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A topology table entry for a destination can have one of two states. A route is considered in the
Passive state when a router is not performing a route recomputation. The route is in Active state
when a router is undergoing a route recomputation. If there are always feasible successors, a
route never has to go into Active state and avoids a route recomputation.
When there are no feasible successors, a route goes into Active state and a route recomputation
occurs. A route recomputation commences with a router sending a query packet to all neighbors.
Neighboring routers can either reply if they have feasible successors for the destination or
optionally return a query indicating that they are performing a route recomputation. While in Active
state, a router cannot change the next-hop neighbor it is using to forward packets. Once all replies
are received for a given query, the destination can transition to Passive state and a new successor
can be selected.
Reference. http://docwiki.cisco.com/wiki/Enhanced_Interior_Gateway_Routing_Protocol