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POX is a network controller written in Python that communicates with OpenFlow 1.0 switches to manage Software Defined Networks.

POX is a network controller written in Python that communicates with OpenFlow 1.0 switches that is maintained by NOXRepo, (source code on GitHub). NOXRepo describes the benefits of POX as:

  • "Pythonic" OpenFlow interfacePOX Performance Graph
  • Reusable sample components for path selection, topology discovery, etc.
  • "Runs anywhere" – Can bundle with install-free PyPy runtime for easy deployment
  • Specifically targets Linux, Mac OS, and Windows
  • Supports the same GUI and visualization tools as NOX
  • Performs well compared to NOX applications written in Python
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How to send captured traffic from guest machine (installed in Virtualbox) to host machine?

I have captured traffic and stored in capture.pcap file. Now I want to send/replay that traffic from guest machine (installed in VirtualBox) to the host machine. How to send captured traffic from guest machine to host machine?
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Communication between POX controller and Mininet Host

Iam new in SDN world. Trying to send some data (load statistics) from a mininet host to the POX controller running. Socket Connection or wget from pox didn't work. Is there is any way to do this?
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pox openflow - host_tracker not executing

I am new to pox and I don't know how to run the components in pox. Currently I'm stuck with the host_tracker.py taken from https://github.com/CPqD/RouteFlow/blob/master/pox/pox/host_tracker/host_tracker.py I've tried something like…
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Fail to Run Openvswitch 2.5.0

I've removed the openvswitch version I had, and I downlaoded version (2.5.0) following the same steps in this link (https://github.com/mininet/mininet/wiki/Installing-new-version-of-Open-vSwitch) and instead of (OpenVSwitch 1.10) I used (OpenVSwitch…
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Change the OpenFlow Configuration on Floodlight

I would like to find a way to set the miss_send_len on floodlight to 0xFFFD i.e. translate the following POX line self.connection.send(of.ofp_set_config(miss_send_len = 0xFFFD)) into floodlight.
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POX: Connection reset in OpenFlow

1) I am trying to install 2 flow rules into multiple switches. 3) Once the first rule is installed in a switch, connection will reset and second rule fails to install in the same switch. 4) Code snippet is as following: for x in…
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Keep background events active when using GTK

I'm trying to create a simple Python application for Linux and I'm using GTK to generate a UI for it. I've only begun exploring GTK but from what I can tell, the moment you call GTK.main() the program goes into that function wherever and only…
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How the controller can be customized in mininet

How the controller can be customized in order to add rules in mininet software.
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assert isinstance(data, of.ofp_header) fails

I’m modifying flows in flow_stats.py file and then sending a message to switch to enqueue them. but assert isinstance(data, of.ofp_header) in openflow.of_01.Connection.send()fails. I’ve read the post on pox-dev mailing list already and fixed my…
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Openflow: Redirect TCP Flow only for Controller

i'm new in openflow, i create with mininet a open flow toplogy with 1 controller (POX), one switch, and 3 hosts. My question is, how can i create one rule in switch to redirect to controller only tcp flow? *sorry for my poor english
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OpenFlow setup on emulab using POX and OVS

I am experimenting with openflow on a setup on emulab. Emulab is a testbed for network experimentation. I have the following topology. I have 4 regular PC machines, hosta, hostb, switch, and controller. hosta, hostb, and controller are connected by…
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How to use iperf to test the throughput of one client and multiple servers?

As title, I want to test the throughput of a network containing 2 servers(h1,h3) ,only 1 client(h2) and some switches between the hosts and destination , the topology may look like this , I have implemented the topology using mininet, and…
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SDN controller path installation

How the POX controller install the end-to-end paths flow entries (rules)? Is it in parallel or sequential ?? POX
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want to send some packets to pox controller connected with mininet

I am new in pox controller want to write a code where switch will send some packet to controller and controller will send hello packet to the switch
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POX programming and hello packet

I'm new with SDN and I want to write Python code to create switch and three hosts and controller also send hello packet from the switch to the controller
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