I have some moderate level of cisco ios knowledge, but am by no means an expert.<BR><BR>I want to move to EIGRP because keeping up with all this static route nonsense is driving me bonkers... plus in ...

This is on a 6509-E being used as a core router and EIGRP for the routing protocol. Am I missing something? Or couldn't the 3 bolded statements be removed without any real change to the routing? EDIT: ...

If you have found it impractical or cost-prohibitive to learn and implement Border Gateway Protocol in order to use an Multi-protocol Label Switching-based IP VPN service, you’re gaining some options.