
This effort improves the performance of SDNs. It aims to provide interoperability between networking equipments of different vendors, as previously only proprietary attempts has been made in this regard. OpenFlow is the main southbound API, promoted by the Open Networking Foundation (ONF).

The centralized control plane consists of a southbound Application Programming Interface (API), for communication with the networks hardware, and a northbound API, for communication with applications of the network. It has also allowed researchers to experiment on the real world networks without causing any interference to their traffic. SDN provides the network administrators more control over the entire network through the centralized control plane running in software. This leaves behind data plane having only switches with packet forwarding capabilities. It makes the network programmable by separating the control plane of the network from the data plane. Software-Defined Networking (SDN), a new networking paradigm, provides a solution for it by smartly managing and configuring the network elements. Introduction The rapid evolution of new technologies, such as cloud computing, have complicated the way in which traditional networking was done. View of Floodlight controller after being started.

View of POX controller after being started. Steps for installing OpenWRT with OpenFlow Support. 14 3.2 Experimenting with OpenFlow Protocol. ģ Testing of OpenFlow enabled Network 14 3.1 Starting OpenFlow Protocol. 2.1.2.3.2 Option 2: Flash files using SCP. 2.1.2.3.1 Option 1: Flash files by downloading from server.

2.1.2 Installing OpenWRT with OpenFlow Package. Muhammad Usman Ilyas, for guiding us and we also appreciate the efforts made by Zaafar Ahmed, SysNet Lab Pakistan, in helping us installing OpenWRT.Ģ Deployment of OpenFlow enabled Network 2.1 OpenFlow Switch. School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (SEECS) National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, PakistanĪcknowledgment We would like to thank our supervisor, Dr. Enabling OpenFlow v1.0 on Mikrotik RouterBoard 750GL: A TutorialĪpplied Network and Data Science Research (AN-DASH) Group
