It may be as simple as adding spanning_tree to your commandline. -- Murphy On Jun 3, 2012 12:56 PM, "Brandon Heller" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 5:26 AM, Anthony Salim < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I am creating a topology something like this diagram: >> >> h1 --- s1-----s2 ----h2 >> | | >> | | >> s3----s4 >> >> my links in mininet is: >> >> s1.linkTo(s2) >> s2.linkTo(s3) >> s2.linkTo(s4) >> s4.linkTo(s3) > > >> i have run the mininet and the nox controller but somehow when i tried to >> ping all, the connection cant get through (its like in the infinite loop), >> how can i resolve this? Thanks. >> > > Your topology has a loop. The default nox controller doesn't handle > loops, and melts down the network. This problem has nothing to do with > Mininet, and would happen with hardware switches too. > > You can resolve this by enabling spanning tree in NOX or implementing this > yourself. Perhaps this is noted in the NOX docs, or someone here can point > you in the right direction. > > -b > > > >> >> Regards, >> Anthony >> > >
