Re: explorer storm

Lutz Donnerhacke wrote:
* humbaba wrote:
IS there someone who knows what is an "explorer storm"?

IBM token ring networks using Source Route Bridging use explorer frames to
detect the network structure. If you try to connect to an other maschine, an
explorer frame is send through the ring(s) in order to find the right bridge
number sequence to reach the other side. All possible loop free sequences
are detected and stored on your terminal. If you can't connectto due to an
intermediate network failure, your terminal automatically choose an other
way to reach the other end.

Unfortunly I you power on your terminal, the explorer cache is empty.
Therefore every new connection causes a new explorer frame traversing all
network rings reachable.

Due to a still unexplored human property, most workers come into the company
at nearly the same time and turn on their working equipment. Due to another
highly secret circumstance, most people really start to work, instead of
drinking coffee for a random time. That's why a lot of explorer frames are
send out in a very short period of time. Futhermore at each bridge the
explorer frame is duplicated into the neighboring rings ... the storm
cascade has started ...

Thank you, Lutz.
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