EIGRP Insights

What is EIGRP?

EIGRP (Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol) is an advanced distance-vector routing protocol used on a computer network for automating routing decisions and configuration. It is commonly used in enterprise networks to dynamically learn and adapt to network topology changes, providing efficient and loop-free routing.

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What other technologies are related to EIGRP?

EIGRP Competitor Technologies

OSPF

OSPF is another interior gateway routing protocol, and a common alternative to EIGRP. It's link-state based, unlike EIGRP's distance-vector approach.

mentioned alongside EIGRP in 32% (23.4k) of relevant job posts

RIP

RIP is another distance-vector routing protocol. It is simpler than EIGRP, but also has limitations in terms of scalability and convergence.

mentioned alongside EIGRP in 50% (3.3k) of relevant job posts

IGRP

IGRP is Cisco's older, proprietary distance-vector routing protocol that preceded EIGRP. EIGRP was designed to improve upon IGRP.

mentioned alongside EIGRP in 69% (754) of relevant job posts

Virtual Juniper

Virtual Juniper devices may utilize routing protocols that compete with EIGRP, such as OSPF or IS-IS. While Juniper also can use BGP, EIGRP would compete with their own routing solutions.

mentioned alongside EIGRP in 100% (386) of relevant job posts

EIGRP Complementary Technologies

HSRP

HSRP provides first-hop redundancy. EIGRP can run alongside HSRP to provide routing within the network, while HSRP ensures high availability.

mentioned alongside EIGRP in 47% (5k) of relevant job posts

MPLS

MPLS can be used to forward traffic based on labels, which can integrate with EIGRP for routing within an MPLS VPN environment.

mentioned alongside EIGRP in 18% (9.3k) of relevant job posts

DMVPN

DMVPN creates secure VPN tunnels. EIGRP can be used as the routing protocol running over the DMVPN tunnels to exchange routing information between sites.

mentioned alongside EIGRP in 52% (3k) of relevant job posts