NetWorld Tips from William Caban

This is the second part of the Networking Lab Series: LAB 1.

Lets start with some review questions and analysis from PART 1:

• What happened when you did the mutual redistribution CE to PE between EIGRP and BGP?
  • Besides the “redistribute bgp xxx” under EIGRP, What was required for EIGRP to advertise the routes learned from BGP into the EIGRP domain?
    • REASONING:
      • EIGRP, unlike other routing protocols, use a composite metric made of 5 metrics:
        1. Bandwidth (minimum along path)
        2. Delay (cumulative along path)
        3. Reliability
        4. Load
        5. MTU
      • When redistributing from other protocols you will need specify the metrics

• What happened when you did the mutual redistribution CE to PE between RIP and BGP?
  • Besides the “redistribute bgp xxx” under RIP, What was required for RIP to accept all the routes?
    • REASONING:
      • RIP is a distance vector protocol. Meaning it counts hops. After 15 hops, number 16 means infinite, and the route is discarded.
      • When redistributing from other protocols, if the metric exceed 15, you have to specify a better metric in order for the route to be accepted.

Now that we have that clear, lets continue with the final tasks for LAB 1.

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