How to Shutdown Mininet

Time needed: 5 minutes

Follow from Step 1 to Step 6 in order to create Mininet simulation. Quick guide to create Mininet simulation projects. Reach us , if you want an customize Mininet projects.

1. Open the terminal

   Initially, download and install the needed version of mininet . Next open the terminal by press ctrl+alt+T buttons or search from the installed software list.

2. Change the location

   Change the mininet installed location by using the command cd. The location must have the main mininet executable file which is named as “./mininedit.py”.

3. Execute the command

   Execute the main command “./mininedit.py” to get the simulation window. If the “./mininedit.py is not in the executable format, then change into executable format, by using the command sudo chmod +x mininedit.py

4. Construction the network

   Construct the network with 1-controller, 2- switch and 2- devices. during the network construction click and track the needed nodes based on the node types.

5. Execute the exit command

   In the terminal , execute the command exit , to shutdown the simulation.

6. Shutdown the simulation

   During the shutdown process, all nodes are stop their process and also break the links