Well, the POX documentation page on noxrepo.org contains links to two tutorials. (The manual also listed one of them; I've just updated it so that it includes both.) -- Murphy
On Apr 27, 2014, at 2:20 PM, k102090 Sarim Javaid Khan <k102...@nu.edu.pk> wrote: > A follow up, > > It would be better if you can give step by step tutorial of pox along with > the documentation details. > It would help in fast learning of the controller. > > Thankx. > > > On 27 April 2014 15:42, k102090 Sarim Javaid Khan <k102...@nu.edu.pk> wrote: > That's great. Thank you > > > On 27 April 2014 05:46, Murphy McCauley <murphy.mccau...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've modified the wiki to try to clarify this. > > The PacketIn event is raised in response to an ofp_packet_in message from the > switch. The meaning of this is defined in the OpenFlow specification, but > basically it's what happens when a packet arriving at a switch port does not > match any table entry, or when the matching table entry includes an action to > explicitly send the packet to the controller. > > The ConnectionUp event is not raised in response to any specific OpenFlow > message from a switch -- it's raised when a switch connects to the > controller. Meaning, for example, that you won't be getting *any* other > events from a particular switch until you've gotten a ConnectionUp from it. > > -- Murphy > > On Apr 26, 2014, at 3:09 PM, k102090 Sarim Javaid Khan <k102...@nu.edu.pk> > wrote: > > > Hello all, > > Hope you are doing fine. > > > > I am new to SDNs and POX development. > > I have been surfing out the pox wiki and tried to understand the basics of > > pox but I could not understand the difference between the "ConnectionUp" > > and "PacketIn" events in the poxAPI. > > I searched all over the internet but no answer I got. > > > > Please help me out with a basic definition and an illustration if you feel > > easy. > > > > Regards, > > Sarim Javaid Khan > > >
