[Click] Random Seed

[Lalith Suresh]

On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 12:59 PM,  <nsclick at gmx.de> wrote:
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > I'm asking myself if there is a chance to set a seed value for
>> ns3-click-simulations. The ns3-part is under control, but how can I make the click
>> random values to be the same on each different simulation run. I tried the
>> element "RandomSeed()" to configure a seed value, but this doesn't work.
>> > I want to have click simulations that will output exactly the same after
>> each run.
>> >
>>
>> Sascha posted a patch last week to this list that allows Click to tap
>> into ns-3's RNG. Why don't you give it a spin and let us know if it
>> works for you?
>
> If I got it right the patch is to get random numbers from ns3 inside click for use in own click elements.
> My problem is that I use a lot of standard elements and I think that some of these elements use random stuff inside and I want to force them to do exactly the same on each run.
>

Yes, and if these elements pull random numbers from ns-3, you'll have
this guarantee of reproducibility.

> Any ideas?
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