Boson Blog

Author:	Andrew Messier	Created:	3/8/2010 2:57 PM
The new CCNP 4 curriculum places a greater emphasis on understanding more depth for technologies like Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP) and Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) and less overall breadth for technologies like in years past. Over the next couple of months, the NetSim team will be adding support for more sophisticated commands and technology that you need to practice and pass your CCNP ROUTE exam. I’ll post a series of articles that highlight interesting cases and findings along the way, as we go deep into EIGRP.

Timer Talk

By Andrew Messier on 3/25/2010 12:19 PM

Eigrp Timers

The first step in two devices sharing their EIGRP topology information involves forming adjacencies. How does this process work, and how is it different from OSPF?

A Case Study on EIGRP Graceful Shutdown

By Andrew Messier on 3/8/2010 2:59 PM

What is a graceful shutdown, what do the contents of an EIGRP packet look like when the message is sent, and what does the receiving router do with the message?