EIGRP and Static Routing failover

From: john white (johnwhite2008@gmail.com)
Date: Mon Jan 07 2008 - 13:39:43 ARST


Hi All,

I have a router A that connects to Router B and Router C. Router B in turn
connects to another Router D. Router C also connects to Router D but via
another router X.

Hence there are 2 paths on the network from router A to router D

 i.e Path1: A ----- B -------- D and Path 2: A -------- C -------X
-------D

Path 1 has EIGRP configured all the way for all networks i.e Router A runs
Eigrp with router B which also runs eigrp with router D

Path 2 has static routing configured all the way for all networks

Routing works perfectly fine with both of them independently .

 But I need to have them function in automatic failover mode. I.e. once the
static route fails, the EIGRP-learned route should kick in without manual
intervention.

Right now, if there is a failure between Router C and Router X, the EIGRP
learned route to Router D's loopback does not kick in and so I loose
connectivity from Router A to Router D's loopback because the static route
is still in the routing table cause of its lower AD until I manually
intervene but I need the failover to be automated.

Which solutions can i use to achieve this automatic failover? I am
preparing for my CCIE lab.
Thanks

BR

John White



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