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The Remote Laboratory Interface (RLI) attempts to make it simple to do simple experiments. However, it does assume that the user has some basic knowledge of networking concepts such as IP addressing. These tutorial pages are aimed at describing how to use the RLI and the ONL testbed. At an implementation level, the system has lots of interacting parts. But the RLI hides much of this complexity or presents it in layers of menus.
The tutorial pages follow the sequence that we have used in our live tutorial presentations at conferences such as SIGMETRICS and Hot Interconnects. It begins with an overview of the ONL testbed and then describes the basic features of the RLI such as how to configure and monitor a network experiment. Then, it describes more advanced features such as filters and plugins. Near the end, is the Summary Information section that regular users might find useful as a reference guide since it contains many details that are used by more advanced users. Following the summary information is the Examples section that contains the recipes associated with each of the main tutorial sections. These recipes provide step-by-step instructions for reproducing examples that we have given at various conferences and demonstrate the basic features of the RLI. Unlike recipes, they also show you what the result should be!
The tutorial pages can be used in several ways, but the three most common approaches are:
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