Ns2- for absolute beginners...(coz i m a beginner too..)

it is basically a network simulator,(ns) version 2... i am using right now 2.33.Ns-2 is written in C++ and an Object oriented version of Tcl called OTcl.
U can have it for both linux and windows platform.Although the software originally is suitable for linux platforms only.
Mainly the packages one has to install are or better just take the all in one package(assuming you are a beginner)
· Tcl |
· Tk |
· Otcl | support programs
· Tclcl |
· Ns2
· Nam--- visual views of the result
· Tracegraph (for Windows), or Xgraph (for Unix) --- obtain statistics.


Some useful sites you can use are--
[1] The Network Simulator - ns-2, http://www.isi.edu/nsnam/ns/
[2] The Network Simulator: Building Ns, http://www.isi.edu/nsnam/ns/ns-build.html
[3]Ns Manual, http://www.isi.edu/nsnam/ns/ns-documentation.html
[4]Tutorial for the Network Simulator “ns”(the one which I would suggest),
http://www.isi.edu/nsnam/ns/tutorial/index.html

first download the source from--

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=149743&package_id=169689&release

decompress it . run ./install.. set appropriate paths as shown in the read-me...then ./validate.this usually completes the process.(validation can take quite a long time n may show warnings but its ok)
For trouble shooting, read ns problems page
http://www.isi.edu/nsnam/ns/ns-problems.html. Also search the ns mailing list archive
for related posts.



Hope it works for you.. in case any problem feel free to ask....:)

3 more....

i dunno y i m writing today. its just that i have nothing else to do and being alone in the lab i have no one to talk too... so i guess the time should better be spent scribbling something here...
ok so lemme think.. o yah this word reminds me of one of my friends who suggested me one day when i was bored someday to give yourself some time to think..i strongly feel that he was very right. really when you have some spare time jsut THINK about something.. think something related to your life may be your friends live or your family members.. leave it thoughts dont need to be so specific...just think about anything.. just lie down stay calm and think about the first thing you can think [;)]...
coming back to the topic (i diverted a bit thanks to thinking...) ... majors over today and finally 2 years of college life over... had lots of good and bad times.. well i dont want to admit but most of the times bad times...but yeah some really good times too...[:)]...neways .... dunno y but i really feel that life is on a fast track now...no time to think basically... i donno how but days seem to pass faster now.. may be the standard of a second needs to changed..

today is one of the very few days when one would have really nothing to do..although this may seem contradictory viewing the 2.5 months long summer vacation ahead. but it really is true... even at home the time seems to pass so fast..2 years of life here over... (neglecting the summers of course).... but still have 3 more years....

kat jayenge wo b dekhte dekhte.!.!.!.!.!.!.