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 Mininet: Rapid Prototyping for Software Defined Networks
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+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/mininet/mininet.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/mininet/mininet)
 
 *The best way to emulate almost any network on your laptop!*