Re: [ns] Some simple questions

[Padmaparna Haldar <haldar@ISI.EDU>]

On Wed, 14 Mar 2001, Leonidas A. Lymberopoulos wrote:


> Hello,
> I am a new user of the NS software.
> I am trying to set up a link between two nodes with a specified delay
> and bandwidth.
> I can do that with the command
>
> $ns duplex-link $n1 $n2 1Mb 10ms DropTail,
> where I can specify these parameters.
>
> I expected I could do that by having an DelayLink object instead and
> inside  that object I could specify these parameters.
> How can I do that?

Take a look at simulator method simplex-link() which actually goes and
creates the link objects.


>
> Another question is how can I have a QueueObject for a specified link
> and obtain from that object
> characteristics of the queue (packets received etc).
>
See ns-manual for info on queueMonitor'ing.


> Also, can I find somewhere all the available methods that the Simulator
> class provides?
> (Like the duplex-link method before).

There isn't one place I can point you to. Most of the simulator methods
are defined in ~ns/tcl/lib/ns-lib.tcl. For others you need to grep on
"Simulator instproc" or something.

--Padma.

> Thank you.
>
> Leonidas
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Padmaparna Haldar