OpenVZ as a Network Simulator
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Problem[edit]
Simulate a wireless mesh network over several openvz instances in order to test the behaviour of a routing protocol, such as OLSR.
Solution[edit]
Install an OpenVZ kernel with EBTables support[edit]
Kernel Linux version 2.6.18-fza-028stab053.5-686 supports Ebtables
Install all the utils[edit]
vzctl and al
Add a bridge on the HOST[edit]
brctl addbr br0
Add all the interfaces to the Bridge[edit]
brctl addif veth120.2 br0 brctl show
OLSR[edit]
to be continued