Mininet-WiFi

Spec sheet

Purpose

Mininet-WiFi extends the Mininet SDN network emulator with virtualized Wi-Fi stations and access points.Read 7 Oct 2026 · mininet-wifi.github.io

Support

The getting-started guide identifies the mininet-wifi-discuss mailing list as the source for support and community discussion.Read 7 Oct 2026 · mininet-wifi.github.io

6LoWPAN

Mininet-WiFi supports 6LoWPAN through fakelb and mac802154_hwsim, with the latter supported from Linux kernel 4.18.Read 7 Oct 2026 · mininet-wifi.github.io

Container integration

Containernet allows Docker containers to act as Mininet hosts and Mininet-WiFi stations for networking and cloud testbeds.Read 7 Oct 2026 · mininet-wifi.github.io

Distribution

The project offers a downloadable VM image and source installation, and recommends VirtualBox as a free virtualization option available for OS X, Windows, and Linux.Read 7 Oct 2026 · mininet-wifi.github.io

Documented limitation

The IEEE 802.11p instructions state that their procedure works only with Linux kernel 5.5.Read 7 Oct 2026 · mininet-wifi.github.io

Mobility

Documented mobility models include RandomWalk, TruncatedLevyWalk, RandomDirection, RandomWayPoint, GaussMarkov, ReferencePoint, and TimeVariantCommunity.Read 7 Oct 2026 · mininet-wifi.github.io

Network behavior

Traffic Control and wmediumd are its two approaches for simulating the wireless medium, and the site recommends wmediumd for ad hoc and wireless mesh networks.Read 7 Oct 2026 · mininet-wifi.github.io

Platform requirements

The project recommends the latest Ubuntu LTS; its getting-started guide also describes source installation on Ubuntu, Debian, and experimentally Fedora.Read 7 Oct 2026 · mininet-wifi.github.io

Security-related capability

The documentation says wpa_supplicant is used with Hostapd to support WPA, among other things.Read 7 Oct 2026 · mininet-wifi.github.io

SUMO integration

The documentation shows how to run SUMO as an external program using a TraCI server port and configuration file.Read 7 Oct 2026 · mininet-wifi.github.io

Wireless emulation

It uses Linux wireless drivers and the 80211_hwsim wireless simulation driver to emulate wireless devices and mobile station position and movement.Read 7 Oct 2026 · mininet-wifi.github.io

Plans and prices

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Where Specifiction places it

• Network Simulation Software#24 of 317.4