[ns] ATM on NS2

2007-10-30 Thread Brenda Lindsay Williams
Can anyone give me any information on setting up ATM in NS2? Thanks

[ns] This statement...

2007-10-30 Thread Brenda Lindsay Williams
"In a backbone environment where the traffic can steadily be in the nx10 Mbit/s order of magnitude, building effective models is essential." Can someone tell me what "n" and "x" stand for?...Please ignore the "nx" aboveit's actually n raise to the power of x... Thanks

[ns] Diffserv in NS2

2007-10-30 Thread Brenda Lindsay Williams
can someone pls tell me how to implement Diffserv in a core network which consists of 3 routers and an edge network which consists of 2 routers? Pls see attached figure Thanks Brenda

Re: [ns] Mesh topology tcl script

2007-10-29 Thread Brenda Lindsay Williams
ing traffic that is destined to > an outside network (in your case the core network). They are also > responsible for accepting traffic from outside networks (again, your core > network). > I think that multicast should work fine at the core. > > On 29/10/2007, Brenda Lindsay Willia

[ns] NAM layout

2007-10-29 Thread Brenda Lindsay Williams
can someone pls explain the layout of nodes properly in the NAM display e.g $ns duplex-link-op $n0 $n2 orient right-down $ns duplex-link-op $n1 $n2 orient right-up $ns duplex-link-op $n2 $n3 orient right # right(0), right-up(45), right-down(315), left(180), # left-up(135),left-down(225),

[ns] Routing protocol??

2007-10-29 Thread Brenda Lindsay Williams
What is the best routing protocol for a full-mesh topology?

[ns] Dynamic routing at the core

2007-10-29 Thread Brenda Lindsay Williams
Can someone pls help me? Attached to this message is a figure of the model I'm using for a project... I'm connecting 4 WAN models via an edge network to a core network... Now I want to employ dynamic routing (incase of link failure) for connectivity between the edge network and the core network an

[ns] What is a duplex link?

2007-10-29 Thread Brenda Lindsay Williams
Hi theresorry for the noobish question... I'm trying to configure link connection between 5 nodes (routers) at the core network level of a VoIP network using full-mesh topology... Thanks Pls see attached figure Brenda

[ns] Loss monitor

2007-10-29 Thread Brenda Lindsay Williams
Can someon pls help me I'm carrying out a performance evaluation between 2 types of core network using QoS parameters as my performance metrics... So I'm gonna be testing for throughput, packet loss and packet delay... Attached to this mail is a diagram of my model... I'm connecting 4 WAN mode

[ns] core network configuration...tcl script

2007-10-29 Thread Brenda Lindsay Williams
Can someone pls give me an idea of how to configure my VoIP core network in tcl... The core network consists of routers which routes voice packets amongst 4 WAN models... Thanks Brenda

[ns] Mesh topology tcl script

2007-10-29 Thread Brenda Lindsay Williams
Can anyone give me an idea of what packet traffic will look in a mesh topology? I need a template to work with... Pls attached to this mail is a diagram of what I'm working with to give you an idea.. Thanks Brenda

[ns] core network

2007-10-26 Thread Brenda Lindsay Williams
Can you pls help me... I'm working on VoIP core networks... I'm basically connecting 4 WAN models via an edge network to the core... The core consist of only routers whose function is to route voice packets amoongst the WANs... can you pls give me an idea of what my tcl script will look like I nee

[ns] core network

2007-10-25 Thread Brenda Lindsay Williams
Can you pls help me... I'm working on VoIP core networks... I'm basically connecting 4 WAN models via an edge network to the core... The core consist of only routers whose function is to route voice packets amoongst the WANs... can you pls give me an idea of what my tcl script will look like I nee

[ns] I really need advice on gigabit ethernet

2007-09-18 Thread Brenda Lindsay Williams
Pls I need to know what it takes to simulate gigabit ethernet... I'm sorry cos I know I've asked this question to ns users twice already today, but I have a report to submit tomorrow and I need to know even a little about simulating Gigabit Ethernet in NS-2 I'm working on VoIP core networks us

[ns] need tcl script showing voice codec implementation

2007-09-18 Thread Brenda Lindsay Williams
Can someone pls give me a script showing voice codec implementation in NS2? I'm working with G.711, but any available one based on the H.323 standard will be greatly appreciated. Thanks. regards, Brenda

[ns] Help with Gigabit Ethernet!!!

