[c-nsp] Loop Prevention in VPLS

[Mark Tinka]

On 17/Oct/16 16:40, Nick Hilliard wrote:

>
> yeah, seriously.  L2 loops in VPLS networks are an endemic problem
> because you normally end up bridging multiple separate layer 2 domains
> together which run different bridging protocols.  This is a recipe for
> disaster and it is totally unsurprising to hear that the OP is running
> into this sort of problem.
>
> As a general rule, anything which starts off with a design requirement
> for VPLS probably almost certainly needs ground-up rethinking.
>
> Nick,
> still nursing the burn scars

+1.

Avoid VPLS, unless, of course, you are the thing Mr. Bush says you are
:-)...

Mark.