Windows + Cygwin + myNS2
This document will show you how to install myNS2 (ns-2.28 + all my modules)
on Windows platform (windows 2000 or windows XP). If you follow each step in this
webpage, you can successfully run all the simulation scripts provided me without
installing each module. (It includes TKN 802.11e EDCF module, NOAH routing,
MFlood, CSFQ, Poisson traffic, wireless random uniform and GE error model, and
tcldebug.)
[Cygwin]
1. Download the cygwin.rar.
2. Decompress the cygwin.rar
3. Click the setup.exe to install cygwin.
4. Because the language of operating system is Traditional Chinese. The text of
button is shown in Chinese. But you don’t need to worry about this. I think it is
shown in English in your computer. Just click “Next”.
5. Then choose “Install from Local Directory”
6. Click “Next”.
(Just keep the settings as they are.)
7. Click “Next”
8. Click
“Browse”
to
software
“ftp%3a%2f%2fftp.nctu.edu.tw%2fWindows%2fcygwin”)
choose where
the
is.
(Please
choose
9. Click “OK”.
10. Click “Next” and you will see the figure shown as follows. In this window, the
cygwin setup program let you choose what software you want to install.
11. Click “View” first to make the word “Category “change to “Full”.
12. XFree86-base, XFree86-bin, XFree86-prog, XFree86-lib, XFree86-etc,
make, patch, perl, gcc, gcc-g++, gawk, gnuplot, tar and gzip must be chosen.
For example, if I want to install XFree-86 base (upper figure), click
the “Skip” of “New” column. The “Skip” will be changed to
“4.3.0-1” (lower figure).
13. Click “Next”.
(Please be patient. It may take a long time to finish the installation.)
14. When setup is done, it will be shown as following figure. Click “Finish”.
15. Click “OK” to finish the cygwin setup program.