Re: Link-state EGP

[Saku Ytti via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>]

On Sun, 24 Aug 2025 at 13:09, <nanog () immibis com> wrote:

> No, you can't, because your upstream's shortest route leads back to you and that's a loop. Any difference in route 
> calculation between two nodes in a link-state protocol is likely to create a loop.

The sender will know if it loops or not, if they can choose a
non-shortest path that will not loop. I.e. LFA, loop free alternative.

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