You can also get OSPF (or RIP) by running BIRD in a Mininet node, for example.
-- Murphy On Jun 20, 2013, at 3:39 PM, Bob Lantz wrote: > It is not accurate to say that Mininet is "based on layer 2." > > The switches that Mininet uses by default are OpenFlow switches. Whether they > act as "L2 switches" or "L3 routers" depends entirely upon what controller > you use. If you don't specify a controller, the 'mn' command starts up > 'ovs-controller' and the Controller() class starts up 'controller' (the > Stanford reference controller), both of which implement Ethernet bridges, but > it is easy to use any controller you like (see my blog post on mininet.org > for details.) > > It is not incredibly difficult to write an OpenFlow controller that acts as > an IP router - in fact the OpenFlow tutorial provides suggestions on how to > create a very simple, static IP "router." It is also not incredibly difficult > to create a Switch() subclass in Mininet which uses Linux routing and acts as > an IP router. > > If you need a complete legacy IP router with things like OSPF, you may want > to look at something like RouteFlow. > > -Bob > > On Jun 20, 2013, at 2:29 AM, Silvia Fichera <fichera....@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> I have to simulate a network with OpenFlow that uses routers instead of >> switches. I know that I can't use Mininet because it is based on layer 2. >> Does exist any simulator for the level 3? It's better if it supports also >> IPv6.... >> >> Thanks for your help >> -- >> Silvia Fichera >> _______________________________________________ >> openflow-discuss mailing list >> openflow-discuss@lists.stanford.edu >> https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/openflow-discuss > > _______________________________________________ > openflow-discuss mailing list > openflow-discuss@lists.stanford.edu > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/openflow-discuss _______________________________________________ openflow-discuss mailing list openflow-discuss@lists.stanford.edu https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/openflow-discuss
