[Click] Nsclick with click from cvs sources

[Eddie Kohler]

Hi Georgios,

Current Click does not require the :simnet suffix.  It should suffice to 
just refer to a node's name within a Click element to get its NS-level 
IP and/or Ethernet address.  Beyers and/or Bart, can you confirm?

Eddie


Georgios Parissidis wrote:
> Eddie,
> 
> I did the installation of nsclick as provided in
> http://www.read.cs.ucla.edu/click/nsclick. The test of the installation
> using |nsclick-simple-wlan.tcl executes without errors.
> 
> |My question is how to run nsclick simulations using the dsr/dsdv
> protocols with many nodes (ex. 50 nodes). As simnet is not included in
> click 1.5 and later, it is not clear how to assign (IP/MAC) addresses
> from a ns .tcl script.
> 
> Georgios
> 
> Eddie Kohler wrote:
> 
>> Georgios,
>>
>> Where are you finding the versions of make-dsr-config and
>> make-dsdv-config.pl that generate 'simnet'?  I do a grep for simnet in
>> ALL our current sources and nothing comes up.  I wonder if your NS
>> installation is using an older installation of Click.
>>
>> Eddie
>>
>>
>> Georgios Parissidis wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I installed click from cvs sources with --enable-nsclick. I tested my
>>> installation with nsclick-simple-wlan.tcl and it runs without errors.
>>> Then I tried to run simulations using the dsr and the dsdv. I used the
>>> make-dsr-config.pl and make-dsdv-config.pl scripts to create dsr and
>>> dsdv click configurations.
>>>
>>> Both click configurations failed to run for several reasons.
>>>
>>> 1. "eth:simnet" is not a recognizable address. How IP and MAC addresses
>>> are assigned on each node through a ns .tcl file?
>>> 2. Kerneltun is uknown element class.
>>>
>>> It seems that nsclick is not supported with click 1.5 and later.
>>>
>>> Do you plan to update the configuration files, or to give a set of
>>> guidelines what changes are needed in order to run simulations with the
>>> dsr and the dsdv protocols?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Georgios Parissidis
>>>
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