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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+"""
+multiping.py: monitor multiple sets of hosts using ping
+
+This demonstrates how one may send a simple shell script to
+multiple hosts and monitor their output interactively for a period=
+of time.
+"""
+
+from mininet.net import Mininet
+from mininet.node import Node
+from mininet.topo import SingleSwitchTopo
+from mininet.log import setLogLevel
+
+from select import poll, POLLIN
+from time import time
+
+def chunks( l, n ):
+    "Divide list l into chunks of size n - thanks Stackoverflow"
+    return [ l[ i: i + n ] for i in range( 0, len( l ), n ) ]
+
+def startpings( host, targetips ):
+    "Tell host to repeatedly ping targets"
+
+    targetips.append( '10.0.0.200' )
+
+    targetips = ' '.join( targetips )
+
+    # BL: Not sure why loopback intf isn't up!
+    host.cmd( 'ifconfig lo up' )
+
+    # Simple ping loop
+    cmd = ( 'while true; do '
+            ' for ip in %s; do ' % targetips +
+            '  echo -n %s "->" $ip ' % host.IP() +
+            '   `ping -c1 -w 1 $ip | grep packets` ;'
+            '  sleep 1;'
+            ' done; '
+            'done &' )
+
+    print ( '*** Host %s (%s) will be pinging ips: %s' %
+            ( host.name, host.IP(), targetips ) )
+
+    host.cmd( cmd )
+
+def multiping( netsize, chunksize, seconds):
+    "Ping subsets of size chunksize in net of size netsize"
+
+    # Create network and identify subnets
+    topo = SingleSwitchTopo( netsize )
+    net = Mininet( topo=topo )
+    net.start()
+    hosts = net.hosts
+    subnets = chunks( hosts, chunksize )
+
+    # Create polling object
+    fds = [ host.stdout.fileno() for host in hosts ]
+    poller = poll()
+    for fd in fds:
+        poller.register( fd, POLLIN )
+
+    # Start pings
+    for subnet in subnets:
+        ips = [ host.IP() for host in subnet ]
+        for host in subnet:
+            startpings( host, ips )
+
+    # Monitor output
+    endTime = time() + seconds
+    while time() < endTime:
+        readable = poller.poll(1000)
+        for fd, _mask in readable:
+            node = Node.outToNode[ fd ]
+            print '%s:' % node.name, node.monitor().strip()
+
+    # Stop pings
+    for host in hosts:
+        host.cmd( 'kill %while' )
+
+    net.stop()
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    setLogLevel( 'info' )
+    multiping( netsize=20, chunksize=4, seconds=10 )