A dumbbell topology test bed in linux using network namespaces for Flent's tcp_1up test.
DUMBELL TOPOLOGY
__________ ____________ ____________ __________
| | A | | B | | C | |
| Client |1---------2| Router 1 |3---------4| Router 2 |5---------6| Server |
|__________| |____________| |____________| |__________|
Link A
Network Address : 10.0.0.0/24
Interface 1 Interface 2
Name : ethc_r1 Name : ethr1_c
IPv4 Address : 10.0.0.1/24 IPv4 Address : 10.0.0.2/24
Link B
Network Address : 10.0.1.0/24
Interface 3 Interface 4
Name : ethr1_r2 Name : ethr2_r1
IPv4 Address : 10.0.1.1/24 IPv4 Address : 10.0.1.2/24
Link C
Network Address : 10.0.2.0/24
Interface 5 Interface 6
Name : ethr2_s Name : eths_r2
IPv4 Address : 10.0.2.1/24 IPv4 Address : 10.0.2.2/24