GUI based NS-2 Application in Linux

Abstract

This project is based on working with NS-2 (Network Simulator-2). The task is implemented in Linux .A detailed study of NS2 and making a user friendly GUI working in the front end and NS-2 working in the back ends in Linux. This project also has a comparison of Windows and Linux. NS-2 is a script, which is supported by Linux. It also works in Windows. But, for that, software called ‘cygwin’ working, as the shell is required. There are many tools in Linux for creating GUIs such as KDE GUI Development, Qt, Glade, Real Basic, Ruby etc. A GUI is created using Qt. An NS script (a .tcl file) is written in a text editor and saved with the extension mentioned above. The link between GUI and NS script is then created. So when a GUI button is clicked, at the back end, NS script runs and give the output. This GUI helps in learning NS2 easily.