Refer to the exhibit. Given the output from the show ip eigrp topology command, which router is
the feasible successor?
A.
Exhibit A
B.
Exhibit B
C.
Exhibit C
D.
Exhibit D
Explanation:
The AD of the feasible successor must be smaller than the FD of successor. From the output
provided in the exhibit, we know that the FD of successor is 41152000.
In the option A, the AD is 41640000
In the option B , the AD is 128256
In the option C, the AD is 46354176
In the option D, the AD is 46251776.
Through comparison, we know that only the AD in option B is smaller than FD, so B can be used
as feasible successor.
Successor: A successor for a particular destination is a next hop router that satisfies these two
conditions:
it provides the least distance to that destination
it is guaranteed not to be a part of some routing loop
The first condition can be satisfied by comparing metrics from all neighboring routers that
advertise that particular destination, increasing the metrics by the cost of the link to that respective
neighbor, and selecting the neighbor that yields the least total distance. The second condition can
be satisfied by testing a so-called Feasibility Condition for every neighbor advertising that
destination. There can be multiple successors for a destination, depending on the actual topology.
The successors for a destination are recorded in the topology table and afterwards they are used
to populate the routing table as next-hops for that destination.
Feasible successor: A feasible successor for a particular destination is a next hop router that
satisfies this condition:
it is guaranteed not to be a part of some routing loop
This condition is also verified by testing the Feasibility Condition.
Thus, every successor is also a feasible successor. However, in most references about EIGRP the
term “feasible successor” is used to denote only those routers which provide a loop-free path but
which are not successors (i.e. they do not provide the least distance). From this point of view, for a
reachable destination there is always at least one successor, however, there might not be any
feasible successors.
A feasible successor provides a working route to the same destination, although with a higher
distance. At any time, a router can send a packet to a destination marked “Passive” through any of
its successors or feasible successors without alerting them in the first place, and this packet will bedelivered properly. Feasible successors are also recorded in the topology table.
AD : Advertised Distance (AD) is the distance to a particular destination as reported by a router to
its neighbors. This distance is sometimes also called a Reported Distance and is equal to the
current lowest total distance through a successor.
FD. A Feasible Distance (FD) is the lowest known distance from a router to a particular destination
since the last time the route went from Active to Passive state. It can be expressed in other words
as a historically lowest known distance to a particular destination. While a route remains in
Passive state, the FD is updated only if the actual distance to the destination decreases, otherwise
it stays at its present value. On the other hand, if a router needs to enter Active state for that
destination, the FD will be updated with a new value after the router transitions back from Active to
Passive state. This is the only case when the FD can be increased. The transition from Active to
Passive state in effect marks the start of a new history for that route.