Question

A network engineer is documenting the differences between EIGRP and OSPF for a design review. Both protocols are being evaluated for a campus WAN with links of varying bandwidth. Which statement correctly describes a fundamental difference in how these two protocols select the best path?

Accepted Answer

EIGRP calculates its metric using bandwidth and delay by default, while OSPF uses a cost derived from a reference bandwidth divided by interface bandwidth.

Answer

OSPF uses a composite metric based on bandwidth and delay by default, while EIGRP uses cumulative cost derived only from interface bandwidth.

Answer

Both EIGRP and OSPF use hop count as the primary metric, but EIGRP allows a maximum of 255 hops while OSPF allows unlimited hops.

Answer

OSPF supports unequal-cost load balancing natively with the variance command, while EIGRP only supports equal-cost load balancing.