What command is used to enable unequal load balancing in EIGRP and insert multiple routes into the routing table?

The command used to enable unequal load balancing in EIGRP (Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol) is the variance command. When you specify a variance value, it allows EIGRP to consider routes with a feasible distance (FD) that is up to a certain multiplier greater than the best route's FD. This means that if the base route has a certain cost, EIGRP can include other routes with a cost that is less than that base cost multiplied by the variance.

For example, if the best route has a cost of 10 and the variance is set to 4, EIGRP will consider routes with an FD of up to 40 (10 x 4). This capability is essential for optimizing bandwidth and utilizing multiple paths for traffic distribution, thus enabling more efficient use of network resources.

The other options do not directly facilitate this feature. Route-maps are used for controlling the flow of routing information or applying policies but don’t directly enable unequal load balancing. The command ip load-sharing is not a standard command in EIGRP for this purpose, and balanced-routing isn't recognized as a valid EIGRP command in Cisco routers. Thus, selecting the variance command effectively addresses the requirement for enabling unequal load balancing and incorporating multiple routes into the