[ns] Re: your mail

[Haobo Yu <haoboy@packetdesign.com>]

if I understand it correctly, tap agents encapsulate an IP packet in a ns
packet. Therefore you can't let ns tcp agent talk to a real tcp agent
since the former does not understand ip packets nor the encapsulation.

The usual rule of ns emulation is you have to write an agent that
understands realworld protocol, then the rest of ns emulation machinery
will click into place.

On Thu, 16 Nov 2000, shailesh sheoran wrote:

> HI,
>   Has anyone ever tried to use the TCP facility/protocol to manage live
> packets. i.e. essentially has anyone ever run Tap agent with TCP? is it
> even possible since Tap agent isnot an application type and hence we can't
> attach them using the simple attach-agent function.
> cheers,
> Shailesh Sheoran
> M.ASc. 
> Department of Electrical Engineering
> University of British Columbia
> 
>