"""Custom topology example Two directly connected switches plus a host for each switch: host --- switch --- switch --- host Adding the 'topos' dict with a key/value pair to generate our newly defined topology enables one to pass in '--topo=mytopo' from the command line. """ from mininet.topo import Topo class MyTopo( Topo ): "Simple topology example." def build( self ): "Create custom topo." # Add hosts and switches leftHost = self.addHost( 'h1' ) rightHost = self.addHost( 'h2' ) leftSwitch = self.addSwitch( 's3' ) rightSwitch = self.addSwitch( 's4' ) # Add links self.addLink( leftHost, leftSwitch ) self.addLink( leftSwitch, rightSwitch ) self.addLink( rightSwitch, rightHost ) topos = { 'mytopo': ( lambda: MyTopo() ) }