What is a difference between the routing protocols EIGRP and OSPF?

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What is a difference between the routing protocols EIGRP and OSPF?

  • EIGRP uses hop count as the metric and OSPF uses cost as the metric.
  • EIGRP is an implementation of EGP whereas OSPF is an implementation of IGP.
  • EIGRP supports routing different network layer protocols whereas OSPF supports routing only IP-based protocols.
  • EIGRP only supports equal-cost load balancing whereas OSPF supports both equal-cost and unequal-cost load balancing.

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