Contents

• List of Figures
• Introduction
• Vrouter conception and design
  • The Virtual Data-Link (VDL)
  • The Virtual Interface module (VIF)
    • The VIF module functionality analysis and design
    • VIF message processing
  • The Virtual ARP module
    • The VARP module functionality analysis and design
    • Inter-layer communications between VARP and VIF
  • The Virtual RIP module
    • Inter-layer communications between VRIP and VIF
  • The Virtual IP module
    • The VIP module functionality analysis and design
    • Inter-layer communications between VARP and VIF
  • Vrouter general architecture
    • Inter-module communications
    • Data storage and dataflow chart
  
  
• Vrouter Implementation
  • Code organization
  • Implementation notes
    • Compilation and dependencies
    • Datastructures
  
  
• Vrouter test and validation
  • Testing framework
    • Testing network configuration
    • Testing plan
  • Vrouter validation
    • What happens when a new entity joins the network
    • Internal entity informations display
    • Packet routing
  
  
• Conclusion
  • Improvements and perspectives
  • Final notes