{"id":920,"date":"2023-04-27T22:19:01","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T16:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ipwithease.com\/?p=920"},"modified":"2025-04-01T19:42:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T14:12:12","slug":"eigrp-k-values","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipwithease.com\/eigrp-k-values\/","title":{"rendered":"Ultimate Guide on EIGRP K VALUES (Detailed Infographics)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ipwit-3587056189\" class=\"ipwit-before-content ipwit-entity-placement\" style=\"width: 728px;\"><div class=\"ipwit-adlabel\">Google ADs<\/div><div style=\"height: 90px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1375203873676133\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px;\" \ndata-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1375203873676133\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"9359532231\"><\/ins> \n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div><\/div><h1>EIGRP K values<\/h1>\n<p><strong>EIGRP<\/strong>\u00a0uses<strong> a composite metric<\/strong>\u00a0and<strong>\u00a0K-values<\/strong> to calculate the preferred path to a destination.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19534 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ipwithease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EIGRP-K-VALUES-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"249\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ipwithease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EIGRP-K-VALUES-10.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ipwithease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EIGRP-K-VALUES-10-300x93.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ipwithease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EIGRP-K-VALUES-10-600x187.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ipwithease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EIGRP-K-VALUES-10-768x239.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"googlepublisherpluginad\"><strong>EIGRP<\/strong>\u00a0K Values Types &#8211;<\/h2>\n<p>Below table details on the 5 K-value types and corresponding default Cisco value on devices while calculating\u00a0EIGRP\u00a0metric to a destination.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19535 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ipwithease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EIGRP-K-VALUES-table.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"783\" height=\"447\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ipwithease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EIGRP-K-VALUES-table.jpg 783w, https:\/\/ipwithease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EIGRP-K-VALUES-table-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ipwithease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EIGRP-K-VALUES-table-600x343.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ipwithease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EIGRP-K-VALUES-table-768x438.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 783px) 100vw, 783px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Related &#8211;<\/span><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/ipwithease.com\/product\/eigrp\"><em><strong>EIGRP Interview Questions<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p><div id=\"ipwit-608113239\" class=\"ipwit-content ipwit-entity-placement\"><div class=\"ipwit-adlabel\">Google ADs<\/div><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1375203873676133\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1375203873676133\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2483378328\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div><br style=\"clear: both; display: block; float: none;\"\/>\n<h2>EIGRP k values metric calculation &#8211;<\/h2>\n<p><strong>The formula for the computation of EIGRP metric is \u2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#c0dfdf;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#daf9f9;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">EIGRP metric = [K1 * bandwidth + (K2 * bandwidth) \/ (256 \u2013 load) + K3 * delay] * [K5 \/ (reliability + K4)]<\/div><\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s important to understand where to find the EIGRP k values in the Cisco network devices. The command \u201c<strong>show interfaces (interface name<\/strong>)\u201d will provide the detail of all the K-values i.e. Bandwidth, Load, delay, Reliability and MTU.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19536 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ipwithease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EIGRP-K-VALUES-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"463\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ipwithease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EIGRP-K-VALUES-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ipwithease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EIGRP-K-VALUES-2-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ipwithease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EIGRP-K-VALUES-2-600x347.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ipwithease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EIGRP-K-VALUES-2-768x444.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ipwithease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EIGRP-K-VALUES-2-370x215.jpg 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another important show command to show the K values presently used the cisco device (default values) \u2013<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cShow ip protocols\u201d<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19537 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ipwithease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EIGRP-K-VALUES-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"383\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ipwithease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EIGRP-K-VALUES-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ipwithease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EIGRP-K-VALUES-1-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ipwithease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EIGRP-K-VALUES-1-600x287.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ipwithease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EIGRP-K-VALUES-1-768x368.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Now, let\u2019s understand from an example scenario which will illustrate how EIGRP composite metric is calculated for\u00a0<strong>Network 1.1.1.0\/24<\/strong>\u00a0(<strong>Loopback 0<\/strong>\u00a0of Router R1). Routers R1, R2 and R3 are all connected in series with Loopback 0 of R1 (IP =1.1.1.1\/24) advertised in EIGRP domain. We are considering default K-values calculation mechanism i.e.\u00a0<strong>K1 = K3 = 1 and K2=K4=K5 = 0.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Related Bl0g &#8211;<\/span><\/strong> <em><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/ipwithease.com\/configuring-eigrp-stub-feature\/\">Configuring EIGRP Stub FEATURE<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Computation formula \u2013<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong><div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#c0dfdf;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#daf9f9;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">Metric for network 1.1.1.0\/24<\/strong> = 256 * (10^7\/BW in Kbps) + 256 * (Sum of delay in Micro sec\/10)<\/div><\/div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19538 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ipwithease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EIGRP-K-VALUES-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"366\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ipwithease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EIGRP-K-VALUES-3.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ipwithease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EIGRP-K-VALUES-3-300x137.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ipwithease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EIGRP-K-VALUES-3-600x275.