Scaling and convergence speed of EIGRPv4 and OSPFv2 dynamic routing protocols in hub and spoke network

Dynamic routing protocols have big impact on network resource utilization. Important parameter that defines which dynamic routing protocol to use is protocol behaviour when routing entries in routing tables and number of nodes are increasing. In order to compare two dynamic routing protocols, namely EIGRPv4 (Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol) and OSPFv2 (Open Shortest Path First) and justify the theoretical results on their performance in the network, simulated environment composed of hub and spoke network has been evaluated. In the paper results obtained by simulation are presented.