diff --git a/mininet/conf_parser.py b/mininet/conf_parser.py
index 07eb8c9..ae514f3 100644
--- a/mininet/conf_parser.py
+++ b/mininet/conf_parser.py
@@ -30,18 +30,18 @@
 
     hosts = []
 
-    items = config.items('nodes')
+    items = config.items('hosts')
 	
-	#makes a first-pass read to nodes section to find empty nodes sections
+	#makes a first-pass read to hosts section to find empty host sections
     for item in items:
 	name = item[0]
 	rest = item[1].split()
 	if len(rest) == 0:
-		config.set('nodes', name, '_')
+		config.set('hosts', name, '_')
 	#updates 'items' list
-    items = config.items('nodes')
+    items = config.items('hosts')
 
-	#makes a second-pass read to nodes section to properly add hosts
+	#makes a second-pass read to hosts section to properly add hosts
     for item in items:
 
         name = item[0]
@@ -90,14 +90,22 @@
         uri_list=[]
         cpu = None
         cores = None
+	cache = None
 
-        for uri in uris:
-            if re.match("cpu",uri):
-                cpu = float(uri.split('=')[1])
-            elif re.match("cores",uri):
-                cores = uri.split('=')[1]
-            else:
-                uri_list.append((uri.split(',')[0],uri.split(',')[1]))
+	if '_' in uris:
+		pass
+	else:
+		for uri in uris:
+		    if re.match("cpu",uri):
+			cpu = float(uri.split('=')[1])
+		    elif re.match("cores",uri):
+			cores = uri.split('=')[1]
+		    elif re.match("cache",uri):
+			cache = uri.split('=')[1]
+		    elif re.match("mem",uri):
+			mem = uri.split('=')[1]
+		    else:
+			uri_list.append((uri.split(',')[0],uri.split(',')[1]))
 
         routers.append(confCCNHost(name=name , uri_tuples=uri_list, cpu=cpu, cores=cores))
 
@@ -143,6 +151,3 @@
 
 
     return links
-
-
-