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+#!/usr/bin/bash
+#
+NATNET=172.16.0.0/16
+NUMOFNS=5
+alias IPN='sudo ip net'
+alias IPL='sudo ip link'
+alias IPA='sudo ip addr add'
+
+peers='tcp://188.40.132.242:9651 tcp://65.21.231.58:9651'
+
+function IPNA() {
+        local name=$1
+        shift
+        sudo ip -n ${name} addr add $@
+}
+function IPNL() {
+        local name=$1
+        shift
+        sudo ip -n ${name} link $@
+}
+function IPNR() {
+        local name=$1
+        shift
+        local defrtr=${1/\/24/}
+        shift
+        sudo ip -n ${name} route add default via ${defrtr}
+}
+function createns() {
+        local iname=$1
+        local in_ip=$2
+        local out_ip=$3
+        local name=n-${iname}
+        IPN add $name
+        IPL add in_${iname} type veth peer name out_${iname}
+        IPL set in_${iname} netns ${name}
+        IPNL ${name} set lo up
+        IPNL ${name} set in_${iname} up
+        IPL set out_${iname} up
+        IPNA ${name} ${in_ip} dev in_${iname}
+        IPA ${out_ip} dev out_${iname}
+        IPNR ${name} ${out_ip}
+        # start mycelium, relying on local discovery
+        nohup sudo ip netns exec ${name} ./mycelium --key-file ${name}.bin --disable-peer-discovery --api-addr ${in_ip/\/24/}:8989 --peers ${peers} > ${iname}.out &
+}
+function dropns() {
+        local iname=$1
+        local name=n-${iname}
+        IPL del out_${iname}
+        IPN del ${name}
+}
+
+function doit() {
+        nohup sudo ./mycelium --key-file host.bin --api-addr 127.0.0.1:8989 --peers ${peers}>host.out &
+        for i in $(seq 1 $NUMOFNS); do
+                createns ${i} 172.16.${i}.2/24 172.16.${i}.1/24
+        done
+}
+function dropit() {
+        sudo pkill -9 mycelium
+        for i in $(seq 1 $NUMOFNS); do
+                dropns ${i}
+        done
+}
+
+function cleanit() {
+        dropit
+        sudo rm ./*.bin
+        sudo rm ./*.out
+}
+
+function showit() {
+        sudo killall -USR1 mycelium
+}
+
+function getmycelium(){
+        wget https://github.com/threefoldtech/mycelium/releases/latest/download/mycelium-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz \
+                -O- | gunzip -c | tar xvf - -C ${PWD}
+
+}