Index: source/ariba/overlay/modules/chord/Chord.cpp
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--- source/ariba/overlay/modules/chord/Chord.cpp	(revision 5909)
+++ source/ariba/overlay/modules/chord/Chord.cpp	(revision 5914)
@@ -124,5 +124,5 @@
 
 void Chord::discover_neighbors( const LinkID& link ) {
-	uint8_t ttl = 4;
+	uint8_t ttl = 1;
 	{
 		// send predecessor discovery
@@ -401,5 +401,5 @@
 void Chord::eventFunction() {
 	stabilize_counter++;
-	if (stabilize_counter < 0 || stabilize_counter == 4) {
+	if (stabilize_counter < 0 || stabilize_counter == 2) {
 
 		// reset counter