An alternate approach would be to use POX to print the flow table instead of 
dpctl.  See the Statistics Collector example on the POX wiki:
https://openflow.stanford.edu/display/ONL/POX+Wiki#POXWiki-StatisticsCollectorExample

-- Murphy

On Feb 7, 2013, at 10:33 PM, Shabbir Ahmed wrote:

> dptcl doesnt show meaning full, when i run dpctl with ovs it shows a proper 
> table.
> 
> the switch ports or CAM table on the switch so i can verify, the table 
> uploaded to the switch or tp-link from openflow and it is the forwarding 
> thing.
> 
> ty,
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 11:24 AM, Murphy McCauley <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> On Feb 7, 2013, at 10:19 PM, Shabbir Ahmed wrote:
> 
> > thank you very much Murphy, right now my objective is learning the openflow 
> > with spending less amount, i think a real switch would be lot expansive so 
> > im restricted. ill try to make changes in the ....debug.py will try to 
> > block a src mac to a desitnation mac but im affraid the ping will still 
> > work  ... otherwise ill test all this on ovs and wait for a time when i 
> > have a openflow switch available to me.
> 
> It's possible your switch can still act as a two or three port switch -- like 
> I said, the WAN/Internet port and the wireless are probably independent from 
> the rest of the ports.
> 
> > what would be the command on openwrt to look at the forwarding table?
> 
> If you mean the OpenFlow flow table, maybe dpctl?  Or you can use POX to dump 
> the table (look in the misc directory or at the POX wiki).
> 
> -- Murphy
> 

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