How to Use Mininet

Time needed: 6 minutes

Follow from Step 1 to Step 7 in order to create Mininet simulation tool. Quick guide to create Mininet simulation. Reach us , if you want an customize to use Mininet simulation 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 nodes 1- pox controller,4-openflow switchs and 10 – host nodes. . during the network construction click and track the needed nodes based on the node types , the list of node types are listed in the left side.

5. Execute the main configuration file

   Execute the main configuration by using the command , like , sudo –E python main.py
   The main file main.py, already we created based on the constructed network in the GUI modes.after complete the GUI mode construction, we can export into main.py file.

6. Node information

   In the terminal we can enter the command , nodes and get the list of node informations

7. Connetion Nodes

   In the terminal enter the command net and get the connection details between the nodes