I was playing with an EIGRP Lab in GNS3, and came across a very weird oddity.
Here is the topology:
Here is the oddity:
R2# show ip eigrp topology
<~-~-~ output ommitted ~-~-~>
P 10.4.5.0/24, 1 successors, FD is 309760 <----
via 10.2.3.3 (332800/307200), FastEthernet0/0
P 10.3.4.0/24, 1 successors, FD is 307200
via 10.2.3.3 (307200/281600), FastEthernet0/0
Notice for 10.4.5.0/24, I am seeing two different values displayed for Feasible Distance. The line with the arrow reports the FD as 309760
. The line just below it reports the FD as 332800
.
I included the route for 10.3.4.0/24 as a comparison, In that route (as I expect it to be), the FD in the first line matches the FD in the second line (both 307200
).
Looking at the EIGRP route in more detail:
R2# show ip eigrp topology 10.4.5.0/24
IP-EIGRP (AS 99): Topology entry for 10.4.5.0/24
State is Passive, Query origin flag is 1, 1 Successor(s), FD is 309760
Routing Descriptor Blocks:
10.2.3.3 (FastEthernet0/0), from 10.2.3.3, Send flag is 0x0
Composite metric is (332800/307200), Route is Internal
Vector metric:
Minimum bandwidth is 10000 Kbit <----
Total delay is 3000 microseconds <----
Reliability is 255/255
Load is 1/255
Minimum MTU is 1500
Hop count is 2
We can use the highlighted values to calculate the EIGRP Metric using the default K-values and this formula: 256 * (BW + Delay). Which equates to:
256 * (1000 + 300) = 332800
So the Feasible distance to 10.4.5.0/24 on R2 is 332800. And the show ip route
output is indeed showing this:
R2# show ip route 10.4.5.0
Routing entry for 10.4.5.0/24
Known via "eigrp 99", distance 90, metric 332800, type internal
But for whatever reason, in the EIGRP topology table, I am seeing this other strange value 309760
:
R2# show ip eigrp topology
P 10.4.5.0/24, 1 successors, FD is 309760
via 10.2.3.3 (332800/307200), FastEthernet0/0
What is causing the 309760 value? Why am I seeing two different values in what I thought was always the Feasible Distance? Why is the 10.4.5.0/24 route the only one in my network that is showing two different values?
Best Answer
Try "clear ip eigrp neighbors" and then revisit the "show ip eigrp topology" output. Now it should reflect the correct values for the Feasible Distance and the Reported/Advertised Distance.