MININET WIFI SDN LAB Guide

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1. Introduction

Todo

2. Quick Start

Download the prebuilt VM

Download the prebuilt VM (ubuntu 20.04) image given by the mininet-wifi forum.

  1. Click the below link and save the file in your laptop.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gRqGmkyPcw1waBlwfSGnOcucvXsHvATx/view?usp=sharing
  1. Use Virtual Box and import this image, and setup.
username: wifi
passwordk: wifi

Thats all

Reference: https://github.com/intrig-unicamp/mininet-wifi#pre-configured-virtual-machine

Quick Test

  1. Login to VM
  2. run the below command
sudo mn --wifi
  1. once the mininet wifi prompt comes , do "pingall"

it should pin

Test with RYU SDN Controller

  1. Install RYU
sudo pip3 install ryu
ryu-manager --version
  1. run the below command

start the controller

ryu-manager ryu.app.simple_switch_13

start the mininet wifi topology

sudo mn --wifi --controller=remote,127.0.0.1 --topo=linear,4
  1. once the mininet wifi prompt comes , do "pingall"

it should ping all

  1. verify the flows
sudo ovs-ofctl -O OpenFlow13 dump-flows ap1
sudo ovs-ofctl -O OpenFlow13 dump-flows ap2
sudo ovs-ofctl -O OpenFlow13 dump-flows ap3
sudo ovs-ofctl -O OpenFlow13 dump-flows ap4

Test with Mininet Wifi GUI

  1. start the controller
ryu-manager ryu.app.simple_switch_13
  1. start the mininet wifi topology
sudo mn --wifi --controller=remote,127.0.0.1 --topo=linear,4 --position --plot
  1. verify it (do pingall, and check flows.)

10. FAQ

  1. How to use Mininet WiFI VM image(ova) to Linux Virtual Machine (KVM) format?

If you are using Linux laptop and want to use in KVM , convert this image to qcow2 and use it. Refer the below link. https://blog.ricosharp.com/posts/2019/Converting-ova-file-to-qcow2

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