@(#) $Header: /nfs/jade/faber/CVSROOT//acc-ns/README,v 1.1.1.3 1999/05/19 21:47:41 faber Exp $

MASH Research Group
University of California, Berkeley
ns@mash.cs.berkeley.edu
<http://www-mash.cs.berkeley.edu/ns/>

VINT Project
A collaboration among USC/ISI, Xerox PARC, LBNL, and UCB 
<http://netweb.usc.edu/vint/>

This directory contains a source code or binary distribution of ns,
the UCB/LBNL Network Simulator.
Ns should configure with GNU autoconfigure.
Additional information:

QUICK START:  try
	./configure; make; ./validate

DOWNLOADING AND BUILDING NS:
	<http://www-mash.cs.berkeley.edu/ns/ns-build.html>

INSTALLATION PROBLEMS AND BUG FIXES:
	<http://www-mash.cs.berkeley.edu/ns/ns-problems.html>

DOCUMENTATION:
	<http://www-mash.cs.berkeley.edu/ns/>
	(includes notes about the limitations of model, debugging tips,
	and a >50 page design overview/tutorial)

	ns.1   (the ns man page, included in this distribution)

LATEST INFORMATION:
	<http://www-mash.cs.berkeley.edu/ns/>


If you find ns useful, you may also wish to look at nam, the network
animator <http://www-mash.cs.berkeley.edu/nam/nam.html>.

