CS 640 Introduction to Computer Networks Assignment 1
iperf is a common tool used to measure network bandwidth. You will write your own version of this tool in Java using sockets (and we call it, well, ”Iperfer”). You will then use your tools to measure the performance of virtual networks in Mininet and explain how link characteristics and multiplexing impact performance.
Environment Setup
Use a CSL machine for Part 1, and ssh into mininet VM for Part 2.
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To run Mininet, you will use the mininet VMs which have already been assigned to you by the course staff. You have one VM per group.
Please connect yourself to the CS departmental VPN. before connecting to your VM. You and your partner should have already received a password from us, which will be your credential when SSH into the VM. This password is shared in your group only, and works only on the VM you are assigned. When you connect via SSH, you may include the -X option to tunnel X11 (i.e., graphics) over SSH, assuming you have a X11 server running locally. For example if you are assigned VM mininet-85:
You will need to have X11 installed on the machine from which you are connecting. On a personal machine, you can install Xming on Windows, XQuartz on Mac OS, or any graphical environment / desktop environment on Linux to get X11. You should only need X11 to run xterms in Mininet. For editing files now is the opportune time to learn a text editor that doesn’t require a GUI! Vim and emacs are the most popular ones.
To transfer files to/from your VM, you may use scp or rsync. See man pages for scp and rsync or find a tutorial online for detailed instructions. You could also use a version control system, such as Git or Subversion, and checkout a copy of the repository in your VM. If you opt to use a version control system, please make sure you don’t inadvertently allow others (other than your group members) to access your work.
Download the VM image, and import it into VirtualBox installed on your own PC.
Given the COVID-19 situations, physical building access may be difficult. If you have issue accessing your VM or the VPN isn’t working out for you, you may also download a pre- configured system image from here. (Warning: 2GB download, 10GB decompressed). The image can be launched locally in VirtualBox – a virtualization software available on Windows, Linux and Mac OS that you may install on your personal computer. The image will have the same setup as the VM with the only addition of a graphical environment for your convenience. The instructions for assignments also work exactly the same on your local VirtualBox as the CS VM assigned to you.
FYI: The machine is configured to auto-login and you will not be prompted for password from sudo. The password for the mininet user is user, and root for the root user. Feel free to change them if you wish.
Please make sure your deliverables compile and run on either one of these two options. This is the environment where we grade your assignments.
Learning Outcomes
After completing this programming assignment, students should be able to:
1. Write applications that use sockets to transmit and receive data across a network
2. Describe how latency and throughput can be measured
3. Explain how latency and throughput are impacted by link characteristics and multiplexing
1 Implement your Iperfer
For the first part of the assignment you will write your own version of iperf in Java to measure network bandwidth. Your tool, called Iperfer, will send and receive TCP packets between a pair of hosts using sockets.
Note: A good resource and a starting point to learn about Java socket programs is the Java sockets tutorial. Although this guide was written for Java 8, the socket API has not changed and is still applicable to latest version.
When operating in client mode, Iperfer will send TCP packets to a specific host for a specified time window and track how much data was sent during that time frame; it will calculate and display the bandwidth based on how much data was sent in the elapsed time. When operating in server mode, Iperfer will receive TCP packets and track how much data was received during the lifetime of a connection; it will calculate and display the bandwidth based on how much data was received and how much time elapsed between received the first and last byte of data.
Client Mode
To operate Iperfer in client mode, it should be invoked as follows:
java Iperfer -c -h
Server Mode
To operate Iperfer in server mode, it should be invoked as follows:
java Iperfer -s -p
– Listen port is the port on which the host is waiting to consume data; the port should be in the range
1024 ≤ listen port ≤ 65535.
You can use the presence of the -s option to determine Iperfer should operate in server mode.
If any arguments are missing or additional arguments are provided, you should print the following and exit: Error: missing or additional arguments
If the server port argument is less than 1024 or greater than 65535, you should print the following and exit:
Error: port number must be in the range 1024 to 65535
When running as a server, Iperfer must listen for TCP connections from a client and receive data as quickly as possible until the client closes the connection. Data should be read in chunks of 1000 bytes. Keep a running total of the number of bytes received.
After the client has closed the connection, Iperfer server must also print a one line summary that includes the following and then terminate:
– The total number of bytes received (in kilobytes)
– The rate at which traffic could be received (in megabits per second (Mbps))
received=6543 KB rate=4.758 Mbps
Testing Your Implementation
You can test Iperfer on any computer you have access to. However, be aware the certain ports may be blocked by firewalls on end hosts or in the network, so you may not be able to test your program on all hosts or in all networks. You should be able to use two machines in the CS labs without any problems. You can also test your tool using Mininet. Instructions are provided in Appendix A. You should complete Part 2 of this assignment before following the instructions in Appendix A.
You should receive the same number of bytes on the server as you sent from the client. However, the timing on the server may not perfectly match the timing on the client. Hence, the bandwidth reported by client and server may be slightly different; in general, they should not differ by more than 2 Mbps. Note, this behavior mirrors the behavior of the actual iperf tool.
2 Mininet Tutorial
For the second part of the assignment, you will learn how to use Mininet to create virtual networks and run simple experiments. According to the Mininet website, Mininet creates a realistic virtual network, running real kernel, switch and application code, on a single machine (VM or native), in seconds, with a single command. We will use Mininet in programming assignments throughout the semester.
