Adjusting EIGRP metrics

Your example modified the default metrics in the global EIGRP configuration. Consider adjusting the EIGRP metrics within the interface configuration for each interface. The commands "bandwidth xxx" and "delay xxx" help determine the better path. Try leaving the "router eigrp 1" section pretty plain and put the "bandwidth" and "delay" commands within the interface configuration of each interface of each router. Use "show ip eigrp topology x.x.x.x x.x.x.x" to see more information on the metrics of learned routes.

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If you change the default metrics, you must change them to the same values for every router running that EIGRP process or your routing will get very , very weird. Cisco "recommends" that you do not change the default metrics.

As the previous poster said below, to change the metric on specific interface use the "bandwidth" or "delay" on the interface. It is recommended that the bandwidth statement is always set to the real bandwidth of the interface because it is used to compute the load of the interface. It is recommended that you change the delay to adjust the metric. The delay is in 10s of ms. Setting it to a lower value will make the interface more preferred, and setting it to a higher value will make it less preferred. When changing it you must shut the interface and then do a "no shut" for the value to become effective. To see the new computed metric use the command "show ip eigrp topology". If you do a search on Cisco you can find the formula that EIGRP uses to compute the metric based upon the bandwidth and delay of the interface.

I would recommend you to keep all metrics numbers the same (as it was already described here, if you change it, it should be changed in each and every router in your network). If you need to send router over one link, while keep other as a backup, just use the "bandwidth" command on the interface you would make "less preferred".

You can use the command "show ip eigrp topology to see which routes available to the destination network, and what metrics are for each link. Then you go to one of the interfaces, and change the bandwidth to a value less than real. For example, if you have a 1 Gigabit interface, adding the command "bandwidth 800000" will increase metrics for the route. Then you may clear your routing table (cle ip route *), and issue the same command "show ip eigrp topology and see how your preference changed.

Good luck,

Mike CCNP, CCDP, CCSP, CCVP, MCSE W2K, MCSE+I, Security+, etc. CCIE Voice (in progress), CCIE R&S (probably next)

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If you want to adjust the metric USE DELAY. Bandwidth is used for other calculations as well.

That is one of the BASICS of EIGRP!