What is Nam?

Network Animator (Nam) project has a main goal to graphically show simulation trace files. It takes a simulation trace file from the Network Simulator (NS), then presents each line of the trace file in a graphical way. NS's users can use some appropriate NS's commands to create a nam trace file corresponding to a simulation's results. Usually, this type of trace file has an extension "nam".

 

The current version of Nam (nam-1.0a8) can show many situations in the networking world; for examples, topology layout, enqueued packets, dropped packets, control packets using in routing algorithms, mobility of a node, etc.

 

Nam is normally provided together with NS. If you download ns-allinone, you would get Nam by default. However, you can download Nam and Nam's user manual separately at the web page linked here.