Practice Purpose As A Network Emulator (1.2.3.1) - Network Virtualization and Geo-distributed Clouds
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Purpose as a Network Emulator

Practice - Purpose as a Network Emulator

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is Mininet used for?

💡 Hint: Think about what emulators do.

Question 2 Easy

Explain what network namespaces do in Mininet.

💡 Hint: How does isolation help in testing?

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Question 1

What is one primary purpose of Mininet?

To make actual hardware
To emulate networks
To analyze network threats

💡 Hint: Think about what emulation means in networking.

Question 2

True or False: Mininet can create isolated environments for processes.

True
False

💡 Hint: Consider how applications might interfere with each other without isolation.

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Challenge Problems

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Challenge 1 Hard

Suppose you want to test a new TCP congestion control mechanism using Mininet. Describe the steps you would take to create an appropriate emulation environment within Mininet.

💡 Hint: Think about how a real network behaves under load and how you would simulate that.

Challenge 2 Hard

Analyze Mininet's limitations when emulating larger networks. What strategies could be utilized to mitigate these limitations during testing?

💡 Hint: Reflect on how real data centers manage scaling and load.

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