Department of Computer Science Technology

Cyber Security Program

Lab 3

Objective

This lab aims to guide you through configuring EIGRP (Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol) on
routers within the same autonomous system (AS) and between different autonomous systems.

Lab Topology

Three routers (R1, R2, R3)

Three networks (192.168.1.0/24, 192.168.2.0/24, 192.168.3.0/24)

Loopback interfaces for testing reachability

R1 and R2 will be in the same EIGRP AS (100)

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 R3 will be in a different EIGRP AS (200)

Addressing Table

Device Interface IP Address Subnet Mask

G0/0 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0

G0/0 192.168.2.1 255.255.255.0

R2 S0/0/0 10.0.0.2 255.0.0.0

S0/0/1 20.0.0.1 255.0.0.0

G0/0 192.168.3.1 255.255.255.0

Part 1: Configuring EIGRP in the Same Autonomous System

Step 1: Assign IP Addresses

Configure IP addresses on the routers.

Step 2: Enable EIGRP on R1 and R2 (Same AS 100)

R1 Configuration

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Router(config)# router eigrp 100

Router(config-router)# network 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.255

Router(config-router)# network 10.0.0.0 0.255.255.255

Router(config-router)# no auto-summary

Router(config-router)# exit

Explanation:

This command enables EIGRP routing on the router and specifies the Autonomous System (AS) number.

The number 100 represents the AS number where EIGRP will operate.

Autonomous System is a group of routers under the same administrative control that share routing information.

This command advertises the network 192.168.1.0/24 into EIGRP.

The second part (0.0.0.255) is a wildcard mask that defines the range of IP addresses to be included.

By default, EIGRP performs automatic summarization at network boundaries.

This means if you have 10.1.0.0/16 and 10.2.0.0/16, EIGRP will automatically summarize them to 10.0.0.0/8
when advertised to another router.

This feature can cause routing problems in discontiguous networks.

The no auto-summary command disables automatic summarization and allows EIGRP to advertise
specific subnets rather than summarized routes.

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R2 Configuration

Router(config)# router eigrp 100

Router(config-router)# network 192.168.2.0 0.0.0.255

Router(config-router)# network 10.0.0.0 0.255.255.255

Router(config-router)# network 20.0.0.0 0.255.255.255

Router(config-router)# no auto-summary

Router(config-router)# exit

Step 3: Verify EIGRP Neighborship

Run the following command on R1 and R2:

Router# show ip eigrp neighbors

Explanation:

show ip eigrp neighbors command is used to display information about EIGRP-adjacent routers (neighbors) that
have established a successful EIGRP neighborship with the current router.

An EIGRP neighbor is any router that:

 Belongs to the same Autonomous System (AS).

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  Uses the same network address in the network command.

Step 4: Check the Routing Table

Run the following command:

Router# show ip route eigrp

Explanation: Displays routes learned via EIGRP.

Administrative distance (The first number in the square brackets [AD/Metric] )

A network can use more than one routing protocol, and routers on the network can learn about a route from multiple
sources. Routers need to find a way to select a better path when there are multiple paths available. Administrative
distance number is used by routers to find out which route is better (lower number is better). For example, if the same
route is learned from RIP and EIGRP, a Cisco router will choose the EIGRP route and stores it in the routing table. This is
because EIGRP routes have (by default) the administrative distance of 90, while RIP route have a higher administrative
distance of 120.

Metric(The second number in the square brackets [AD/Metric])

If a router learns two different paths for the same network from the same routing protocol, it has to decide which route
is better and will be placed in the routing table. Metric is the measure used to decide which route is better (a lower

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number is better). Each routing protocol uses its own metric. For example, RIP uses hop counts as a metric, while OSPF
uses cost.

Part 2: Configuring EIGRP Between Different Autonomous Systems

Step 1: Configure EIGRP on R3

Step 2: Enable EIGRP on R3 (AS 200)

Router(config)# router eigrp 200

Router(config-router)# network 192.168.3.0 0.0.0.255

Router(config-router)# network 20.0.0.0 0.255.255.255

Router(config-router)# no auto-summary

Router(config-router)# exit

Enable EIGRP on R2 (AS 200)

Router(config)# router eigrp 200

Router(config-router)# network 192.168.2.0 0.0.0.255

Router(config-router)# network 10.0.0.0 0.255.255.255

Router(config-router)# network 20.0.0.0 0.255.255.255

Router(config-router)# no auto-summary

Router(config-router)# exit

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Step 3: Configure Redistribution on R2
Router(config)# router eigrp 100

Router(config-router)# redistribute eigrp 200 metric 100000 10 255 1 1500

Router(config-router)# exit

Router(config)# router eigrp 200

Router(config-router)# redistribute eigrp 100 metric 100000 10 255 1 1500

Router(config-router)# exit

Explanation:

What is Redistribution?

Redistribution is the process of sharing routing information between two different routing protocols
or between different autonomous systems within the same routing protocol.

In this case, the router is redistributing routes between EIGRP AS 100 and EIGRP AS 200.

The metric parameters define bandwidth, delay, reliability, load, and MTU.

Notice that: by default, EIGRP internal routes have an AD of 90 and EIGRP external (redistributed)
routes have an AD of 170.
If R1 and R3 are not installing each other’s routes, it may be due to a higher AD.

To fix this, reduce the AD of redistributed routes:

Router(config)# router eigrp 100

Router(config-router)# distance eigrp 90 90

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Router(config)# router eigrp 200

Router(config-router)# distance eigrp 90 90

Step 4: Verify Redistribution

Run the following command on R2 and R3:

Router# show ip route eigrp

Explanation: Displays redistributed EIGRP routes.

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