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The document discusses setting up the NS-3 network simulator on Linux and Windows. It covers installing WSL2 on Windows, installing VSCode, and building and testing NS-3 and the Lorawan module. Instructions are provided for configuring NS-3, building from source, and running a simple example simulation.

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2024-Computer Networks-NS3

The document discusses setting up the NS-3 network simulator on Linux and Windows. It covers installing WSL2 on Windows, installing VSCode, and building and testing NS-3 and the Lorawan module. Instructions are provided for configuring NS-3, building from source, and running a simple example simulation.

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Computer Networks

NS-3 Discrete Event Network Simulator


Ahmet Kaşif
06.05.2024
NS-3 Environment Setup
• Linux environment required.
• If you are using Windows, you may utilize WSL2!
• WSL2 utilizes a real Linux kernel, enabling fully native NS-3 experience.
• WSL2 extension for VSCode is suggested.
Installation of WSL2
• Linux users can bypass this phase.
• Windows users are required to install WSL2.
• Installation instructions are provided from this link:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install
• This code must be run on an PowerShell or Windows Command Prompt :
• wsl –install
• Default parameters may be kept. It is suggested to use a Ubuntu system to be compatible
with this presentation.
• Next: Continue setting up VSCode
Installation of VSCode
• Install VSCode from this link:
• Instructions: https://code.visualstudio.com/download (suggestion: x64,
system wide installation)
• Install WSL2 extension for VSCode:
• Instructions: https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2019/09/03/wsl2
• Enter VSCode from WSL:
• Open a WSL terminal on Windows.
• Type <code .> to open up a VSCode window.
• Next: Continue setting up NS-3
Installation of NS-3
• You may want update your system before proceeding:
• sudo apt-get update
• sudo apt-get upgrade
• Installation instructions for NS-3 on Linux:
• https://www.nsnam.org/docs/release/3.41/installation/html/linux.html
• Warning: Requires around 1GB of download, so you may want to use school
network!
• Install required packages:
• sudo apt-get install g++ python3 cmake ninja-build git
• Install recommended packages:
• sudo apt-get install ccache clang-format clang-tidy gdb valgrind
Installation of NS-3 (Contiuation)
• These optional packages are not required but can also be installed at
will:
Installation of NS-3
• Now, we are ready to install NS-3!
• Download a release tarball.
• wget https://www.nsnam.org/releases/ns-allinone-3.41.tar.bz2
• Unpack the tarball and enter into build directory.
• sudo apt-get install bzip2
• tar xfj ns-allinone-3.41.tar.bz2
• cd ns-allinone-3.41/ns-3.41
Building & Testing NS-3
• Configure the default build profile:
• ./ns3 configure --enable-examples --enable-tests
Lorawan module
• Requirements:
• sudo apt install g++ python3 cmake ninja-build git ccache
• Clone lorawan repository inside «src» directory
• git clone https://github.com/signetlabdei/lorawan src/lorawan
• Build from a clean state
• ./ns3 configure --enable-tests --enable-examples --enable-modules lorawan
• ./ns3 build
• Test the new build
• ./test.py
Lorawan Simple Network Example
Run the following prompt to execute a simple network configuration.
./ns3 run simple-network-example
Questions?
• Thank you for listening

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