Did you run the command "controller ptcp:"? Delete the flow entry without
running this command and then try to ping. You should be unable to ping the
hosts in that case.

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On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 3:27 PM, Lewis Koh <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> But during the tutorial "Ping Test", before we add-flow to s1, the new
> flow was not added to the flow table when I do "h1 ping -c3 h2". Are we
> able to delete the flow table after it is added and make the switch work
> like the flow table is empty from the beginning during the "Ping Test"?
>
> Regards,
> Lewis
>
> On Thursday, November 2, 2017, 5:35:22 PM GMT+8, Rahul Sharma <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> The flow table entry is deleted permanently, but when you do subsequent
> pings, the controller that you are running adds the new flow table entries
> to the switches. Try generating iperf traffic and you will see flow entries
> corresponding to that traffic added as well.
>
> Regards,
> *Rahul Sharma*
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> Computer Science
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> *Birla Institute of Technology & Science,* *Pilani*
>
> Pilani Campus, Vidhya Vihar, Pilani, Rajasthan - 333 031, INDIA.
>
> On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 2:24 PM, Lewis Koh via discuss <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm following the tutorial on https://github.com/mininet/
> openflow-tutorial/wiki/Learn- Development-Tools
> <https://github.com/mininet/openflow-tutorial/wiki/Learn-Development-Tools> 
> and
> while trying out the "View OpenFlow Messages for Ping", I realized that
> "sudo ovs-ofctl del-flows s1" only deletes the flow table temporarily?
> Subsequent ping from h1 to h2 will see the flow table entry again when I
> execute "sudo ovs-ofctl dump- flows s1". How do I actually
> permanently delete the flow entry which I added with add-flows command?
>
> Regards,
> Lewis
>
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