Re: Newbie has questions

[Ya Xu <yaxu@ISI.EDU>]

On Mon, 24 Aug 1998, Ying Sun wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am really a newbie, so please don't laugh at me.
> 
> 1) I installed the NS successfully and passed all validation tests. After
> finishing the installation, it said "please compile xgraph separately" &
> "please compile gt-itm & sgb2ns separately". What are these packages for?
> Do I really need them?

gt-itm is for scenario-generator


> 
> 2) I could not run the examples by using nam. It generated errors like
> "unknown event at offset 21 in out.nam" and the line in out.nam is "V -t *
> -v 1.0b6 -a 0". I used to thought it was because of version control, but it 
> didn't work either even after I deleted the line. After checking the "bug
> fixes" page, I downloaded the daily snapshot of nam. Now I don't know what
> I should do next? Delete old nam and replace it with the new one?
> 
yes

> 3) According to the ns notes, the full tcp is still under development. Can
> I use it to do experimental work? Is it safe? 
> 
> Any suggestion is highly appreciated. Thank you very much!
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