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+Mininet Examples
+
+These examples are intended to help you get started using
+Mininet's Python API.
+
+---
+
+baresshd.py:
+
+This example uses Mininet's medium-level API to create an sshd
+process running in a namespace. Doesn't use OpenFlow.
+
+consoles.py:
+
+This example creates a grid of console windows, one for each node, 
+and allows interaction with and monitoring of each console, including
+graphical monitoring.
+
+controllers.py:
+
+This example creates a network and adds multiple controllers to it.
+
+cpu.py:
+
+This example tests iperf bandwidth for varying CPU limits.
+
+emptynet.py:
+
+This example demonstrates creating an empty network (i.e. with no
+topology object) and adding nodes to it.
+
+hwintf.py:
+
+This example shows how to add an interface (for example a real
+hardware interface) to a network after the network is created.
+
+limit.py:
+
+This example shows how to use link and CPU limits.
+
+linearbandwidth.py:
+
+This example shows how to create a custom topology programatically
+by subclassing Topo, and how to run a series of tests on it.
+
+miniedit.py:
+
+This example demonstrates creating a network via a graphical editor.
+
+multiping.py:
+
+This example demonstrates one method for 
+monitoring output from multiple hosts, using node.monitor().
+
+multipoll.py:
+
+This example demonstrates monitoring output files from multiple hosts.
+
+multitest.py:
+
+This example creates a network and runs multiple tests on it.
+
+popen.py:
+
+This example monitors a number of hosts using host.popen() and
+pmonitor().
+
+popenpoll.py:
+
+This example demonstrates monitoring output from multiple hosts using
+the node.popen() interface (which returns Popen objects) and pmonitor().
+
+scratchnet.py, scratchnetuser.py:
+
+These two examples demonstrate how to create a network by using the lowest-
+level Mininet functions. Generally the higher-level API is easier to use,
+but scratchnet shows what is going on behind the scenes.
+
+simpleperf.py:
+
+A simple example of configuring network and CPU bandwidth limits.
+
+sshd.py:
+
+This example shows how to run an sshd process in each host, allowing
+you to log in via ssh. This requires connecting the Mininet data network
+to an interface in the root namespace (generaly the control network
+already lives in the root namespace, so it does not need to be explicitly
+connected.)
+
+treeping64.py:
+
+This example creates a 64-host tree network, and attempts to check full
+connectivity using ping, for different switch/datapath types.
+
+tree1024.py:
+
+This example attempts to create a 1024-host network, and then runs the
+CLI on it. It may run into scalability limits, depending on available
+memory and sysctl configuration (see INSTALL.)
+