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8 EIGRP+Summarization

EIGRP supports both auto and manual summarization of routes to optimize routing tables. Auto-summarization is enabled by default, summarizing routes at classful boundaries, while manual summarization allows for more control and can be configured per interface. The advantages of summarization include reduced memory usage, bandwidth savings, decreased CPU cycles, and enhanced stability in routing tables.

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8 EIGRP+Summarization

EIGRP supports both auto and manual summarization of routes to optimize routing tables. Auto-summarization is enabled by default, summarizing routes at classful boundaries, while manual summarization allows for more control and can be configured per interface. The advantages of summarization include reduced memory usage, bandwidth savings, decreased CPU cycles, and enhanced stability in routing tables.

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EIGRP Summarization:

Auto-Summarization:
Auto Summarization is a feature, which allows Routing Protocols to summarize its routes to
their classful networks automatically. By default, EIGRP has auto summary feature enabled.
Because of this, routes are summarized to classful address at network boundaries in the routing
updates. The Auto-Summarization can be disabled with a command of no auto-summary from
the router prompt.

Commands Description
R1(config)#router eigrp 1 Enter EIGRP mode
R1(config-router)#network 0.0.0.0 Advertise all networks
R1(config-router)#no auto-summary Disable auto summary feature
R2(config)#router eigrp 1 Enter EIGRP mode
R2(config-router)#network 0.0.0.0 Advertise all network
R2(config-router)#no auto-summary Disable auto summary feature
R1#show ip route eigrp View routing table for EIGRP all four
networks of 172 present in table
R2(config)#router eigrp 1 Enter EIGRP mode
R2(config-router)#auto-summary Enable auto summary feature
R1#show ip route eigrp Again, view routing table for EIGRP
Only summary route 172.16.0.0/16

Manual Summarization:
The manual summarization is a process of creating a summary route that will be used to
represent multiple routes and can be used to reduce the sizes of routing tables in a network.
Manual summarization is configured differently on different protocols.

Advantages of Summarization:
Saves Memory Routing tables will be smaller which reduces memory requirements.
Saves Bandwidth There are less routes to advertise so we save some bandwidth.
Saves CPU Cycles Less packets to process and smaller routing tables to work on.
Stability Prevents routing table instability due to flapping networks.

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EIGRP Summarization:
By default, EIGRP has auto summary feature enabled. Because of this, EIGRP automatically
summarizes networks at the classful boundary. One of the advantages of EIGRP over other
routing protocol like, OSPF is that manual summarization can be done on any router within a
network. A single route can be used to represent multiple routes, which reduces the size of
routing tables in a network. Manual summarization is configured on a per-interface basis on
EIGRP. The syntax of the command is (config-if) ip summary-address eigrp ASN
SUMMARY_ADDRESS SUBNET_MASK

Commands Description
R1(config)#router eigrp 1 Enter EIGRP mode
R1(config-router)#network 0.0.0.0 Advertise all networks
R1(config-router)#no auto-summary Disable auto summary feature
R2(config)#router eigrp 1 Enter EIGRP mode
R2(config-router)#network 1.0.0.0 Advertise only 1 network
R2(config-router)#no auto-summary Disable auto summary feature
R2#show ip route eigrp View routing table for EIGRP all four networks
of 192.168. present
R1(config)#interface f0/0 Enter interface mode facing R2
R1(config-if)#ip summary-address eigrp 1 Enter summary route to send
192.168.0.0 255.255.248.0
R2#show ip route eigrp Check again routing table only summary route
192.168.0.0/21 only
R1#show ip route eigrp Checking summary route in R1
192.168.0.0/21 is a summary, Null0
R1(config)#interface f0/0 Enter interface mode of R1
R1(config-if)#no ip summary-address eigrp Remove the summary route configure before
1 192.168.0.0 255.255.248.0 255 Set summary route again with AD 255 to
R1(config-if)#ip summary-address eigrp 1 remove Null0 in R1 table
192.168.0.0 255.255.248.0 255

2 | P a g e Created by Ahmad Ali E-Mail: [email protected] , Mobile: 056 430 3717

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