Here is a good link on the subject of EIGRP load balancing
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk365/technologies_tech_note09186a0080094820.shtml
Basically the (*)corresponds to the active route that is used for new traffic
and as such the position of the asterisk (*) keeps rotating among the equal
cost paths each time a packet/flow is served.
Steve
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Subject: [OSL | CCIE_RS] Task 9.6 ( EIGRP ) - show ip route 100.100.100.0 -.
Can anyone tell me what does the (*) indicate in the show ip route
100.100.100.0 command :
R7(config)#do show ip route 100.100.100.0
Routing entry for 100.100.100.0/24<http://100.100.100.0/24>
Known via "eigrp 1001", distance 90, metric 20551680, type internal
Redistributing via eigrp 1001
Last update from 150.100.220.5 on FastEthernet0/0, 00:07:43 ago
Routing Descriptor Blocks:
* 150.100.221.5, from 150.100.221.5, 00:07:43 ago, via FastEthernet0/1
Route metric is 20551680, traffic share count is 1
Total delay is 21550 microseconds, minimum bandwidth is 128 Kbit
Reliability 255/255, minimum MTU 1500 bytes
Loading 1/255, Hops 3
150.100.220.5, from 150.100.220.5, 00:07:43 ago, via FastEthernet0/0
Route metric is 20551680, traffic share count is 1
Total delay is 21550 microseconds, minimum bandwidth is 128 Kbit
Reliability 255/255, minimum MTU 1500 bytes
Loading 1/255, Hops 3
in the show ip route 100.100.100.0 in the workbook the star (*) is attached to
the 150.100.220.5 network while the router shows it on 150.100.221.5 network.
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