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Mininet creates realistic virtual networks on a single machine, running real kernel, switch, and application code in seconds. It is used for developing, teaching, and researching Software Defined Networking systems with OpenFlow and P4.
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Mininet and Kathará create virtual software-defined networks (SDN) on a single machine using containers.

Mininet: Ideal for Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and OpenFlow environments.
Excerpts where Mininet appeared in the AI's answer

Mininet (and Mininet-WiFi) is not a pure simulator but an **emulator**, and this matters: