Mininet: Emulating a network on your laptop

Re:Mininet: Emulating a network on your laptop by DoubleCluster on Saturday February 23, 2013 @07:09PM (#5272041)

Very very interesting. I had somehow not heard about OpenFlow before, which looks very promising (software + hardware based implementations), and network simulation is the easiest way to learn about all the tech. How does Mininet compare to GNS3?

Also, could you run virtualization software like Dynamips inside Mininet?

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Re:Mininet: Emulating a network on your laptop by xtacy on Saturday February 23, 2013 @07:34PM (#5272118)

I have not tried Dynamips so I cannot comment much. But Mininet uses features in Linux: veth pairs, bridge, OpenVSwitch, etc. to glue together a network. If Dynamips works with the above components, it's highly likely to work with Mininet as well.

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