| f you are new to the IT networking field, you | | | | configuration mode. |
| probably feel it’s quite fascinating or | | | | Also, when configuring (enabling) EIGRPv6 on |
| it’s very overwhelming, trying to | | | | a Cisco router, the EIGRP routing process must |
| understand all of the different Interior Gateway | | | | be configured (assigned) with a router-id |
| Protocols (IGP’s) that can be used to | | | | (by using the router configuration command |
| route packet information within a network. | | | | router-id); if a router-id is not |
| If you are feeling overwhelmed by it all | | | | configured (assigned) the EIGRPv6 routing |
| don’t worry, you’re not alone; I felt | | | | process will not start. |
| the same way. That’s why I wrote this | | | | The EIGRPv6 routing process also uses a |
| article to help you quickly understand the major | | | | shutdown feature; meaning an EIGRPv6 |
| differences between EIGRPv6 and EIGRPv4. | | | | routing process will not start until the routing |
| In a nutshell, the overall operation and features of | | | | process has been placed into no shutdown |
| EIGRPv6 are still the same as they are in | | | | mode. (by, typing the no shutdown |
| EIGRPv4. But, EIGRPv6 does differ from | | | | command while the router is in router |
| EIGRPv4 in the following ways: | | | | configuration mode) |
| EIGRPv6 is configured (enabled) directly on | | | | Also, on Passive Interfaces; EIGRPv6 is not |
| Cisco router’s interfaces; this means | | | | required to be configured. |
| EIGRPv6 can be configured (enabled) on a | | | | Lastly, EIGRPv6 use the router configuration |
| router’s interface, without having to | | | | command distribute-list prefix-list to |
| configure (assign) a Global IPv6 address on the | | | | perform route filtering; and when configuring route |
| interface and without using the network | | | | filtering the route-map command is not |
| command while the router is in router | | | | supported. |