2007-09-18 Thread Brenda Lindsay Williams
Please I need help implementing gigabit ethernet using NS2 on 5 nodes acting as routers using multicast strategy in a full-mesh topology... How do i go about implementing this and the links? Thanks a lot Regards, Brenda

[ns] Gigabit Ethernet on NS-2

2007-09-18 Thread Brenda Lindsay Williams
I want to simulate Gigabit Ethernet on 5 routers connected in a full-mesh topology using multicast routing strategy... I'm connecting the routers to 4 WAN networksThe 5 routers serve as a core network... I'm concerned with QoS in a VoIP network, I'm looking at things like end-to-end delay, pac

[ns] G.711 codec

2007-09-17 Thread Brenda Lindsay Williams
I want to use G.711 codec to simulate a VoIP traffic using an exponential distribution process based on a stochastic model... Can someone pls tell me what properties my packets will have based on the G.711 codec standard... Does anyone have a tcl script depicting G.711 Thanks Regards

[ns] which of these is the ideal QoS-aware multicast routing strategy

2007-09-17 Thread Brenda Lindsay Williams
Pls can someone tell me which of these; centralised, dense mode(DM) or shared tree mode(ST) is the best multicast routing strategy that I can implement QoS mechanism on? Thanks

[ns] best-effort traffic

2007-09-17 Thread Brenda Lindsay Williams
how can I get dynamically obtained load information for links and how can I use it to compute the shortest path routes for best-effort traffic

[ns] Pls read!!!

2007-09-17 Thread Brenda Lindsay Williams
For QoS routing, to determine the shortest path each link is assigned a weight and the shortest path is the one with the smallest aggregate weight. My questions is, how can I assign a weight value to a link?

[ns] QoS routing

2007-09-17 Thread Brenda Lindsay Williams
Does anyone know an efficient way to implement QoS routing in NS-2? Thanks

[ns] how can i implement a firewall on a node

2007-09-17 Thread Brenda Lindsay Williams
can someone pls help me? how can I make a node drop malicious packets in a VoIP network? what mechanism can i use to identify a malicious packet? Thanks

[ns] Node with firewall

2007-09-17 Thread Brenda Lindsay Williams
How can I implement a firewall on a node that is to be a router so that malicious packets can be dropped? What mechanism can I use to determine if a packet is malicious or not? Thanks

[ns] QoS measurements

2007-09-14 Thread Brenda Lindsay Williams
Can you pls tell me how to measure QoS during simulation I'm working with voice packets in a VoIP network... Thanks Regards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Brenda

[ns] QoS measurements

2007-09-14 Thread Brenda Lindsay Williams
Can you pls tell me how to measure QoS during simulation I'm working with voice packets in a VoIP network... Thanks Regards Brenda

[ns] How can I make a define a unicast node and a multicast node

2007-09-14 Thread Brenda Lindsay Williams
Hello everyone...I'm new to NS-2. Is there a special way to define a unicast node and a multicast node, I'm concerned about routing. Thanks. reards, Brenda

[ns] how to patch VoIP.cc to my NS-2

2007-09-13 Thread Brenda Lindsay Williams
Can someone please help me? I got a VoIP traffic generator written in C++ from a friend...filename= VoIP_traffic.cc I'm looking for a way to apply it to my version of NS-2? Also, after I apply it, how do I call it in a basic Tcl script? I'm working on a project which requires me to carry out a per

[ns] Router configuration in NS-2

2007-09-13 Thread Brenda Lindsay Williams
Can someone pls tell me how to configure a router in NS-2 I'm connection 4 WANs to a VoIP core network which consists of routers I'm basically dealing with voice packets in a QoS (Quality of Service) enabled network and I'm concerned with the routing mechanisms to be employed at the core netw

[ns] How can I design a WAN in NS-2?

