CCNP v6 Route Lab 2.1
CCNP v6 Route Lab 2.1
Objectives
• Configure EIGRP on multiple routers.
• Configure the bandwidth command to modify the EIGRP metric.
• Verify EIGRP adjacencies.
• Verify EIGRP routing information exchange.
• Use debugging commands for troubleshooting EIGRP.
• (Challenge) Test convergence for EIGRP when a topology change occurs.
Background
You are responsible for configuring a new network to connect your company’s Engineering, Marketing, and
Accounting departments, represented by the loopback interfaces on each of the three routers. The physical
devices have just been installed and are connected by Fast Ethernet and serial interfaces. Your task is to
configure EIGRP to enable full connectivity between all departments.
Note: This lab uses Cisco 1841 routers with Cisco IOS Release 12.4(24)T1 and the Advanced IP Services
image c1841-advipservicesk9-mz.124-24.T1.bin. The switch is a Cisco WS-C2960-24TT-L with the Cisco IOS
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image c2960-lanbasek9-mz.122-46.SE.bin. You can use other routers (such as 2801 or 2811), switches
(such as 2950), and Cisco IOS Software versions if they have comparable capabilities and features.
Depending on the router or switch model and Cisco IOS Software version, the commands available and
output produced might vary from what is shown in this lab.
Required Resources
• 3 routers (Cisco 1841 with Cisco IOS Release 12.4(24)T1 Advanced IP Services or comparable)
• 1 switch (Cisco 2960 with the Cisco IOS Release 12.2(46)SE C2960-LANBASEK9-M image or
comparable)
• Serial and Ethernet cables
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To monitor the EIGRP adjacency forming between routers R1 and R2 in real time while you configure R2,
issue the debug eigrp packets command on both routers before configuring router R2.
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e. In global configuration mode on R2, issue the same set of commands that you issued on R1 to create
EIGRP AS 1 and advertise the 10.0.0.0/8 network. You should see debug output similar to the following.
R2# debug eigrp packets
EIGRP Packets debugging is on
(UPDATE, REQUEST, QUERY, REPLY, HELLO, IPXSAP, PROBE, ACK, STUB,
SIAQUERY, SIAREPLY)
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*Feb 3 17:01:03.467: AS 1, Flags 0x0, Seq 3/0 idbQ 0/0 iidbQ un/rely 0/0
serno 3-3
*Feb 3 17:01:03.471: EIGRP: Received ACK on FastEthernet0/0 nbr 10.1.100.1
*Feb 3 17:01:03.471: AS 1, Flags 0x0, Seq 0/3 idbQ 0/0 iidbQ un/rely 0/0
peerQ un/rely 1/1
*Feb 3 17:01:03.471: EIGRP: FastEthernet0/0 multicast flow blocking cleared
*Feb 3 17:01:03.479: EIGRP: Sending ACK on FastEthernet0/0 nbr 10.1.100.1
*Feb 3 17:01:03.479: AS 1, Flags 0x0, Seq 0/3 idbQ 0/0 iidbQ un/rely 0/0
peerQ un/rely 1/0
The debug output displays the EIGRP hello, update, and ACK packets. Because EIGRP uses Reliable
Transport Protocol (RTP) for update packets, you see routers replying to update packets with the ACK
packet. You can turn off debugging with the undebug all command.
f. Configure EIGRP on R3 using the same commands.
R3(config)# router eigrp 1
R3(config-router)# network 10.0.0.0
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<output omitted>
The bandwidth is set primarily to provide the correct composite metric factor and a realistic and true
description of the available bandwidth on an interface. It is also set to prevent EIGRP from flooding the
interface. By default, EIGRP uses up to 50 percent of the bandwidth that the interface reports to the Cisco
IOS software. Suppose there was a significant routing instability in some other part of the EIGRP AS. If
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EIGRP were to use 50 percent of 1544 kb/s for its own routing information traffic, EIGRP traffic would fully
saturate the low-bandwidth 64 kb/s serial link.
Recall that EIGRP uses a composite metric in which one of the variables is the bandwidth of the interface.
For EIGRP to make an accurate computation, it needs correct information about the bandwidth of the
serial link. Therefore, you must manually configure the bandwidth variable to 64 kb/s.
b. Apply the bandwidth 64 command to the R1 and R2 serial interfaces.
R1(config)# interface serial 0/0/0
R1(config-if)# bandwidth 64
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How can you add the 192.168.100.0/30 network to EIGRP without involving the 192.168.100.4/30
network as well?
create a subnet mask in the EIGRP to use the 192.168.100.0/30 subnet and not the 192.168.100.4/30
subnet. Use the command network 192.168.100.0 0.0.0.3
In Step 2, you looked at how network statements select networks for routing using major network
boundaries. EIGRP also provides a way to select networks using wildcard masks. In a wildcard mask, bits
that can vary are denoted by 1s in the binary bit values. If you wanted to route both Loopback11 and
Loopback15 with EIGRP, you could use a wildcard mask that includes both of their network addresses,
such as network 192.168.100.0 0.0.0.7 or network 192.168.100.0 0.0.0.255. However, in this scenario,
you want to select only the IP network for Loopback11.
b. On R3, issue the following commands:
R3(config)# router eigrp 1
R3(config-router)# network 192.168.100.0 0.0.0.3
c. Did this solution work? Check it with the show ip eigrp interfaces command. Notice that Loopback11 is
involved in EIGRP, and Loopback15 is not.
R3# show ip eigrp interfaces
IP-EIGRP interfaces for process 1
e. On R3, issue the show ip protocols command. Notice that automatic summarization is in effect. Also
note the networks for which it is routing.
R3# show ip protocols
Routing Protocol is "eigrp 1"
Outgoing update filter list for all interfaces is not set
Incoming update filter list for all interfaces is not set
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<output omitted>
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Which of the EIGRP timers causes this delay in the route recalculation?
EIGRP Hold Timer
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e. Use the traceroute command to find the new route from R3 to R1.
R3# traceroute 10.1.1.1
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!............!!
<output omitted>
Note: The loss ICMP ECHO packets results in a significant delay, as many as 30 or more seconds. Why
did it take so long for R3 to reestablish ping connectivity with R3 after the R1 Fa0/0 interface was re-
enabled and what changes could be made to correct the problem? The answer lies with the switch itself.
The switch that connects the three routers together is in its default configuration, running STP on each
port and requiring 30 seconds to proceed through Listening and Learning states until a port transitions to
the Forwarding state. The 17 lost packets are caused by the 30 seconds required by STP to transition the
port to Forwarding state plus a couple of seconds for DTP to determine the port mode and perhaps ARP
to resolve R3's MAC address.
This issue can be addressed by configuring the switch with the spanning-tree portfast default
command. In addition, all ports could be defined as static access ports using the switchport mode
access command.
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If you were using RIPv2 as your routing protocol instead of EIGRP, would fewer or more packets be
dropped?
RIPv2 would drop more packets than EIGRP
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