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394 Chapter 6: Routing
The ip summary-address interface subcommand on Seville's serial 0.1 interface is used to
define the superset of the subnets that should be advertised. Notice the route in Albuquerque's
routing table, which indeed shows 10.1.4.0/22, rather than the four individual subnets.
When summarizing, the superset of the original subnets could actually be smaller than the
Class A, B, or C network; larger than the network; or exactly matched to a network. For
instance, 192.168.4.0, 192.168.5.0, 192.168.6.0, and 192.168.7.0 could be summarized into
192.168.4.0/22, which represents four consecutive Class C networks. Summarization when the
summarized group is a set of networks is sometimes called supernetting.
Table 6-16 lists the features for summarization of the interior IP routing protocols.
ip summary-address eigrp 9 10.1.4.0 255.255.252.0
On Albuquerque:
Router eigrp 9
Network 172.16.0.0
No auto-summary
Albuquerque#show ip route
Codes: C - connected, S - static, I - IGRP, R - RIP, M - mobile, B - BGP
D - EIGRP, EX - EIGRP external, O - OSPF, IA - OSPF inter area
N1 - OSPF NSSA external type 1, N2 - OSPF NSSA external type 2
E1 - OSPF external type 1, E2 - OSPF external type 2, E - EGP
i - IS-IS, L1 - IS-IS level-1, L2 - IS-IS level-2, * - candidate default
U - per-user static route, o - ODR
Gateway of last resort is not set
172.16.0.0/24 is subnetted, 3 subnets
C 172.16.1.0 is directly connected, Serial0.2
C 172.16.2.0 is directly connected, Ethenet0
C 172.16.3.0 is directly connected, Serial0.1
10.0.0.0/8 is variably subnetted, 5 subnets, 2 masks
D 10.1.11.0/24 [120/1] via 172.16.3.252, 00:00:15, Serial0.1
D 10.1.10.0/24 [120/1] via 172.16.3.252, 00:00:15, Serial0.1
D 10.1.9.0/24 [120/1] via 172.16.3.252, 00:00:15, Serial0.1
D 10.1.8.0/24 [120/1] via 172.16.3.252, 00:00:15, Serial0.1
D 10.1.4.0/22 [90/2185984] via 172.16.1.253, 00:00:58, Serial0.2
Table 6-16
Route Aggregation Comparison of Subnet Numbers
Routing Protocol
Auto Summary
Enabled?
Auto Summary
Disabled?
Route Aggregation?
RIP Version 1
Yes, by default
Not allowed
No
IGRP
Yes, by default
Not allowed
No
RIP Version 2
Yes, by default
Allowed via
configuration
No
Example 6-16
Route Aggregation Example Using EIGRP (Continued)
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