EIGRP LFA FRR

EIGRP Loop-Free Alternate (LFA) Fast Reroute (FRR) is a feature that allows EIGRP to switch to a backup path in less than 50 ms. Fast reroute means we switch to another next hop, Loop-free alternate is an alternative path in the network that is loop-free.

There are two different methods to calculate LFAs:

Difference between per-prefix LFA and per-link based LFA

EIGRP supports LFA FRR since IOS 15.2(4)S or IOS XE 3.7S.

Here is an overview of other routing protocols that support LFA:

Protocols with LFA support

https://networklessons.com/cisco/ccie-routing-switching-written/eigrp-loop-free-alternate-lfa-fast-reroute-frr/

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