Re: multiple links between 2 nodes

[Yuri Pryadkin <yuri@ISI.EDU>]

Ahmed A-G Helmy <ahelmy@catarina.usc.edu> writes:

> > Hello,
> > 
> > I have 2 nodes n1, n2. I would appreciate it if somebody could explain
> > me:  
> > 
> > 1. if ns allow to have more than one SimpleLinks between them
> > 2. Furthermore if it allows them to communicate through 2 diff. LANs.
> > like this:
> > n1-->LAN1-->n2 
> > n2-->LAN2-->n1
> > 
> > It seems to me that the Simulator variable
> > link_([$n1 id]:[$n2 id]) keeps only the last SimpleLink between 2 nodes.
> > So, in the case of 2 LANs, it will store the Link/LanDuplex between
> > n1,n2 created by the last LAN. Is that correct?
> 
> You are correct,... we are aware of this problem, and hopefully it will 
> be fixed soon, before the next release. Maybe Ya can verify this ?!
> 
> Regards,
> -Ahmed

I'm not sure that this problem will be fixed... but a simple
workaround would be by introducing another node:
	n1----n2
	 |    |
	 +-nx-+


 -Yuri.