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ipwithease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EIGRP-K-VALUES-3-768x351.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On\u00a0<strong>Router R1<\/strong>, since Loopback 0 (1.1.1.0\/24) is directly connected, hence the metric comes out to be<strong>\u00a00<\/strong>. Now let\u2019s see how R2 interprets metric for reaching Loopback 0 of R1 \u2013<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19539 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ipwithease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EIGRP-K-VALUES-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"455\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ipwithease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EIGRP-K-VALUES-4.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ipwithease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EIGRP-K-VALUES-4-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ipwithease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EIGRP-K-VALUES-4-600x341.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ipwithease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EIGRP-K-VALUES-4-768x437.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As above, the minimum bandwidth will be decided from one of the 2 i.e. \u00a0<strong>(1)<\/strong>\u00a0Loopback 0 of R1\u00a0<strong>(2)<\/strong>\u00a0Interface fa0\/0 of R2.\u00a0For computation, bandwidth of\u00a0<strong>10000<\/strong>\u00a0Kbps of R2 interface Fa0\/0 will be used since it\u2019s the minimum of the 2.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19540 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ipwithease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EIGRP-K-VALUES-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"455\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ipwithease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EIGRP-K-VALUES-5.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ipwithease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EIGRP-K-VALUES-5-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ipwithease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EIGRP-K-VALUES-5-600x341.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ipwithease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EIGRP-K-VALUES-5-768x437.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For Delay calculation, sum of both the (1) Loopback 0 of R1 and (2) Interface Fa0\/0 of R2 will be taken. Hence total Delay (in microsec ) comes out to be 5000 + 1000 =<strong>\u00a06000<\/strong>\u00a0Microseconds.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19542 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ipwithease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EIGRP-K-VALUES-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"455\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ipwithease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EIGRP-K-VALUES-6.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ipwithease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EIGRP-K-VALUES-6-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ipwithease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EIGRP-K-VALUES-6-600x341.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ipwithease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EIGRP-K-VALUES-6-768x437.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The final computation of metric for R2 to reach Loopback 0 of R1 comes to be\u00a0<strong>49600.<\/strong>Now let\u2019s understand how R3 computes the Metric to reach Loopback 0 of R1.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19543 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ipwithease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EIGRP-K-VALUES-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"455\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ipwithease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EIGRP-K-VALUES-7.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ipwithease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EIGRP-K-VALUES-7-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ipwithease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EIGRP-K-VALUES-7-600x341.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ipwithease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EIGRP-K-VALUES-7-768x437.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As above, the minimum bandwidth calculation will be taken from one the 3 interface bandwidths\u00a0<strong>(1)<\/strong>\u00a0Loopback 0 of R1\u00a0<strong>(2)<\/strong>Interface Fa0\/0 of R2\u00a0<strong>(3)<\/strong>\u00a0Interface Fa0\/1 of R3<\/p>\n<p>Since the minimal bandwidth is 10000 Kbps on Fa0\/0 of R2 and Fa0\/1 of R3, the same will be used in computation as shown in above diagram.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19544 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ipwithease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EIGRP-K-VALUES-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"455\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ipwithease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EIGRP-K-VALUES-8.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ipwithease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EIGRP-K-VALUES-8-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ipwithease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EIGRP-K-VALUES-8-600x341.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ipwithease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EIGRP-K-VALUES-8-768x437.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For Delay calculation, again sum of following interfaces will be considered \u2013 (1) Loopback 0 of R1 and (2) Interface Fa0\/0 of R2 (3) Interface Fa0\/1 of R3. Hence total Delay (in microsec) comes out to be 5000 + 1000 + 1000=<strong>\u00a07000<\/strong>\u00a0Microseconds.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19545 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ipwithease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EIGRP-K-VALUES-9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"455\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ipwithease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EIGRP-K-VALUES-9.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ipwithease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EIGRP-K-VALUES-9-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ipwithease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EIGRP-K-VALUES-9-600x341.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ipwithease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EIGRP-K-VALUES-9-768x437.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now we have clear understanding of <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cisco.com\/c\/en\/us\/td\/docs\/ios-xml\/ios\/iproute_eigrp\/configuration\/15-s\/ire-15-s-book\/ire-wid-met.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EIGRP composite metric<\/a><\/span> is calculated by K values. In the above case the default values of K1 and K3 were used while calculating the\u00a0<strong>composite metric for the destination<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Continue Reading:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/ipwithease.com\/eigrp-preferred-path-manipulation\/\"><em><strong>EIGRP Preferred Path Manipulation<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/ipwithease.com\/eigrp-default-network-route\/\"><em><strong>EIGRP Default Network Route<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h3>ABOUT THE AUTHOR<\/h3><div id=\"ipwit-2229466403\" class=\"ipwit-post-end-ad ipwit-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1375203873676133\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1375203873676133\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2483378328\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div><br style=\"clear: both; display: block; float: none;\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EIGRP K values EIGRP\u00a0uses a composite metric\u00a0and\u00a0K-values to calculate the preferred path to a destination. 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