The open network laboratory: a resource for networking research and education

  • Authors:
  • John DeHart;Fred Kuhns;Jyoti Parwatikar;Jonathan Turner;Charlie Wiseman;Ken Wong

  • Affiliations:
  • Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO;Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO;Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO;Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO;Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO;Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO

  • Venue:
  • ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

The Open Network Laboratory (ONL) is a remotely accessible network testbed designed to enable networking faculty, students and researchers to conduct experiments using high performance routers and applications. The system is built around a set of extensible, high-performance routers and has a graphical interface that enables users to easily configure and run experiments remotely. ONL's Remote Laboratory Interface (RLI) allows users to easily configure a network topology, configure routes and packet filters in the routers, assign flows or flow aggregates to separate queues with configurable QoS and attach hardware monitoring points to real-time charts. The remote visualization features of the RLI make it easy to directly view the effects of traffic as it moves through a router, allowing the user to gain better insight into system behavior and create compelling demonstrations. Each port of the router is equipped with an embedded processor that provides a simple environment for software plugins allowing users to extend the system's functionality. This paper describes the general facilties and some networking experiments that can be carried out. We hope that you and your collegues and students will check out the facility and register for an account at our web site onl.arl.wustl.edu