diff --git a/apps/ccnx-consumer.cc b/apps/ccnx-consumer.cc
index a11d785..da88121 100644
--- a/apps/ccnx-consumer.cc
+++ b/apps/ccnx-consumer.cc
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@
 
   if (seq == std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max ())
     {
-      if (m_seqMax > 0)
+      if (m_seqMax != std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max ())
         {
           if (m_seq >= m_seqMax)
             {
diff --git a/examples/base-experiment.h b/examples/base-experiment.h
index 0a83131..4b3c052 100644
--- a/examples/base-experiment.h
+++ b/examples/base-experiment.h
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
     reader->Commit ();
   }
 
-  void InstallCcnxStack (bool installFIBs = true)
+  void InstallCcnxStackImpl ()
   {
     InternetStackHelper stack;
     Ipv4GlobalRoutingHelper ipv4RoutingHelper ("ns3::Ipv4GlobalRoutingOrderedNexthops");
@@ -89,7 +89,13 @@
     ccnxHelper.InstallAll ();
 
     reader->ApplyOspfMetric ();
+  }
+  
+  void InstallCcnxStack (bool installFIBs = true)
+  {
+    InstallCcnxStackImpl ();
 
+    CcnxStackHelper ccnxHelper;
     ccnxHelper.InstallFakeGlobalRoutes ();
     if (installFIBs)
       {
diff --git a/examples/link-failure-base.cc b/examples/link-failure-base.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a499f8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/link-failure-base.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,261 @@
+/* -*-  Mode: C++; c-file-style: "gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2011 University of California, Los Angeles
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation;
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+ *
+ * Author: Ilya Moiseenko <iliamo@cs.ucla.edu>
+ */
+ 
+ 
+#include "ns3/core-module.h"
+#include "ns3/network-module.h"
+#include "ns3/point-to-point-module.h"
+#include "ns3/NDNabstraction-module.h"
+#include "ns3/point-to-point-grid.h"
+#include "ns3/ipv4-global-routing-helper.h"
+#include "ns3/random-variable.h"
+#include "ns3/ccnx.h"
+#include "ns3/topology-reader.h"
+#include "../model/ccnx-net-device-face.h"
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <map>
+#include <list>
+#include <set>
+#include "ns3/rocketfuel-topology-reader.h"
+
+#include <boost/lexical_cast.hpp>
+#include <boost/foreach.hpp>
+
+using namespace ns3;
+using namespace std;
+using namespace boost;
+
+NS_LOG_COMPONENT_DEFINE ("LinkFailureSprint");
+
+#include "base-experiment.h"
+
+class Experiment : public BaseExperiment
+{
+public:
+  typedef tuple<string, string> failure_t;
+  typedef list<failure_t> failures_t;
+  
+  Experiment (const string &file)
+  {
+    ifstream failures (("./src/NDNabstraction/examples/failures/failures-"+file).c_str ());
+    for(std::string line; std::getline(failures, line); )
+      {
+        if (line == "")
+          {
+            m_failures.push_back (failures_t ());
+            continue;
+          }
+
+        failures_t failures;
+        istringstream run (line);
+        while (!run.eof () && !run.bad ())
+          {
+            int32_t link1 = -1;
+            int32_t link2 = -1;
+            run >> link1;
+            run.get ();
+            run >> link2;
+            run.get ();
+            if (link1 < 0 || link2 < 0) continue;
+
+            // cout << link1 << " <-> " << link2 << "   ";
+            failures.push_back (failure_t (lexical_cast<string> (link1), lexical_cast<string> (link2)));
+          }
+        m_failures.push_back (failures);
+      }
+  }
+  
