RE: eigrp neighbor command

From: Geralt Omhof (geralt@OmnIT.nl)
Date: Tue Dec 10 2002 - 13:06:14 GMT-3


It's in one of the links. I just followed up on Adam Crisps reply that he thought that neighbor command would do the same with EIGRP as with RIP
 
Q. What does the neighbor statement in the EIGRP configuration section do?

A. Although the neighbor command is accepted by the Cisco IOSB. parser, it should not be used. The neighbor statement does not behave as intended and can have a negative effect on EIGRP neighbors. To follow the bug ID link below and see detailed bug information, you must be a registered user and you must be logged in.

See CSCdv19648 for more information.

I guess this still does not fully answer the question, but it's now obvious it shouldn't be used.... I guess it's obsolete. I do not know what the "intended" purpose was, apart from the same function it has in RIP.... Does anybody know about any other "intented" purpose?

 

Regards,

Geralt

        -----Original Message-----
        From: Ram Shummoogum [mailto:rshummoo@ca.ibm.com]
        Sent: Tue 12/10/2002 3:51 PM
        To: Geralt Omhof
        Cc: ccielab@groupstudy.com
        Subject: RE: eigrp neighbor command
        
        

        Everything you wrote is 110% correct but you did not answer the question "
        When to use the neighbor command in EIGRP".
        
        
        
        
        "Geralt Omhof" <geralt@OmnIT.nl> on 12/10/2002 09:08:51 AM
        
        To: "Adam Crisp" <adam.crisp@totalise.co.uk>, "Tran Tien Phong"
               <PhongTT2@FPT.COM.VN>, "Jay Greenberg"
               <groupstudylist@execulink.com>
        cc: Ram Shummoogum/Quebec/IBM@IBMCA, <eward15@juno.com>,
               <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
        Subject: RE: eigrp neighbor command
        
        
        RIP: with passive interface you block the SENDING of broadcast route
        updates. The router still receives them though. With the neighbor command
        you can unicast routing updates to specific routers.
        EIGRP: with passive interface you block the RECEIVING AND SENDING of route
        updates. It prevents the sending of hello packets. Because no hello packets
        are received by a neighbor, there will be no neighbor relationship
        established, therefor no routing updates will be exchanged. The neighbor
        command will not work in this case and it should not be used. To be able to
        do the same as with RIP when you use "passive-interface" and "neighbor",
        you should use "distribute-list" with EIGRP. Please someone correct me if
        I'm wrong.... Check this at:
        http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/103/16.html
        and
        http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/103/eigrpfaq.shtml#Q10
        
        Regards,
        
        Geralt
        
                     -----Original Message-----
                     From: Adam Crisp [mailto:adam.crisp@totalise.co.uk]
                     Sent: Tue 12/10/2002 1:46 PM
                     To: Tran Tien Phong; Jay Greenberg
                     Cc: Ram Shummoogum; eward15@juno.com; ccielab@groupstudy.com
                     Subject: RE: eigrp neighbor command
        
        
        
                     with RIP, you can use "passive interface" to block
        broadcast/multicast, and
                     use the neighbous command to unicast.
        
                     I assume the same is true of EIGRP.
        
                     Adam
        
                     -----Original Message-----
                     From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com]On
        Behalf Of
                     Tran Tien Phong
                     Sent: 10 December 2002 12:33
                     To: Jay Greenberg
                     Cc: Ram Shummoogum; eward15@juno.com; ccielab@groupstudy.com
                     Subject: RE: eigrp neighbor command
        
        
                     If passive interface was specified, RIP and EIGRP will not
        send any
                     routing updates via the passive interface, even neighbor
        command used
        
                     -----Original Message-----
                     From: Jay Greenberg [mailto:groupstudylist@execulink.com]
                     Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 7:20 PM
                     To: Tran Tien Phong
                     Cc: Ram Shummoogum; eward15@juno.com; ccielab@groupstudy.com
                     Subject: RE: eigrp neighbor command
        
                     Event with passive-ineterface?
        
        
                     On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 23:54, Tran Tien Phong wrote:
> For RIP, although you configure neighbor command, RIP
        updates still
                     sent to multicast address 224.0.0.9. You need to define an
        access-list
                     to prevent this
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ram Shummoogum [mailto:rshummoo@ca.ibm.com]
> Sent: Tue 12/10/2002 8:21 AM
> To: eward15@juno.com
> Cc: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: Re:eigrp neighbor command
>
>
>
> This is true for RIP but I am not sure about EIGRP. I
        know for a
                     fact that
> in EIGRP the passive-interface will prevent the
        formation of
                     neighbors.
>
> Rgds,
> RAM
>
>
>
> eward15@juno.com@groupstudy.com on 12/09/2002 07:52:52
        PM
>
> Please respond to eward15@juno.com
>
> Sent by: nobody@groupstudy.com
>
>
> To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> cc:
> Subject: Re:eigrp neighbor command
>
>
> I believe the neighbor command is used to send routing
                     annoucements as
> unicast packets instead of multicast or broadcast cast
        packets.
                     For
> instance, there may be 5 routers on a segment but only
        two of
                     them are
> using the same routing protocol. Instead of
        needlessly sending
                     updates to
> the other routers, you could use a passive-interface
        to block
                     the
> broadcasts/multicasts on the interface and instead
        send a
                     directed unicast.
> Someone please correct me if I am wrong.
>
> Eugene Ward
>
>
>
>
>
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