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Can ARP tables store addresses for other networks?

"It doesn't work like that." Nothing in network A will even attempt to find network B via layer-2 (ARP), because it's not a local ("on-link") network. They will forward that ...
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Can ARP tables store addresses for other networks?

You seem to be talking about proxy ARP: the source (or previous hop) thinks that an address is on link (this might be a problem for you). On-link addresses are resolved by ARP, so an ARP request is ...
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STP related question

Disabling STP and creating a loop will crash the network with a broadcast storm. STP was designed to prevent layer-2 loops by enabling a single loop-free path to the root bridge. STP is communicated ...
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Why is there overlap with two interfaces?

You can't have two router interfaces in the same subnet. 192.168.26.1/24 (255.255.255.0) and 192.168.26.33/24 are part of the same subnet. According to your diagram, you want to use a /27 mask, or ...
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iBGP exchange all routes?

Router2 can filter out advertisements to AS999 that contain 200 in the path. Router1 can filter out advertisements to AS 200 that contain 999 in the path. This should accomplish what you're looking ...
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STP related question

xSTP relies on passing BPDUs between switch ports. Managed switches don't usually forward those frames (as it should be), so a managed switch without STP in between two others with STP active breaks ...
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