[ns] AODV in a wired-cum-wireless environment

[G�ran Nylen <gurra@ipunplugged.com>]

Hi!

I'm currently doing my master's thesis and along with that I'm updating the 
AODV implementation to draft version 8 using the latest NS-2.1b8a using Linux.

I am interested in using AODV in a wired-cum-wireless environment. An example 
of this resides in the directory "ns-root/tcl/ex/wired-cum-wireless-sim.tcl". 
This simulation features the DSDV protocol in a wired-cum-wireless 
environment in a very illustrative way. 

Now, chaning 
  set opt(adhocRouting)   DSDV 
to
  set opt(adhocRouting)   AODV 

would accoringly to all documentation and logics, enable the AODV protocol 
instead of the DSDV protocol, and this is certainly the case.

However, when AODV is used the simulation fails horribly. The nodes doesn't 
seem to connect to each other and the tracefile barely contains any 
traceinformation at all (Using DSDV -> tracefile size=11 Mb, using AODV -> 
tracefile size=3.7k)!

Can someone *please* help me out here? Is there something special about the 
DSDV implementation which isn't covered in the AODV implementation?
(I have tried both the AODV implementation which comes bundled with the 
NS-2.1b8a package, and the Felix Ko's port of Mahesh Marina's AODV 
implementation, both ending up with the same result).

ANY hints are very welcome!

Best Regards,
G�ran Nylen
www.ipunplugged.com