RE: Re: xPL bridging loop prevention

["Ian Lowe" <ianlowe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I think (and my unit testing has shown!) that if anything it is easier
to
create catastrophic loops with "virtual"
> links like a software bridge than it will be with bridges that link
physical networks.

Absolutely!

> With this in mind, any bridge code I release will be increasing the
hop
count by default.

That's actually as intended - if there's any confusion about not
incrementing the hop count, then really.. That's a confusion of language
not
of intent.

> Users will have the option to turn this behaviour off but I'd
certainly
not recommend it.

Personally - don't bother! As you say, this is a simple protection against
runaway broadcast storms - there really isn't a good reason to turn it off.

Ian.