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#!/usr/bin/python
"""
This example shows how to add an interface (for example a real
hardware interface) to a network after the network is created.
"""
import re
import sys
from sys import exit # pylint: disable=redefined-builtin
from mininet.cli import CLI
from mininet.log import setLogLevel, info, error
from mininet.net import Mininet
from mininet.link import Intf
from mininet.topolib import TreeTopo
from mininet.util import quietRun
def checkIntf( intf ):
"Make sure intf exists and is not configured."
config = quietRun( 'ifconfig %s 2>/dev/null' % intf, shell=True )
if not config:
error( 'Error:', intf, 'does not exist!\n' )
exit( 1 )
ips = re.findall( r'\d+\.\d+\.\d+\.\d+', config )
if ips:
error( 'Error:', intf, 'has an IP address,'
'and is probably in use!\n' )
exit( 1 )
if __name__ == '__main__':
setLogLevel( 'info' )
# try to get hw intf from the command line; by default, use eth1
intfName = sys.argv[ 1 ] if len( sys.argv ) > 1 else 'eth1'
info( '*** Connecting to hw intf: %s' % intfName )
info( '*** Checking', intfName, '\n' )
checkIntf( intfName )
info( '*** Creating network\n' )
net = Mininet( topo=TreeTopo( depth=1, fanout=2 ), waitConnected=True )
switch = net.switches[ 0 ]
info( '*** Adding hardware interface', intfName, 'to switch',
switch.name, '\n' )
_intf = Intf( intfName, node=switch )
info( '*** Note: you may need to reconfigure the interfaces for '
'the Mininet hosts:\n', net.hosts, '\n' )
net.start()
CLI( net )
net.stop()