diff --git a/apps/sdnip/src/main/resources/config-examples/README b/apps/sdnip/src/main/resources/config-examples/README
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+ONOS looks for these config files by default in $KARAF_LOG/config/
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diff --git a/apps/sdnip/src/main/resources/config-examples/addresses.json b/apps/sdnip/src/main/resources/config-examples/addresses.json
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+{
+    "addresses" : [
+	{
+	    "dpid" : "00:00:00:00:00:00:00:a3",
+	    "port" : "1",
+	    "ips" : ["192.168.10.101/24"],
+	    "mac" : "00:00:00:00:00:01"
+	},
+	{
+	    "dpid" : "00:00:00:00:00:00:00:a5",
+	    "port" : "1",
+	    "ips" : ["192.168.20.101/24"],
+	    "mac" : "00:00:00:00:00:01"
+	},
+	{
+	    "dpid" : "00:00:00:00:00:00:00:a2",
+	    "port" : "1",
+	    "ips" : ["192.168.30.101/24"],
+	    "mac" : "00:00:00:00:00:01"
+	},
+	{
+	    "dpid" : "00:00:00:00:00:00:00:a6",
+	    "port" : "1",
+	    "ips" : ["192.168.40.101/24"],
+	    "mac" : "00:00:00:00:00:01"
+	},
+	{
+	    "dpid" : "00:00:00:00:00:00:00:a4",
+	    "port" : "4",
+	    "ips" : ["192.168.60.101/24"],
+	    "mac" : "00:00:00:00:00:01"
+	}
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/apps/sdnip/src/main/resources/config-examples/sdnip.json b/apps/sdnip/src/main/resources/config-examples/sdnip.json
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+{
+    "bgpPeers" : [
+        {
+            "attachmentDpid" : "00:00:00:00:00:00:00:a3",
+	    "attachmentPort" : "1",
+            "ipAddress" : "192.168.10.1"
+        },
+	{
+            "attachmentDpid" : "00:00:00:00:00:00:00:a5",
+	    "attachmentPort" : "1",
+            "ipAddress" : "192.168.20.1"
+        },
+	{
+            "attachmentDpid" : "00:00:00:00:00:00:00:a2",
+	    "attachmentPort" : "1",
+            "ipAddress" : "192.168.30.1"
+        }
+    ],
+    "bgpSpeakers" : [
+        {
+            "name" : "bgpSpeaker1",
+            "attachmentDpid" : "00:00:00:00:00:00:00:a1",
+            "attachmentPort" : "1",
+            "macAddress" : "00:00:00:00:00:01",
+            "interfaceAddresses" : [
+                {
+		    "interfaceDpid" : "00:00:00:00:00:00:00:a3",
+		    "interfacePort" : "1",
+                    "ipAddress" : "192.168.10.101"
+                },
+                {
+		    "interfaceDpid" : "00:00:00:00:00:00:00:a5",
+		    "interfacePort" : "1",
+                    "ipAddress" : "192.168.20.101"
+                },
+                {
+		    "interfaceDpid" : "00:00:00:00:00:00:00:a2",
+		    "interfacePort" : "1",
+                    "ipAddress" : "192.168.30.101"
+                },
+                {
+		    "interfaceDpid" : "00:00:00:00:00:00:00:a6",
+		    "interfacePort" : "1",
+                    "ipAddress" : "192.168.40.101"
+                },
+                {
+		    "interfaceDpid" : "00:00:00:00:00:00:00:a4",
+		    "interfacePort" : "4",
+                    "ipAddress" : "192.168.60.101"
+                }
+                
+            ]
+            
+        }
+    ]
+}