Re: [ns] How many nodes can be supported in ns-2

[Haobo Yu <haoboy@isi.edu>]

> I was wondering how many nodes can be supported using ns-2. I used 2000
> nodes in my configuration. Then the simulation ran for hours and gave a
> 'core dump'. I guess it's memory leaking or something.

It may happen when it run out of memory. 

> Anybody has experience on this --- what is the largest number can be used?
> I guess it depends on the memory size of the machine, though.

It completely depend on how many links you have, what's the average
traffic, what kind of routing you are using, etc. 

If you want to scale and you can afford ignoring details, use session sim.
See ns manual.