Availability

This release is immediately available from here.

Supported platforms

ns-3.3 has been tested on the following platforms:

  • linux x86 gcc 4.2, 4.1, and, 3.4.6.
  • linux x86_64 gcc 4.3.2, 4.2.3, 4.2.1, 4.1.3, 3.4.6
  • MacOS X ppc and x86
  • cygwin gcc 3.4.4 (debug only)

Not all ns-3 options are available on all platforms; consult the Installation page for more information.

New user-visible features

  • Emulated Net Device: A new net device has been added as enabling technology for ns-3 emulation scenarios. See src/devices/emu and examples/emu-udp-echo.cc for details.
  • ICMP: Support for several ICMP messages has been added to ns-3. See src/internet-stack/icmpv4.h for details.
  • IPv6 Address: new clases to support IPv6 addresses has been added to the system. This is enabling technology for fuller IPv6 support scheduled for ns-3.4.
  • A flow-id tag has been added to the contributed code section
  • Star topologies can be created from the topology helper functions
  • The global routing code has been made dynamic (not just limited to (pre-simulation computation) and supports stub network interfaces and bridge net devices
  • A MatchContainer has been added to the configuration subsystem

Known issues

ns-3 build is known to fail on the following platforms:

  • gcc 3.3 and earlier
  • optimized builds on gcc 3.4.4 and 3.4.5
  • optimized builds on linux x86 gcc 4.0.x
  • optimized builds on Ubuntu 8.10 alpha 5 x86 gcc4.3.2
  • MinGW