[ovs-discuss] packets not being forwarded beyond 65 hops of

[Krishna Pratap]

i dont know how i didnt recevie the first email from Duy.

this is the original query
http://openvswitch.org/pipermail/discuss/2014-August/014741.html


On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 1:15 PM, Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com> wrote:
> Please don't drop the list.
>
> Open vSwitch does not have such a check.
>
> On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 01:06:46PM -0400, Krishna Pratap wrote:
>> exactly, i have been wondering the same. do you know where this check
>> is done the code? it doesnt forward anything after 65 hops
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 1:04 PM, Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com> wrote:
>> > On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 10:02 AM, Krishna Pratap
>> > <singh.pratapkrishna at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> TTL  doesnt seems to be the problem. i have considered that. anyhow if
>> >> you check the traffic in the output that i posted the TTL is set as
>> >> 255. Also i dont think TTL should matter if we are forwarding packets
>> >> at layer 2.
>> >>
>> >> I am guessing there is a check somewhere in OVS code which limits it.
>> >> if anyone can point me out where it is or suggest a workaround, it
>> >> would be great. I have not been able to find that check yet.
>> >
>> > I don't know how Open vSwitch would even know how many times a packet
>> > had been forwarded.



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Best Regards,
Krishna Pratap Singh