diff --git a/test_nrd/nrd-test.sh b/test_nrd/nrd-test.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+clean_up() {
+    r=$(sudo killall nfd 2>&1)
+    r=$(mv ~/.ndn/client.conf.bk ~/.ndn/client.conf 2>&1)
+}
+mkdir -p logs
+
+# backup client.conf
+echo "backup client.conf"
+cp ~/.ndn/client.conf ~/.ndn/client.conf.bk
+sed -i 's/^protocol=.*$/protocol=nrd-0.1/g' ~/.ndn/client.conf
+
+# start nfd and nrd
+echo "starting nfd and nrd..."
+sudo nfd > logs/nfd.log 2>&1 &
+sleep 3
+nrd &> logs/nrd.log &
+sleep 10
+
+# check fib before server starts
+echo "checking fib before server starts..."
+fib=$(nfd-status -b)
+res=$(echo $fib | grep '/test-nrd/A' | wc -l)
+if [[ $res -ne 0 ]]
+then
+    echo "the name '/test-nrd/A' already exists"
+    clean_up
+    exit 1
+fi
+res=$(echo $fib | grep '/test-nrd/B' | wc -l)
+if [[ $res -ne 0 ]]
+then
+    echo "the name '/test-nrd/B' already exists"
+    exit 2
+fi
+
+# start server
+echo "starting server..."
+ndn-traffic-server NDNTrafficServer.conf > logs/server.log 2>&1 &
+sleep 3
+
+# check fib after server starts
+echo "checking fib after server starts..."
+fib=$(nfd-status -b)
+res=$(echo $fib | grep '/test-nrd/A' | wc -l)
+if [[ $res -ne 1 ]]
+then
+    echo "the name '/test-nrd/A' does not exists after ndn-traffic-server starts"
+    clean_up
+    exit 3
+fi
+res=$(echo $fib | grep '/test-nrd/B' | wc -l)
+if [[ $res -ne 1  ]]
+then
+    echo "the name '/test-nrd/B' does not exists after ndn-traffic-server starts"
+    clean_up
+    exit 4
+fi
+
+# stop ndn-traffic-server
+echo "stopping ndn-traffic-server..."
+sudo killall ndn-traffic-server
+sleep 3
+
+# check fib after server stops
+echo "checking fib after server stops..."
+fib=$(nfd-status -b)
+res=$(echo $fib | grep '/test-nrd/A' | wc -l)
+if [[ $res -ne 0 ]]
+then
+    echo "the name '/test-nrd/A' still exists after ndn-traffic-server exit"
+    clean_up
+    exit 5
+fi
+res=$(echo $fib | grep '/test-nrd/B' | wc -l)
+if [[ $res -ne 0 ]]
+then
+    echo "the name '/test-nrd/B' still exists after ndn-traffic-server exit"
+    clean_up
+    exit 6
+fi
+clean_up
+echo "nrd test PASSED"