2007-09-11 Thread Brenda Lindsay Williams
I was wondering how to depict a WAN in NS-2 and what topology I can use... I'm particular about routing in such a network in the event that a link goes down.. Can someone pls give me an idea so I know what my tcl script will look like... Thanks. Regards, Brenda

[ns] Can NOAH be used as a routing algorithm for this scenario?

2007-09-09 Thread Brenda Lindsay Williams
I'm working on an infrastructured wired network environment which requires me to connect 4 WAN models to a VoIP core netowrk (which consists of routers) and carry out performance evaluations using QoS parameters as the performance metrics...By default, ns2 do not support infrastructure network. It

[ns] Is NOAH used for only wireless scenarios?

2007-09-09 Thread Brenda Lindsay Williams
I'm working on an infrastructured wired network environment which requires me to connect 4 WAN models to a VoIP core netowrk (which consists of routers) and carry out performance evaluations using QoS parameters as the performance metrics...By default, ns2 do not support infrastructure network. It

[ns] Need help coming up with script for scenario

2007-09-07 Thread Brenda Lindsay Williams
Hi everyone... Pls I'm working on a project which involves carrying out experiments on a VoIP core network...based on QoS performance metrics...jitter, latency, bandwidth consumption, e.t.c I wanna connect 3-4 WAN models to the core network... The core network consists of routers which routes pack

[ns] Noob wants to view trace files

2007-09-07 Thread Brenda Lindsay Williams
can someone tell me how to view trace files after a simulation has run? Thanks

[ns] Need help executing tcl scripts

2007-09-07 Thread Brenda Lindsay Williams
Hi there..Please I need your helpI installed ns perfectly and following all PATH instructions well and validated perfectlyhowever when I try to run a tcl script, I get the following error... [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/Network-Simulator/ns-allinone-2.32-rc2/ns-2.32/tcl/ex> ns % ns example.tcl war

[ns] Error Message: warning: using backward compatibility mode error when calling class OldSim: example1b.tcl

2007-09-07 Thread Brenda Lindsay Williams
Hi there, I'm trying to run a tcl script called example1b.tcl, and everytime I tr to un it I get the following error below. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/Network-Simulator/ns-allinone-2.32-rc2/ns-2.32/tcl/ex> ns % ns example1b.tcl warning: using backward compatibility mode error when calling class OldSim:

[ns] Need help simulating model

2007-09-05 Thread Brenda Lindsay Williams
Hi I'm trying to simulate a core network and carry out measurements based on VoIP QoS parameters... I wanna connect 3-4 WAN models to a core network which consists of routers... Can someone pls give me an idea of how to go about this using NS-2... what would my tcl scripts look like? how many node

[ns] Need help installing NS-2.31 on 64-bit machine...

2007-08-30 Thread Brenda Lindsay Williams
Hi everyone...I'm having a problem...When I try to install NS2.31 on s friend's machine, I get this error message Victor:/home/mavor/Network Simulator/ns-allinone-2.31 # ls cweb INSTALL.WIN32 otcl-1.13 sgb tclcl-1.19 zlib-1.2.3 gt-itm nam-1.13 perl-5.8.8 stable.tar tk8.

[ns] Need help installing tcl8.3.2

2007-08-23 Thread Brenda Lindsay Williams
I'm trying to install an NS-2 version optimized for ATM on a friend's machine...It uses an AMD Turion 64 processorwhen I try to install it, I get this... victor:/home/mavor/Network Simulator/ns-2-snapshot-20010224 # ./configure loading cache ./config.cache No .configure file found in current

[ns] NS 2 core network compatibility

2007-02-08 Thread Brenda Lindsay Williams
Hi everyone. I'm working on a project which involves the backbone/core network of VoIP networks. The core network consists of a combination of routers and switches which handles and controls traffic in the network.Plsis it possible to emulate this core network using NS 2.I'll like to know how.It's

[ns] NS 2 core ntwork compatibility

2007-02-08 Thread Brenda Lindsay Williams
Hi everyone. I'm working on a project which involves the backbone/core network of VoIP networks. The core network consists of a combination of routers and switches which handles and controls traffic in the network.Plsis it possible to emulate this core network using NS 2.I'll like to know how.It's

