NetworkSimulator

What is NetworkSimulator?

NetworkSimulator emulates a complete network of hosts, links, and switches on a single machine and provides access to this network through simple web interface.

How does it work?

NetworkSimulator uses mininet for network emulation and pox-controller for switch emulation.

Dependencies

• Flask
  • sudo pip install flask
• Mininet
  • sudo apt-get install mininet

Quick start

• Clone repo
  • git clone https://github.com/Sirozha1337/NetworkSimulator.git
• cd to cloned repo
  • cd NetworkSimulator
• Run 'sudo python Builder.py'
• Open '127.0.0.1:5000' in your browser
• Use Ctrl+C to stop the server
• Run 'sudo mn -c' to clean up after it

Basic actions

• Adding hosts/switches
  • Click host/switch button on the Tools panel to activate 'add host/switch' mode
  • Click on free space on the Canvas
  • Click host/switch button again to deactivate 'add host/switch' mode
• Adding links
  • Click on one node to activate 'add link' mode
  • Click on another node to add link between them
• Removing hosts/switches
  • Click cross icon near the node you want to remove
• Removing links
  • Double-click the link you want to remove
• Changing node configuration
  • Press gear icon near the node you want to configure
  • Node parameters will appear on the Configuration panel
  • Configure them the way you like and press 'Enter'
• Use ping tool
  • Click 'Ping' button on Tools panel
  • Click on host on which you want to run ping command
  • Click on host which will receive pings
  • Wait until it completes(could take up to 5 seconds)
  • The output of the command will appear in Status Panel