path through router three
Path through router three has lowest metric


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