Re: Node expand

[Lloyd Wood <eep1lw@surrey.ac.uk>]

On Wed, 15 Dec 1999, George Khoury (ERA) wrote:

> I'm trying to create a big topology in ns and I attach many
> sources to some few node.

if you've got many sources on a few nodes _and_ a big topology you're
looking at major runtime...

> When I compile the scenario ns complain
> about exceeded port field. I 'm using the command Node expandaddr
> and I get this message:
> 
> Backward compatibility: Use "set-address-format expanded" instead of "Node expand
> addr";

well, that deals with Node expandaddr...

> # of agents attached to node _o39 exceeds port-field length of 255 bits

http://www-mash.cs.berkeley.edu/dist/archive/ns-users/9904/0005.html
and
http://www.isi.edu/~salehi/ns_doc/node82.html

should help.

L.

>     while executing
> "error "\# of agents attached to node $self exceeds port-field length of $mask bi
> ts\n""
>     (procedure "_o39" line 10)
>     (Node attach line 10)
>     invoked from within
> "$node attach $agent"
>     (procedure "_o3" line 2)
>     (Simulator attach-agent line 2)
>     invoked from within
> "$ns attach-agent $RBS($RT) $tcp($k)"
>     (file "VDSim5.tcl" line 125)
> 
> Could anyone give some suggestion please!!!
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> Best Regards
> 
> George
> 
> 

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