Changed emulator design and started to create the emuvim Mininet wrapper layer.
diff --git a/dockernetrpc/example_client.py b/dockernetrpc/example_client.py
index 213905c..5a5379a 100644
--- a/dockernetrpc/example_client.py
+++ b/dockernetrpc/example_client.py
@@ -1,38 +1,40 @@
-import Pyro4
 import time
+import zerorpc
 
 
 def main():
     # create connection to remote Mininet instance
-    rmn = Pyro4.Proxy("PYRONAME:remote.mininet")
+    c = zerorpc.Client()
+    c.connect("tcp://127.0.0.1:4242")
 
     # do some API tests
-    h1 = rmn.addHost('h1')
-    h2 = rmn.addHost('h2')
-    d1 = rmn.addDocker('d1', ip='10.0.0.253', dimage="ubuntu")
+    h1 = c.addHost('h1')
+    h2 = c.addHost('h2')
+    d1 = c.addDocker('d1', "ubuntu", "10.0.0.253")
 
-    s1 = rmn.addSwitch("s1")
+    s1 = c.addSwitch("s1")
 
-    rmn.addLink(h1, s1)
-    rmn.addLink(h2, s1)
-    rmn.addLink(d1, s1)
+    c.addLink(h1, s1)
+    c.addLink(h2, s1)
+    c.addLink(d1, s1)
 
-    rmn.start()
+    c.start_net()
+    c.CLI()
 
     # check functionality at runtime
     """
-    d2 = rmn.addDocker('d2', dimage="ubuntu")
-    h3 = rmn.addHost('h3', ip='10.0.0.200')
-    rmn.addLink(d2, s1, params1={"ip": "10.0.0.251/8"})
+    d2 = c.addDocker('d2', dimage="ubuntu")
+    h3 = c.addHost('h3', ip='10.0.0.200')
+    c.addLink(d2, s1, params1={"ip": "10.0.0.251/8"})
 
     time.sleep(2)
-    rmn.removeLink(node1="h1", node2="s1")
-    rmn.removeHost('h1')
-    #rmn.removeHost('d1')
+    c.removeLink(node1="h1", node2="s1")
+    c.removeHost('h1')
+    #c.removeHost('d1')
     """
 
     time.sleep(2)
-    rmn.stop()
+    c.stop_net()
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/dockernetrpc/rpc.py b/dockernetrpc/rpc.py
index c649d77..f145b53 100644
--- a/dockernetrpc/rpc.py
+++ b/dockernetrpc/rpc.py
@@ -6,47 +6,46 @@
 import mininet.log
 import logging
 import os
-import Pyro4
+import zerorpc
 
 
 class RemoteMininetNetwork(object):
 
     def __init__(self):
-        mininet.log.setLogLevel( 'debug' )
+        # set mininet loglevel
+        mininet.log.setLogLevel( 'info' )
         self.net = Mininet( controller=Controller )
         self.net.addController( 'c0' )
 
-    def start(self):
+    def start_net(self):
         self.net.start()
 
     def CLI(self):
         CLI(self.net)
 
-    def stop(self):
+    def stop_net(self):
         try:
             self.net.stop()
         except Exception as e:
             print e
 
+    def addHost(self, name, ip=None):
+        return str(self.net.addHost(name, ip=ip))
 
-    def addHost(self, name, cls=None, **params):
-        return str(self.net.addHost(name, cls=cls, **params))
+    def addDocker(self, name, dimage, ip):
+        return str(self.net.addDocker(name, dimage=dimage, ip=ip))
 
-    def addDocker(self, name, **params):
-        return str(self.net.addDocker(name, **params))
-
-    def addSwitch(self, name, **params):
+    def addSwitch(self, name):
         # we have to use OVSSwitch to be able to do link attachments
         # at runtime (switch.attach) method
-        return str(self.net.addSwitch(name, cls=OVSSwitch, **params))
+        return str(self.net.addSwitch(name, cls=OVSSwitch))
 
-    def addLink(self, node1, node2, port1=None, port2=None,
-                cls=None, **params):
+    def addLink(self, node1, node2, port1=None, port2=None):
         return str(self.net.addLink(node1, node2,
-                                    port1, port2, cls=cls, **params))
+                                    port1, port2))
 
-    def removeHost(self, name, **params):
-        return self.net.removeHost(name, **params)
+    def removeHost(self, name):
+        return self.net.removeHost(name)
 
     def removeLink(self, link=None, node1=None, node2=None):
         n1, n2 = self.net.get(node1), self.net.get(node2)
@@ -54,15 +53,6 @@
 
 
 def start_server():
-    daemon = Pyro4.Daemon()
-    # ATTENTION:
-    # we need a PyroNS instance to be running: pyro4-ns (in new terminal)
-    ns = Pyro4.locateNS()
-    uri = daemon.register(RemoteMininetNetwork())
-    # map object URI to a nice name
-    ns.register("remote.mininet", uri)
-
-    logging.info("Server URI is: %s", uri)
-
-    # Start the server...
-    daemon.requestLoop()
+    s = zerorpc.Server(RemoteMininetNetwork())
+    s.bind("tcp://0.0.0.0:4242")
+    s.run()