Summary of "Metric Calculations in

EIGRP"
 EIGRP has 32 Bit Composite Metric. Its parameters are Bandwidth, Delay, Reliability,
Load and MTU.
 Bandwidth and Delay are default parameters.
 Default EIGRP calculation formula is Metric = (10000000/Bandwidth in Kbps + Sum of
Delay) *256
 Delay will be 1/10 in Micro Second. It is the delay of the exit Interface.
 Bandwidth is the lowest in the path.
 Actual formula is very complex and is not used. The reason is that K- Values should
match at both end of Links.
 metric = ([K1 * bandwidth + (K2 * bandwidth) / (256 - load) + K3 * delay] * [K5 /
(reliability + K4)]) * 256
 The default values for K are: K1 = 1, K2=0, K3 = 1, K4=0, K5=0
 Lowest Metric in the path is known as Feasible Distance.
 You can check existing K Values using the command “Show IP Protocols”