[ns] Need help with VoIP backbone topology model

2007-02-06 Thread Brenda Lindsay Williams
Hi there fellow nsers. I'm working on a project which requires me to evaluate level of QoS at the backbone end of VoIP networks, based on two different data link layer technologies...ATM & Gigabit Ethernet. Pls I need help in coming up with a topology model diagram. I want to interconnect 4 LAN mo

[ns] VoIP model for NS-2

2007-01-29 Thread Brenda Lindsay Williams
Hi everyone.Pls I'm researching on an efficient VoIP model for NS2. I want to carry out some simulations relating to VoIP Quality of Service (QoS). I was thinking of the Poisson distributed model but I could really use any input from anyone concerning this issue. I hope someone replies soon.Thanks

[ns] Problem installing NS

2007-01-20 Thread Brenda Lindsay Williams
I want to use ns 2.1b7 cos the version I got has an ATM patch already which I need for my thesis.I try to configure it and I get the error message below. __ __ ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Desktop]# cd ns-

[ns] Problem installing NS

2007-01-19 Thread Brenda Lindsay Williams
I want to use ns 2.1b7 cos the version I got has an ATM patch already which I need for my thesis.I try to configure it and I get the error message below. __ __ ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Desktop]# cd ns-

[ns] Having problem installing ns 2.1b7...gives this error message

2007-01-19 Thread Brenda Lindsay Williams
I want to use ns 2.1b7 cos the version I got has an ATM patch already which I need for my thesis.I try to configure it and I get the error message below. __ _ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Desktop]# cd ns-2

[ns] Having problem installing ns 2.1b7...gives this error message

2007-01-19 Thread Brenda Lindsay Williams
I want to use ns 2.1b7 cos the version I got has an ATM patch already which I need for my thesis.I try to configure it and I get the error message below. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Desktop]# cd ns-2-

[ns] Concerning IP over ATM & IP over Ethernet.

2006-12-19 Thread Brenda Lindsay Williams
Hi my fellow nsers.I want to know if anyone has done any work on IP over ATM or IP over Ethernet.I'm currently carrying out a Literature review.I'm looking for work done on to area.I want to know the advantages and disadvantages of both networking technology.I want to start work on a project r

[ns] Need help on literature review

2006-12-18 Thread Brenda Lindsay Williams
Hi there.I wanna work on a project relating to VOIP networks.I wanna evaluate IP over ATM against IP over Ethernet.I'm working on parameters that affect QoS (Quality of Service) in VOIP networks.I'm gonna evaluating the following parameters; bandwidth consumption packet loss packet delay(latency

[ns] NS patch documentation

2006-12-18 Thread Brenda Lindsay Williams
Can anyone pls link me up to a documentation for developing new protocols for NS?Thanks

[ns] ATM service classes

2006-12-16 Thread Brenda Lindsay Williams
I wanna model an ATM network for VOIP based on the evaluation of parameters which affect QoS against SIP & H.323 bandwidth consumption packet loss packet delay(latency) jitter traffic thoroughput... Can someone pls tell me what ATM service class will be relevant to model?

[ns] H.323 & SIP implementation for NS 2

2006-12-16 Thread Brenda Lindsay Williams
Pls I'm interested in the H.323 and SIP implementation for NS 2I need the documentations,codes and patch.pls if someone can help me,I'll really appreciate it.thanks

[ns] Conerning VOIP & ATM

2006-12-15 Thread Brenda Lindsay Williams
Hi thereI'm Brenda from the Australia ...I'm currently working on a project involving VOIP networks...I wanna design a model of a VOIP network using ATM as its backbone to use for simulation.I'm doing performance evaluations in VOIP networks on parameters that affect QoS( Quality of Service) i

[ns] ATM & VOIP

2006-12-11 Thread Brenda Lindsay Williams
Could someone pls help me, I wanna create a simulated model of a VOIP network,I wanna carry out a performance evaluation of ATM vs SIP and H.323in VOIP networks using NS 2.To this effect I wanna design a VOIP network using ATM backbone so I wanna know if I can use NS to design the ATM protocol for