Questions tagged [mininet]

Mininet is a network emulator.

Mininet can be used to deploy a full network topology on your system. It runs a collection of end-hosts, switches, routers, and links on a single Linux kernel. It uses lightweight virtualization to make a single system look like a complete network, running the same kernel, system, and user code.

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How can mininet support openflow 1.3 completely?

As we know,the mininet ISO can not support openflow 1.3 protocols completely.So I want to set up the environment which mininet can support openflow 1.3 protocols,how can I do?
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Switches connection to OpenFlow Controller

I start RYU controller which opens TCP listening port 6633.Now I connect my mininet topology to the controller port 6633.My mininet topology consists of 6 switches.Hence there will be 6 connections one from each switch to the RYU Controller…
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How can I assign a cost to link in mininet in a customized topology

How can I assign a cost to link in mininet? Is it possible to do that? Is this a matter of mininet or something that can be handled by floodlight controller? a brief pointer would be appreciated THX
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How to write python code in a file in mininet

In mininet after entering sudo dhclient eth1 and ifconfig eth1 I can not access the xterm environment, even when I enter xterm in command line it answers "DISPLAY is not set", when I enter DISPLAY=10.0 xterm it answers that it can not open display…
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The .mn file that I saved is empty when open

I faced a problem when I run Miniedit and save the .mn files. The .mn file that I saved is empty when opened in miniedit file open menu. Any solution on how can I fix this problem? The saved miniedit topolgy is empty when opened
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Setting up a connection between a virtio and a mininet host

I am trying to create an environment like this: (https://i.stack.imgur.com/sUOWb.png) Right now I have a connection (eth1 -> eth2) and (eth3 -> eth4). (like the black arrows show). I also have a connection made between docker1 and docker2 in…
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How to open a xterm terminal in a SSH connection with a remote Ubuntu without GUI

I am using Mininet on a remote Ubuntu without GUI. And I am trying to use "xterm h1" to open a terminal on a virtual host in Mininet. But it showed me always there is no display connected. I am trying to use other X application like firefox and it…
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How do I run python file in mininent and where do I suppose to save the file

I have python file, I want to run in mininet. But I do not know where to save file and how to run it
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Why does Mininet have default IP Addresses of 10.x.x.x/8 for hosts?

When I created my Mininet topology, by default the hosts were assigned IP addresses from the 10.x.x.x/8 network. Is there a specific reason behind it or was it just developed that way?
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use ftp to transfer a file between Mininet hosts

I want to start an ftp server on one Mininet host and access that server from another host, Here is what I've tried: Installing vsftpd on the Mininet VM, the server works fine to access the VM itself but I cannot figure out how to run the server on…
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Errno 111 Connection refused - Python Mininet API hosts client/server no connection?

I am new to Mininet and I am trying to find a way to use a script in python to execute a few tests using Mininet. More precisely I want to build topology and send a few xmlrpc request from one host to another. I've recently found how to use…
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Threading ping in mininet

I want to launch two or many hosts simultaneously for pinging two others hosts with python in mininet, i do that and doesn't work def simpleTest(h1,h2): print (h1.cmd('ping -c5 %s' h2.IP())) and main : if __name__ == '__main__': net =…
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Connecting mininet to a Open vSwitch in different computers

I have 3 different machines with Controller (Onos), an switch (Open vSwitch) and one with mininet and I have been looking how to connect mininet hosts to a switch outside of the machine running mininet to generate traffic to test a few things in…
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ARP flows aren't updated by OpenDayLight

I have a Mininet topology working with ODL. ODL is configured in reactive mode, so when I run my topology there are two flows installed in the OVS switches. If I do a ping from h1 to h4, the traffic goes through switches s1, s5 and s4. The problem I…
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Open Source SDN Controller

Which is the best open-source controller for Software Defined Networking(SDN) ? I have heard about Mininet, NOX, POX, Opendaylight, Floodlight etc. Thanks in advance.
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