Quickly before we begin with the implementation, following is the check-list one ought to have to experiment with SDN.
✔ Openflow Controller (any one):
✔ Openflow Protocol installation can be found here
✔ We would suggest installing Mininet from the source that can be taken from their GitHub page. Check the instructions given in INSTALL file of the source.
✔ Wireshark to see the captures. Wireshark doesn't come with a filter for Openflow packets, you can download the Wireshark dissector by following the instructions for your machine.
We are using Ubuntu 12.04 as our platform to develop. Feel free to use any linux flavour for playing around.
✔ Openflow Controller (any one):
- Floodlight: written in Java.
- POX: written in Python.
- NOX: written in C++
✔ Openflow Protocol installation can be found here
✔ We would suggest installing Mininet from the source that can be taken from their GitHub page. Check the instructions given in INSTALL file of the source.
✔ Wireshark to see the captures. Wireshark doesn't come with a filter for Openflow packets, you can download the Wireshark dissector by following the instructions for your machine.
We are using Ubuntu 12.04 as our platform to develop. Feel free to use any linux flavour for playing around.
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