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commit 3e8b43c42d100ef74ef8b2752f6d06fa192dcfbd Author: Sven Eckelmann sven@narfation.org Date: Sun Oct 27 18:57:26 2019 +0000

doc: open-mesh/Vde_switch_virtual_network

3e8b43c42d100ef74ef8b2752f6d06fa192dcfbd open-mesh/Vde_switch_virtual_network.textile | 14 +++++++------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/open-mesh/Vde_switch_virtual_network.textile b/open-mesh/Vde_switch_virtual_network.textile index 08b0336..7b1ecdb 100644 --- a/open-mesh/Vde_switch_virtual_network.textile +++ b/open-mesh/Vde_switch_virtual_network.textile @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -h1. vde_switch interconnect +h1. vde_switch virtual network

-The simple interconnect from [[open-mesh:OpenWrt in QEMU#interconnect-initialization]] is a Linux bridge which allows full communication between the tap interfaces of all virtual instances. This is not optimal to create not fully meshed setups. One alternative is to use a modified vde_switch to create user defined links between each virtual instance. +The simple virtual network from [[open-mesh:OpenWrt in QEMU#virtual-network-initialization]] is a Linux bridge which allows full communication between the tap interfaces of all virtual instances. This is not optimal to create not fully meshed setups. One alternative is to use a modified vde_switch to create user defined links between each virtual instance.

h2. Components

@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ You can specify up to 10 packet types (separated by colon). The patch against vd

h2. Start of the environment

-h3. interconnect initialization +h3. virtual network initialization

The script does: * kill old instances @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ The script does: !mesh.gif!

<pre><code class="shell"> -cat > interconnect.sh << "EOF" +cat > virtual-network.sh << "EOF" #!/bin/sh

NUM_SESSIONS=9 @@ -129,12 +129,12 @@ for i in $(seq 1 $((${NUM_SESSIONS} - 2))); do done EOF

-chmod + interconnect.sh +chmod + virtual-network.sh </code></pre>

h3. VM instances bringup

-The [[open-mesh:OpenWrt_in_QEMU#VM-instances-bringup|run.sh from the OpenWrt environment]] can mostly be reused. There are only minimal adjustments required. The interconnect tap NIC has to be replaced with a vde NIC. +The [[open-mesh:OpenWrt_in_QEMU#VM-instances-bringup|run.sh from the OpenWrt environment]] can mostly be reused. There are only minimal adjustments required. The virtual network tap NIC has to be replaced with a vde NIC.

<pre><code class="diff"> - -nic tap,ifname=tap$i,script=no,model=virtio-net-pci,mac=02:ba:de:af:fe:"${twodigit_id}" \ @@ -145,4 +145,4 @@ It is also possible to have both (just with different mac addresses) to allow SS

h3. Automatic test initialization

-The [[open-mesh:OpenWrt_in_QEMU#Automatic-test-initialization|test-init.sh from the OpenWrt environment]] is always test specific. But it can just be reused again with this interconnect. \ No newline at end of file +The [[open-mesh:OpenWrt_in_QEMU#Automatic-test-initialization|test-init.sh from the OpenWrt environment]] is always test specific. But it can just be reused again with this virtual network. \ No newline at end of file