+  // hijacker is more than an application. just disable all faces
+  void
+  FailLinks (uint32_t failId)
+  {
+    failures_t failures = m_failures [failId];
+    BOOST_FOREACH (failure_t failure, failures)
+      {
+        Ptr<Node> node1 = Names::Find<Node> ("/sprint", failure.get<0> ());
+        Ptr<Node> node2 = Names::Find<Node> ("/sprint", failure.get<1> ());
+        // cout << failure.get<0> () << " <-> " << failure.get<1> () << "   ";
+        // cout << node1 << ", " << node2 << "\n";
+
+        Ptr<Ccnx> ccnx1 = node1->GetObject<Ccnx> ();
+        Ptr<Ccnx> ccnx2 = node2->GetObject<Ccnx> ();
+        for (uint32_t faceId = 0; faceId < ccnx1->GetNFaces (); faceId++)
+          {
+            Ptr<CcnxFace> face = ccnx1->GetFace (faceId);
+            Ptr<CcnxNetDeviceFace> ndFace = face->GetObject<CcnxNetDeviceFace> ();
+            if (ndFace == 0) continue;
+
+            Ptr<PointToPointNetDevice> nd1 = ndFace->GetNetDevice ()->GetObject<PointToPointNetDevice> ();
+            if (nd1 == 0) continue;
+
+            Ptr<Channel> channel = nd1->GetChannel ();
+            if (channel == 0) continue;
+
+            Ptr<PointToPointChannel> ppChannel = DynamicCast<PointToPointChannel> (channel);
+
+            Ptr<NetDevice> nd2 = ppChannel->GetDevice (0);
+            if (nd2->GetNode () == node1)
+              nd2 = ppChannel->GetDevice (1);
+
+            if (Names::FindName (nd2->GetNode ()) == failure.get<1> ())
+              {
+                cout << "Failing " << failure.get<0> () << " <-> " << failure.get<1> () << " link\n";
+
+                Ptr<CcnxFace> face1 = ccnx1->GetFaceByNetDevice (nd1);
+                Ptr<CcnxFace> face2 = ccnx2->GetFaceByNetDevice (nd2);
+
+                face1->SetUp (false);
+                face2->SetUp (false);
+
+                // set metric to max (for GlobalRouter to know what we want)
+                Ptr<Ipv4> ipv4_1 = ccnx1->GetObject<Ipv4> ();
+                Ptr<Ipv4> ipv4_2 = ccnx2->GetObject<Ipv4> ();
+
+                uint32_t if1 = ipv4_1->GetInterfaceForDevice (nd1);
+                uint32_t if2 = ipv4_2->GetInterfaceForDevice (nd2);
+
+                ipv4_1->SetMetric (if1, std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max ());
+                ipv4_2->SetMetric (if2, std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max ());
+                break;
+              }
+          }
+      }
+  }
+
+  //We are creating "everybody-to-everybody" usage pattern
+  ApplicationContainer
+  AddApplications()
+  {
+    NS_LOG_INFO ("Adding applications");
+    NS_LOG_INFO ("GetN = " << reader->GetNodes().GetN());
+
+    double delay = 0;
+    
+    ApplicationContainer apps;
+    for (uint32_t i = 0; i<reader->GetNodes().GetN(); i++)
+    {
+      NS_LOG_INFO("i="<<i);
+      Ptr<Node> node1 = Names::Find<Node> ("/sprint", lexical_cast<string> (i));
+        
+      CcnxAppHelper producerHelper ("ns3::CcnxProducer");
+      producerHelper.SetPrefix ("/" + lexical_cast<string> (node1->GetId ()));
+        
+      apps.Add (producerHelper.Install (node1));
+            
+      CcnxAppHelper consumerHelper ("ns3::CcnxConsumerBatches");
+      consumerHelper.SetAttribute ("LifeTime", StringValue("100s"));
+      consumerHelper.SetAttribute ("Batches", StringValue("2s 1"));
+      
+      for(uint32_t j = 0; j<reader->GetNodes().GetN();j++)
+      {
+        NS_LOG_INFO("j="<<j);
+        if(i==j)
+          continue;
+        
+        Ptr<Node> node2 = Names::Find<Node> ("/sprint", lexical_cast<string> (j));
+          
