Practice Purpose as a Network Emulator - 1.2.3.1 | Week 2: Network Virtualization and Geo-distributed Clouds | Distributed and Cloud Systems Micro Specialization
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1.2.3.1 - Purpose as a Network Emulator

Learning

Practice Questions

Test your understanding with targeted questions related to the topic.

Question 1

Easy

What is Mininet used for?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about what emulators do.

Question 2

Easy

Explain what network namespaces do in Mininet.

πŸ’‘ Hint: How does isolation help in testing?

Practice 4 more questions and get performance evaluation

Interactive Quizzes

Engage in quick quizzes to reinforce what you've learned and check your comprehension.

Question 1

What is one primary purpose of Mininet?

  • To make actual hardware
  • To emulate networks
  • To analyze network threats

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about what emulation means in networking.

Question 2

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

  • True
  • False

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider how applications might interfere with each other without isolation.

Solve 2 more questions and get performance evaluation

Challenge Problems

Push your limits with challenges.

Question 1

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.

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

Question 2

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

πŸ’‘ Hint: Reflect on how real data centers manage scaling and load.

Challenge and get performance evaluation