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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+"""
+Simple example of setting network and CPU parameters
+
+NOTE: link params limit BW, add latency, and loss.
+There is a high chance that pings WILL fail and that
+iperf will hang indefinitely if the TCP handshake fails
+to complete.
+"""
+
+from mininet.topo import Topo
+from mininet.net import Mininet
+from mininet.node import CPULimitedHost
+from mininet.link import TCLink
+from mininet.util import dumpNodeConnections
+from mininet.log import setLogLevel
+
+class SingleSwitchTopo(Topo):
+    "Single switch connected to n hosts."
+    def __init__(self, n=2, **opts):
+        Topo.__init__(self, **opts)
+        switch = self.addSwitch('s1')
+        for h in range(n):
+            # Each host gets 50%/n of system CPU
+            host = self.addHost('h%s' % (h + 1),
+                                cpu=.5 / n)
+            # 10 Mbps, 5ms delay, 10% loss
+            self.addLink(host, switch,
+                         bw=10, delay='5ms', loss=10, use_htb=True)
+
+def perfTest():
+    "Create network and run simple performance test"
+    topo = SingleSwitchTopo(n=4)
+    net = Mininet(topo=topo,
+                  host=CPULimitedHost, link=TCLink)
+    net.start()
+    print "Dumping host connections"
+    dumpNodeConnections(net.hosts)
+    print "Testing network connectivity"
+    net.pingAll()
+    print "Testing bandwidth between h1 and h4"
+    h1, h4 = net.getNodeByName('h1', 'h4')
+    net.iperf((h1, h4))
+    net.stop()
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    setLogLevel('info')
+    perfTest()