Section 4: EGP Protocols

Q: Not all of my routers have loopbacks, is it acceptable to peer from the closest interfaces to my BGP neighbors?

A: Yes, this is fine.

Q: For minimal configuration, are you looking for route reflectors?

A: No, just limit your configuration where possible.

Q: Do you want me to redistribute my loopback interfaces into BGP?

A: You won't lose points by doing this but keep it simple at this point.

Q: Can I use prepending to make it look like network 5.5.5.0/27 came from AS61555?

A: No, if you managed to do this, the original advertised autonomous system would still be present in the autonomous system path.

Q: The question states that I cannot modify the autonomous system in R8; can I modify the autonomous system number that R8's ...

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