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Three Cisco routers connect two loopbacks, with router two in the middle.

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The return path is ready, but router one has no route to the remote loopback yet.

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Add a static route through router two’s directly connected address.

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A ping from router one’s loopback confirms that traffic can go there and back.

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Replace the route with one that points to router two’s loopback as an indirect next hop.

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Add a route to that loopback so the destination route can enter the routing table.

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The forwarding table resolves the indirect next hop to router two’s connected address.

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Ping again to verify that the recursive route carries traffic.

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Remove the route that resolves the next hop and watch remote reachability fail.

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The directly connected neighbor still replies, so the local link still works.

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Restore the resolving route and confirm that the remote loopback replies again.