Here are two scenarios to test failures and the count to infinity problem. c2inf.net contains a network where the count to infinity problem arises if node 4 fails. +---+ +---+ | 1 | ------- | 2 | +-+-+ +-+-+ \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / ++-++ | 3 | +-+-+ | | | | +-+-+ | 4 | +-+-+ | | | | +-+-+ | 5 | +-+-+ notc2inf.net contains a network where the count-to-infinity problem does not arise if node 4 fails. It is similar to c2inf.net, but there's an extra link between nodes 2 and 5. +---+ +---+ | 1 | ------- | 2 | +-+-+ +-+++ \ / | \ / | \ / | \ / | \ / | \ / | ++-++ | | 3 | | +-+-+ | | | | | | | | | +-+-+ | | 4 | | +-+-+ | | | | | | | | | +-+-+ | | 5 +------+ +-+-+