+        consumerHelper.SetPrefix ("/" + lexical_cast<string> (node1->GetId ()) + "/" + lexical_cast<string> (node2->GetId ()));
+        ApplicationContainer consumer = consumerHelper.Install (node2);
+        consumer.Start (Seconds (delay));
+        apps.Add (consumer);
+
+        delay += 0.0001;
+      }
+    }
+    
+    return apps;
+  }
+
+private:
+  vector<failures_t> m_failures;
+};
+
+int 
+main (int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+  cout << "Begin link failure scenario\n";
+
+  Config::SetDefault ("ns3::PointToPointNetDevice::DataRate", StringValue ("100Mbps"));
+  Config::SetDefault ("ns3::DropTailQueue::MaxPackets", StringValue ("2000"));
+  Config::SetDefault ("ns3::RttEstimator::InitialEstimation", StringValue ("0.5s"));
+  // Config::SetDefault ("ns3::RttEstimator::MaxMultiplier", StringValue ("16.0")); // original default is 64.0
+
+  Config::SetDefault ("ns3::ConfigStore::Filename", StringValue ("attributes.xml"));
+  Config::SetDefault ("ns3::ConfigStore::Mode", StringValue ("Save"));
+  Config::SetDefault ("ns3::ConfigStore::FileFormat", StringValue ("Xml"));
+
+  // Config::SetDefault ("ns3::CcnxConsumer::LifeTime", StringValue ("100s"));
+  
+  uint32_t maxRuns = 1;
+  uint32_t startRun = 0;
+  std::string failures = "";
+  CommandLine cmd;
+  cmd.AddValue ("start", "Initial run number", startRun);
+  cmd.AddValue ("runs", "Number of runs", maxRuns);
+  cmd.AddValue ("failures", "File with failures", failures);
+  cmd.Parse (argc, argv);
+
+  if (failures == "")
+    {
+      std::cerr << "--failures=<file> parameter has to be specified" << std::endl;
+      return 1;
+    }
+
+  // ConfigStore config;
+  // config.ConfigureDefaults ();
+
+  Experiment experiment (failures);
+  for (uint32_t run = startRun; run < startRun + maxRuns; run++)
+    {
+      Config::SetGlobal ("RngRun", IntegerValue (run));
+      cout << "seed = " << SeedManager::GetSeed () << ", run = " << SeedManager::GetRun () << endl;
+
+      cout << "Run " << run << endl;
+      string prefix = "link-failure-"+ failures +"-base-" + lexical_cast<string> (run) + "-";
+
+      experiment.ConfigureTopology ();
+      experiment.InstallCcnxStackImpl ();
+
+      CcnxStackHelper ccnxHelper;
+      ccnxHelper.InstallFakeGlobalRoutesImpl ();
+
+      experiment.FailLinks (run);
+
+      Ipv4GlobalRoutingHelper::PopulateRoutingTables ();
+      ccnxHelper.InstallRoutesToAll ();
+      
+      ApplicationContainer apps = experiment.AddApplications ();
+      cout << "Total number of applications: " << apps.GetN () << "\n";
+
+      //tracing
+      CcnxTraceHelper traceHelper;
+      // Simulator::Schedule (Seconds (4.5), &CcnxTraceHelper::EnableSeqsAppAll, &traceHelper,
+      //                      "ns3::CcnxConsumerBatches", prefix + "consumers-seqs.log");
+      Simulator::Schedule (Seconds (0.1), &CcnxTraceHelper::EnablePathWeights, &traceHelper,
+                           prefix + "weights.log");
+
+      experiment.Run (Seconds(10.0));
+    }
+
+  cout << "Finish link failure scenario\n";
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index 6c0a399..6bfffc5 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@
         obj = bld.create_ns3_program('link-failure', ['NDNabstraction'])
         obj.source = 'examples/link-failure-sprint.cc'
 
+        obj = bld.create_ns3_program('link-failure-base', ['NDNabstraction'])
+        obj.source = 'examples/link-failure-base.cc'
+
         obj = bld.create_ns3_program('blackhole-sprint', ['NDNabstraction'])
         obj.source = 'examples/blackhole-sprint.cc'