Configuration Settings That Could Prevent Neighbor Relationships

Some of the configuration settings already mentioned in this chapter, when configured incorrectly, might prevent EIGRP neighborships. This section summarizes those settings, and introduces a few other configuration settings that can prevent neighbor relationships. The list of items that must match—and that do not have to match—can be a useful place to start troubleshooting neighbor initialization problems in real life, and to troubleshoot neighborship problems for simulation questions on the CCNP ROUTE exam.

Table 4-4 lists the neighbor requirements for both EIGRP and Open Shortest Path First (OSPF). (OSPF is included here just as a frame of reference for those more familiar with ...

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