-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Ns-developers] Ns-3.1 Stable Release Posted Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:03:09 -0700 From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: The University of Washington To: 'ns-developers' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I am happy to report to you that the initial stable release of ns-3 is now immediately available. >From the RELEASE_NOTES file in the distribution ... Release 3.1 (2008/06/30) ======================== The first ns-3 stable release ----------------------------- This release is immediately available from: http://www.nsnam.org/releases/ns-3.1.tar.bz2 We dedicate this initial ns-3 release to our late contributor and friend, Federico Maguolo. What is ns-3 ? -------------- ns-3 is a new discrete-event network simulator designed for supporting network research and education. ns-3 features a solid, well documented C++ core and models for TCP/IP (IPv4), several link types including WiFi, and mobility models. ns-3 is an open source project released under the GNU GPLv2 license which allows anyone to use ns-3 without having to pay any license fee or royalties. ns-3 is actively seeking new contributors to extend the range of supported models and/or to maintain existing models. Where to get more information about ns-3 ---------------------------------------- All the ns-3 documentation, is accessible from the ns-3 website: http://www.nsnam.org Including, tutorials: http://www.nsnam.org/tutorials.html Supported platforms ------------------- ns-3 is regularly tested on the following platforms: - linux x86 gcc 4.2, 4.1, and, 3.4.6. - linux x86_64 gcc 4.1.3, 4.2.1, 3.4.6 - MacOS X ppc and x86 - cygwin gcc 3.4.4 (debug only) Known issues ------------ ns-3 is known to fail on the following platforms: - gcc 3.3 and earlier - optimized builds on gcc 3.4.4 and 3.4.5 - optimized builds on linux x86 gcc 4.0.x The IPv4 API defined in src/node/ipv4.h is expected to undergo major changes in preparation of the merge of the IPv6 API and implementation. Future releases --------------- Our next release, which is expected to happen in 2 to 4 months from now, will feature the merging of some of our projects currently in development: python scripting, IPv6, emulation, a statistics framework and synchronous posix sockets.
