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This paper describes AutoNetkit, an auto-configuration tool for com- plex network emulations using Netkit, allowing large-scale networks to be tested on commodity hardware. AutoNetkit uses an object orientated approach for router configuration management, significantly reducing the complexities in large-scale network configuration. Using AutoNetkit, a user can generate large and complex emulations quickly without errors. We have used AutoNetkit to successfully generate a number of different large networks with complex routing/security policies. In our test case, AutoNetkit can generate 100,000 lines of device configuration code from only 50 lines of high-level network specification code.
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Nguyen, H., Roughan, M., Knight, S., Falkner, N., Maennel, O., Bush, R. (2011). How to Build Complex, Large-Scale Emulated Networks. In: Magedanz, T., Gavras, A., Thanh, N.H., Chase, J.S. (eds) Testbeds and Research Infrastructures. Development of Networks and Communities. TridentCom 2010. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 46. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17851-1_1
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