Configuring EIGRP

Configuring EIGRP
Although EIGRP can be configured for IP, IPv6, IPX, and AppleTalk, as a future Cisco
Certified Network Associate, you really need to focus only on configuring IP for now.
You can enter EIGRP commands from two modes: router configuration mode and interface
configuration mode.
Router configuration mode
enables the protocol, determines which networks
will run EIGRP, and sets global characteristics.
Interface configuration mode
allows the
customization of summaries, metrics, timers, and bandwidth.
To start an EIGRP session on a router, use the
router eigrp
command followed by the
autonomous system number of your network. You then enter the network numbers connected
to the router using the
network
command followed by the network number. Table 4.1 defines
the minimum commands to enable EIGRP on your router: