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Fix #788

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command examples for disabling LLDP and mDNS services, issue #786
- Updated OSPF documentation to include information on *global OSPF
settings* (`redistribution`, `explicit-router-id`, etc.), issue #812
- Added information on *forwarding of IEEE reserved group addresses*
to bridge section of networking documentation, issue #788

### Fixes
- Fix #685: DSA conduit interface not always detected, randomly causing
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[RFC3376]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3376.html
[RFC3810]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3810.html

#### Forwarding of IEEE Reserved Group Addresses

Addresses in range `01:80:C2:00:00:0X` are used by various bridge
signaling protocols, and are not forwarded by default. Still, it can
be useful to let the bridge forward such packets transparently in
specific use cases. Infix supports enabling forwarding of individual
reserved addresses (per bridge), by specifying the protocol name or
the last address *nibble* as a value `0..15`.

```
admin@example:/config/> edit interface br0 bridge
admin@example:/config/interface/br0/bridge/> set ieee-group-forward <?>
[0..15] List of IEEE link-local protocols to forward, e.g., STP, LLDP
dot1x 802.1X Port-Based Network Access Control.
lacp 802.3 Slow Protocols, e.g., LACP.
lldp 802.1AB Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP).
stp Spanning Tree (STP/RSPT/MSTP).
admin@example:/config/interface/br0/bridge/> set ieee-group-forward
```

The following example configures bridge *br0* to forward LLDP packets.

```
admin@example:/config/interface/br0/bridge/> set ieee-group-forward lldp
admin@example:/config/interface/br0/bridge/>
```

### VLAN Interfaces

Creating a VLAN can be done in many ways. This section assumes VLAN
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