Once you have a Mininet VM, you should complete the following sections of the standard walkthrough:
– All of Part 1, except the section ”Start Wireshark”
– The first four sections of Part 2 – ”Run a Regression Test”, ”Changing Topology Size and Type”, ”Link
variations”, and ”Adjustable Verbosity”
– All of Part 3
At some points, the walkthrough will talk about software-defined networking (SDN) and OpenFlow. We will discuss these during the second half of the semester, so you do not need to understand what they mean right now; you just need to know how to run and interact with Mininet.
To change the colors of xterm windows (black font on white background) to make them more readable, run the following command in your Mininet VM (in a regular shell, not while Mininet is running):
echo XTerm*Foreground: black > ~mininet/XTerm
echo XTerm*Background: white >> ~mininet/XTerm
You do not need to submit anything for this part of the assignment.
3 Measurements in Mininet
For the last part of the assignment you will use the tool you wrote (Iperfer) and the standard latency measurement tool ping (ping measures RTT) , to measure the bandwidth and latency in a virtual network in Mininet. You must include the output from some of your experiments and the answers to the questions below in your submission. Your answers to the questions should be put in a file called answers.txt.
Read the ping man page to learn how to use ping.
Java 11 has been preinstalled on your VMs, you may compile your implementation of Iperfer on your VM.
A python script to run Mininet with the topology described below is located at: assign1.tgz. Extract the scripts using the following command:
tar -xzvf assign1.tgz
Q1: Link Latency and Throughput
To run Mininet with the provided topology, run the Python script assign1 topo.py as root: sudo python assign1_topo.py
This will create a network with the following topology:
Hosts (h1 – h6) are represented by squares and switches (s1 – s6) are represented by circles; the names in the diagram match the names of hosts and switches in Mininet. The hosts are assigned IP addresses 10.0.0.1 through 10.0.0.10; the last number in the IP address matches the host number. When running ping and Iperfer in Mininet, you must use IP addresses, not hostnames.
First, you should measure the RTT and bandwidth of each of the five individual links between switches (L1 – L5). You should run ping with 20 packets and store the output of the measurement on each link in a file called latency L#.txt, replacing # with the link number from the topology diagram above. You should run Iperfer for 20 seconds and store the output of the measurement on each link in a file called throughput L#.txt, replacing # with the link number from the topology diagram above.
Q2: Path Latency and Throughput
Now, assume h1 wants to communicate with h4. What is the expected latency and throughput of the path between the hosts? Put your prediction in your answers.txt file.
Measure the latency and throughput between h1 and h4 using ping and Iperfer. It does not matter which host is the client and which is the server. Use the same parameters as above (20 packets / 20 seconds) and store the output in files called latency Q2.txt and throughput Q2.txt. Put the average RTT and measured throughput in your answers.txt file and explain the results. If your prediction was wrong, explain why.
Q3: Effects of Multiplexing
Next, assume multiple hosts connected to s1 want to simultaneously talk to hosts connected to s4. What is the expected latency and throughput when two pairs of hosts are communicating simultaneously? What about three pairs? Put your predictions in your answers.txt file.
Use ping and Iperfer to measure the latency and throughput when there are two pairs of hosts communicating simultaneously; it does not matter which pairs of hosts are communicating as long as one is connected to s1 and one is connected to s4 . Use the same parameters as above. You do not need to submit the raw output, but you should put the average RTT and measured throughput for each pair in your answers.txt file and explain the results. If your prediction was wrong, explain why.
Repeat for three pairs of hosts communicating simultaneously and record your answers in answers.txt as well.
Q4: Effects of Latency
Lastly, assume h1 wants to communicate with h4 at the same time h5 wants to communicate with h6. What is the expected latency and throughput for each pair? Put your prediction in your answers.txt file.
Use ping and Iperfer to conduct measurements, storing the output in files called latency h1-h4.txt, latency h5-h6.txt, throughput h1-h4.txt, and throughput h5-h6.txt. Put the average RTT and mea- sured throughput in your answers.txt file and explain the results. If your prediction was wrong, explain why.
Submission Instructions
You must submit:
– The source code for Iperfer – all Java source files for Iperfer should be in a folder called iperfer; the folder should include a Makefile that compiles the Java source
– Your measurement results and answers to the questions from Part 3 – all results and answers.txt should be in a folder called measurement
– A README file with the names and CS usernames of both group members
You must submit a single tgz file containing the above. Note that tar.gz is equivalent to tgz internally, but please use the tgz extension. To create the tar file, run the following command, replacing cslogin1 and cslogin2 with the CS username of each group member:
tar -czvf cslogin1_cslogin2.tgz iperfer measurement README
Upload the tar file to the Assignment 1 dropbox on canvas. Please submit only one tar file per group.
Late Submission Policy
Late submission policy for the assignments (any reason, e.g., sickness, not working system, etc.):
• Upto 24 hours late — You’ll lose 10% of points • Upto 48 hours late — You’ll lose 30% of points • Upto 72 hours late — You’ll lose 60% of points • Beyond 72 hours — You’ll lose 100% of points
Appendix A: Testing Iperfer in Mininet
You can test Iperfer in Mininet using the sample topology shown below.
A python scripts to run Mininet with this topology described below is included in the assign1.tgz provided to you.
To run Mininet with the provided topology, run the Python script assign1 test.py using sudo: sudo python assign1_test.py
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