Look, I can do a "show interface" on any interface and see what speed it's running at and if it's dropping packets. If BGP hears a route on an interface that isn't dropping packets shouldn't _that_ route be considered "best" all other things being equal (hop counts and all)? You can't tell me the router doesn't know this information because _I_ get the information from the router itself!!

And the next hop router? ? And the dampening?

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